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| Sealed vs. Ported Speakers The Sonus Faber Stradivari is WAY more than $20k, and it is ported. The $200k Wilson Alexandria speakers are ported, as are Audionote speakers, Classica Audio, and a host of others. There are plenty of sealed box speakers under $100 a pair.It is n... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? Brf,Thanks for the tip about the tires. | |
| using a jumper cable - connect which set of post? One more thing to consider--instead of bi-wiring, consider getting a set of really good jumpers between the posts, preferably the same cable you are running from the amp to the speaker. The brass jummpers that come with most speakers are really no... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? If you are planning on selling auto sound systems, you must also have a competent installation shop. I don't think it would make sense to try to only sell gear. For one thing, the big money is in the labor to install the gear, not in the gear itse... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No Both my SET and my pushpull amps can be considered marginal, in terms of power, for my speakers. My SET amp is rated at something like 6.5 watts and the pushpull is 5 watts. I don't have any problems playing rock at fairly high volume. Where some ... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No I do like SET amps, and I have compatible speakers and can therefore largely sidestep their biggest tradeoff (lack of power), but that does not mean that I don't appreciate other kinds of amps equally. The amp that is currently in my system, which... | |
| Solid State for Rock and Tubes for Jazz, Yes or No Assuming that the amp-speaker combination is basically compatible, one can get better dynamics and "slam" from tube amps than solid state. Try an OTL amp, you will be shocked at how much more lively such amps will sound than a solid state amp at t... | |
| Replicant 100 stylus longevity - truth or myth? Raul,I don't go beyond about 1,000 hours myself. I am currently running a Transfiguration Orpheus L, and it does not have that many hours on it. I still have the Titan, and it too is well under 1,000 hours. I did run a Helikon to about 1,000 hours... | |
| Replicant 100 stylus longevity - truth or myth? I believe it is the folks at Benz that state that the inherent longevity of a stylus is principally determined by the quality of the diamond. Higher quality natural diamonds being much superior to synthetic diamonds because of the better crystal l... | |
| Mini Amplifiers Look at the line of amplifiers from the Italian company Synthesis Audio. They have a line of EL84 tube integrated amps that sound really good for the money and look quite nice (comes in a variety of colors). These are not that easy to find in the ... | |
| Is there a service to install CDs in a Server? Thanks to you Kirkus, I am interested in the terra-san ripping service, though I have to ask them a number of questions. Because they do not list my server (Naim NDS) on their request form, I don't know if their metadata is compatible with my mach... | |
| Is there a service to install CDs in a Server? There are plenty of ripping service companies out there that will take your entire collection and rip them to hard drive storage. You should start by Googling "CD ripping service." The tricky part is getting the data about each CD to match up with... | |
| Impedance Mismatch ??? I am currently running an amp that has 600 ohm input transformers. This tube amp does not match up well with anything but a linestage that also has 600 ohm output transformers (I have such a linestage). A friend has a different amp that also has i... | |
| Sonus Faber Stradivari Mbovaird,If I were looking in that kind of price range, I would also look at some "unconventional" speakers, particularly the high efficiency speakers that can deliver dynamic and lively sound, even when played at quite low levels. Many horn and o... | |
| Impedance Mismatch ??? Adding an extra stage to increase input impedance to 40k probably degrades sound a little bit, so not doing so would be an improvement. The trade off is less compatibility with tube linestages which can have fairly high output impedances. Rowland ... |