mapman
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| Zu Omen Defs and Ice Amps? "The lower DF of tubes makes it sound.....right......"Probably an accurate statement.High damping Class D amps may still sound good or better in some cases but I suspect these are in the minority. I would likley try it since I own good Class D amp... | |
| Pink Floyd Apparently the rock stars are aging much better than their fans...... | |
| Zu Omen Defs and Ice Amps? I have to wonder what people are listening to or thinking when they label Class D or Icepower amps as "mid-fi". They must either be hearing something different than what I hear, have not heard a good setup, or perhaps just prefer a different flavo... | |
| Zu Omen Defs and Ice Amps? A good Ice Power amp would be a sound choice in the SS amp camp, but frankly, I suspect there are many SS and tube amps that can also do a top notch job with those in that I believe the rap is they are pretty efficient and easy to drive.The consum... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps "I would not use them with bright sounding or thin sounding cdp or speakers."My assessment is good Class D amps like Wyred work quite well with brighter and or smaller or thinner sounding speakers, however the advantages and differences between th... | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? COrrection:The tube in the TAD125 Hibachis is apparently used in the power supply for noise reduction purposes, not the input section. | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? I think I've read that there is actually a single long life tube used in the TAD 125's input stage, which might help account for some of it's positive tube like sound traits. | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? In addition to Thuan, there is at least one other experienced A'goner I know that has reported very good results with the TAD125/MErlin pairing. And the cost cannot be beat as best I can tell. Plus, being SS, no tube maintenance concerns. What mor... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps "In a very recent 6 moons review, the reviewer had both the latest Bel Canto and Yredforsound on hand to compare."Bel Canto Evo 200.4 compared came out a number of years ago I believe and may not quite represent the latest and greatest from BC. Al... | |
| Muddy Waters' The CDs I have that come to mind as particularly excellent recordings are the two Chess 50th Anniversary Collection "His Best" disks, 1947-56 and 1956-64. | |
| TAD-125 Monoblocks Picked up a pair for a steal a few weeks back. I am running them in my two channel a/v system with a late 80's vintage Carver pre-amp, Triangle Titus XS monitors and a similar vintage M&K sub. I would concur with the comments in general regard... | |
| Muddy Waters' I have some recent excellent remasters of old Muddy Waters stuff on redbook. These remasters amaze me in that they sound like contemporary high quality recordings, not like what I remember these legacy blues recordings sounding like for the most p... | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps Comparison's aside, I have heard the newer more modestly priced Krell integrated amplifiers in recent years and thought the sound was quite good and in no way lacking in bass, a product I would most likely be quite happy with in teh right situation. | |
| Opinions on Wyred 4 Sound ICE amps Few integrateds can compete with separates in regards to bass and authority due to physical limitations on power supply and otehr factors when placing multiple circuits in close proximity as is typically the case with integrated amps. Maybe if the... | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... DEfinitely do whatever works to provide a solid foundation and avoid rocking or movement in order to enable best coupling of speaker to room, be the speaker OHM or otherwise.SOlutions need not be fancy or expensive. Its not rocket science. A trip ... |