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| The Accidental Tweak The concern of Dennis Moorecroft was primarily electromagnetic fields that are self generated by the component itself. His component layout included not just minimizing parallel traces on PCB’s but also employed vertical connections to keep the d... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? yoyoyaya, I too was shocked at how lifeless, flat, and unmusical was the sound of Halcro amps. Clearly, low measured distortion is far from the only thing that matters. | |
| ??? Where Does "High End" Start ??? There is no way to establish parameters for any performance metric, never mind an overall assessment of what is high-end, or whatever level of performance. Dollars don't necessarily figure into this at all. If one's priorities in sound reproduct... | |
| "Users of wide-range playback equipment should compensate for the RIAA curve" I am not one to fiddle with adjustments and options, but, I've played with phono stages that had different equalization curves. Even with modern records that were mastered with RIAA equalization, sometimes a different equalization sounds better. ... | |
| Electrical question There maybe be some equipment that suffer from under-voltage situations, but thst means far less than 112. | |
| The Accidental Tweak There is an English company DNM Design (initials of the founder Dennis Moorecroft), that goes through extreme measures to reduce adverse effects of electromagnetic interactions. These measures include a non-metallic case for their components. Pe... | |
| Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why? None of the small brands I really like are inexpensive, but, they do deliver great sound, in my opinion. My list would include: Songer Audio (field coil driver) PureAudioProject (open baffle designs) Charney Audio (single driver back loaded ho... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? As I said above, I don't have a clear sense of which is inherently better. I own very low-powered versions of SET and pushpull amps, but they are not comparable in design so I cannot draw any conclusion. But, over the years I have made some gene... | |
| The Accidental Tweak It is often a seemingly minor change that makes a huge difference either for the better or worse. I was at a shop where they swapped in a pair of speakers to try with a particular amp and the sound was surprisingly lack luster given what one norm... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? I cannot say that any topology is obviously superior to another even under narrow parameters, such as a particular output range, much less without any such restriction. My favorite amps have all been relatively low powered tube amps. The two ver... | |
| Shakti Stones Do they actuall work guys. It depends on what you use them for — if you threw one at an audiophile’s head it would bounce off of it without making a dent — we are a hard headed bunch. | |
| Upgraded from Klipsch to Volti - Was it worth it? I like Volti speakers too. They sound reasonably balanced, natural and lacking in extreme coloration (not overly nasal or peaky), and deliver the kind of liveliness and dynamics (particularly at low volume) that one would want in a horn-based sys... | |
| Seeking a new loudspeaker, horn, single driver, concentric or open baffle I too like Charney speakers — warm yet very dynamic, particularly at low volume levels. It is more than a side bonus that they are very efficient and can be used with low powered tube amps. The suggestion to look at SET amps is good, but you sho... | |
| Seeking a new loudspeaker, horn, single driver, concentric or open baffle If you go to a large show, you can hear a number of candidates, like Volti, PureAudioProject open baffle speakers, Mofi and Fyne concentric drivers and quite a few other candidates. | |
| Advice on a recently purchased Maplenoll Athena Some people also put some kind of in-line chamber to reduce the pulsing of the air from the pump (to make it more like a smooth stream) and some also added a chamber where desiccant material is added to absorb moisture. |