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| LTA Ultralinear vs SET amps mglik,I agree with you that, generally speaking, SET amps are much richer than the LTA amp I heard and that SET amps are particularly magical at lower power. That is not to say that all SET amps are warmer than all OTL amps (assuming that the LTA... | |
| LTA Ultralinear vs SET amps I have not made any kind of direct comparison, although I have heard the LTA amps that are based on the Berning circuit. It is a quite dynamic sounding amp, similar in that sense to an OTL amp, but, it is voiced on the lean side. If you are a fa... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? Scanspeak makes some fairly expensive paper coned woofers. I don't think they think that paper is crap. A local dealer that builds its own custom speakers just finished a pair that utilizes 15" paper coned drivers from Scanspeak. The drivers co... | |
| What speaker do you passionately want to demo? I would love to hear the Viking system that utilizes a wide-range driver fitted to a waveguide, with the Fostex 31” woofer. I am also interested in the AER speaker with the single driver in a quarter wave back-loaded horn cabinet. I’ve heard a c... | |
| New to vinyl - How to get the best out of old classical discs? I think a better cartridge and a better phono stage would be the first step. Perhaps you could find a used phono stage in order to stay in budget. Something like the EAR 834 would be nice. | |
| New to vinyl - How to get the best out of old classical discs? I am actually quite pleased with what can be found on CDs of older performances, at least if you are willing to buy the CDs used. There are not too many performances only available on the original vinyl. I tend to do most of my classical listeni... | |
| More watts or better power ? The very best sounding amps I've heard are all low in output. But, these amps are not appropriate for many speakers and in situations where high volume is a requirement and/or the room is extremely large. So there is a minimum amount of power th... | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? Assuming that you do a proper job of ripping and storing and backing up your files, I would spend the money on a better DAC instead of a player. I've ripped all of my CDs (around 5,000) to WAV files.The issue is adding to your collection. Will y... | |
| Paper Cones in HiFi? You can find many examples of current drivers that are very expensive that utilize paper cones--AER, Feastrix, Fostex, and G.I.P. come to mind. | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality About fifteen years ago, a professor did a blind study of the preferences of college students using uncompressed CDs vs. MP3 versions of the same music. The students overwhelming preferred the MP3 versions. They had grown accustomed to that part... | |
| Manley Amp is humming - troubleshoot :( Most common problems can be found by careful visual observation. Look at all of the electrolytic caps to see if there is any bulging (most evident at the caps on the end of the capacitor) or leaking. You can tell if they are bulging by comparing... | |
| Help with Shortlist of Speakers! (SF vs Devore vs Others?) I like the DeVore speakers you mention. For that kind of warm sound, I think you should also be looking at Audio Note AN-E and AN-J speakers, particularly if you prefer to locate your speakers close to the corners of the room. Most other speaker... | |
| A true legend has passed away! ' Set it and forget it ' Do you remember the "Hair in a Can" cure for bald spots? It was actually thick black enamel paint that is intended to be sprayed on to metal outdoor furniture; Ron Popeil just put a new label on the aerosol can to repurpose the product.There is a... | |
| CD Quality Versus Streaming Quality It is not the technology, it is the mastering of the music. Even with CDs, you can find early CDs that sound MUCH better than later CDs because of the change in mastering. A lot of more recent material is, as others mentioned above, very highly ... | |
| Speakers for 300B --- Klipsch Heresy 4 or other ideas??? I have heard the Elekit 300b and I think it is a very nice sounding amp, particularly for the money. I have not heard any of the speakers you are considering with that amp, or for that matter, any other single-ended 300b amp. Heresy and the Zu a... |