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| SET vs OTL The autoformer used as an impedance matching device is, in effect, an output transformer. It is doing exactly what an output transformer does. To me, if something sounds good, I don't care how it got there. I've heard many great tube amps, and ... | |
| Manger Audio Loudspeakers. Has anyone listened to these? The Charney back-loaded horn is quite a pleasant surprise. It is a very complete sounding speaker that does not have the midrange peakiness and roughness common to most full-range systems. I have not heard it with a subwoofer, but, I bet it woul... | |
| Manger Audio Loudspeakers. Has anyone listened to these? It has been a long time since I've heard the Manger driver. I liked its very fast attack and clean sound (very dynamic), but, it was a touch "hard" sounding. Still, it is a very promising driver. I heard it both with a woofer and as a single dr... | |
| Old digital that still kicks butt My modern, not vintage Naim ND555 music server uses the 1704 chip in an R2R ladder DA C. It sounds pretty good. I have no idea if this particular approach is the reason for it sounding good. My old CD player, also a Naim CDP555 also had a ladd... | |
| Old digital that still kicks butt If you have a chance to hear a 20-year old Audio Note DAC 5, you will see how little the state of the art has progressed. It has been a while since I have heard the Linn CD 12, but I agree with the posting above that it is extremely good. It als... | |
| Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure I've heard several systems not made by Voxativ that utilize their drivers and the drivers certainly prove to be quite good. They do a good job with fieldcoil magnets. G.I.P. Laboratories, a Japanese company also makes a very good fieldcoil wide ... | |
| What is the difference between EL34 A,B,C, or PH tubes. I did not even know that there are different types of EL 34 tubes. A good friend brought over to my place various quads of vintage EL 34 and 6CA7 (1950s and 1960s) tubes. I got to pick out which quad to keep as a gift to use in my BHSE. I chose... | |
| To horn or not to horn It is Deja Vu Audio in Northern Virginia. | |
| To horn or not to horn At my local shop, which makes it’s own custom horn systems using mostly vintage drivers, I recently hear two fantastic horn systems. One had a cabinet that is a copy of the Western Electric 753 cabinet. But, instead of a 713a driver, the speaker... | |
| Why do people say low power amps should be good for bookshelf speakers? It is either ignorance or the salesperson pushing a specific sale or a simplification of what is actually a little bit more complicated. Smaller speakers might tend to be more inefficient and they also tend to be not as capable of delivering very... | |
| What Was Your Favorite “Game Changer” Moment? I've experienced a number of pleasant surprises over the years. One of the early surprises, after hearing some Klipsch, Altec, JBL and Electro Voice horn systems, was hearing an Edgarhorn system that lacked the coloration that I thought was commo... | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio Minorl and abg2018, thank you for some good insight and personal experience. I think you have added to my understanding of what goes into a service request. Given how little the owner of the gear can actually know about the actual cost of the re... | |
| Black ice Audio owners, pet peaves When making a budget product, every nickel saved is significant. If better parts are used for the amp, it is a different product that would have to be sold at a significantly higher price point. For a lot of buyers of budget gear, even just $50 ... | |
| Seeking advice on power conditioners/regenerators I doubt that there is any place with really clean power. The power lines pick up all sorts of RFI and noise from neighbors sharing the same trunk feed. A typical home has its own share of noise sources--electronic devices, wi-fi, LED lights, etc... | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio It is often the case that repair places will charge a fixed rate for the diagnosis, such as the one hour time, even though it might take much longer. The fixed rate protects the customer; the customer is not charged for several hours only to find... |