mapman
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| Fritz vs CSS vs Ryan Familiar with Fritz. One of my favorites. Rock solid with most any amp unlike many others similar and great value. Can’t go wrong. Not familiar with the others. | |
| Bell Canto C5i Integrated Amp with B&W Nautilus 803 Speakers. A Question Yes make sure it can go loud enough otherwise c5i is a very good sounding and versatile choice. | |
| Rogue pharaoh II or Cronus Magnum III ? Pharoah no doubt with those were it me. . Unless you mainly listen to acoustic music perhaps. Some will prefer Cronus and want the tubes. It’s a judgement call. | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Hmm let me think about that…….🙏 | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Also as a footnote if modern gear is producing degrading high order harmonics IT IS NOT TOO PERFECT…..in fact it is flawed. There will always be winners and loser in any product category. Again it’s all in the execution and the choices provided by... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Also, just for the record I have heard some very expensive tube systems at shows designed explicitly to not produce ear fatigue deliver some of the most fatiguing sound in the show. Probably a system mismatch issue combined with challenging room a... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? For example, take Atmasphere amps designed to explicitly not produce high order distortion. Until recently these were all tube amps but now an Atmasphere SS Class D amp is a real thing. So draw your own conclusion there about the capabilities ... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Well yes high order harmonic distortion is in fact a thing to avoid for that reason but if someone really believes ear fatigue due to high order harmonics is truly an inherent problem still in in practice then just stick to tubes old or new and ch... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Hopefully no surprise that it’s you. Nothing wrong with that. Different strokes. But has nothing to do with how theoretically good something is. Goodness is often a subjective determination in the mind of the beholder. But fact is from a pure tech... | |
| Just got a new Bluesound Node. Very disappointed! So as long as the data file is “true” shouldn’t the SQ be determined by my outboard DAC? Yes…Maybe not 100% but very close for all practical purposes. As long as everything is configured and operating properly. At least that is my experience t... | |
| Do Recording Studios Use Silver Cables Applying this logic they would use gold not silver. | |
| Best streamer for a returning audio guy Cambridge Audio streamers are very highly regarded and reasonably affordable. Has worked out very well of late for me, a 15 year streaming veteran. | |
| Audio stops pain Stay clear of Yoko Ono recordings …. A good preventive measure. | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. Be careful to impedance match a SS amp and tube preamp. Tube preamps typically have higher output impedance than SS which could raise distortion levels if SS amp has lower input impedance. Amps with only 10kohm input impedance may not be a good ma... | |
| Audio stops pain Plentiful and easily accessed source of good karma. |