mapman
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| Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone????? "60 tube watts can't be greater or equal to 100 SS watts it can only be less."yes, but soft clipping nature of tube amps in general compared to SS may allow things to go louder off the same # watts than SS and still sound good.Some Class Ds might ... | |
| Why not horns? Those are very nice looking horns and seemingly not overly large either. Not cheap but not as expensive as some I have seen.I wonder how they sound?Too much for my budget currently though.BTW I am dabbling with setting up a third mostly A/V system... | |
| How close to the real thing? Its true that by definition a reproduced signal that is not exactly identical to the original source (ie exactly the same as the real thing) is distorted and that the reason no two systems deliver the exact same sound is because each distorts the ... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone????? Most of the amps mentioned are good ones.I believe system synergy and listener preference more determines amp performance in practice than any inherent objective sonic superiority of one over another by design.The Class Ds are small and energy eff... | |
| Wyred 4 Sound.....Anyone????? Sounds like high damping factor with the Wyreds.The Bel Canto Ref1000m monoblocks had a similar positive effect on bass with the ported designs in my system. Bass is about as good as it gets currently!I think ported speakers in general tend to ben... | |
| How close to the real thing? "You will be surprised that tremendous SPL is not "ear splitting" when it is clean, undistorted and dynamic."I have invested a lot of time, effort and money addressing these aspects of good sound in my home system.My conclusion is that it can be p... | |
| Bah Humbug-Bad Christmas Music au,yes, thats it!thanks. | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed "Prices on 'gon for vinyl is ridiculous"Gotta agree the 'gon is not the place to shop for vinyl. The love of vinyl here elevates prices beyond what you would find most anywhere else in the real world in many cases. The pricing here is skewed by th... | |
| How close to the real thing? Shadorne,Honestly, I've never measured SPL on a system. I take note of documented reference levels for common things like rock concerts, etc. With my current amps and OHM F5s, I have yet to push the volume to any level where distortion or clipping... | |
| Oh no, not B&W again I think B&Ws definitely require just the right amp and setup to shine! They tend to sound more blatantly lackluster than many lines otherwise in my experience. I think its that inherently unassuming "British" tonality they tend to have in spad... | |
| Find the weak link to help me spend $800 or so Since you like analog and your vinyl rig already, try a mhdt paradisea or Havana tube DAC with your CD player assuming it has digital output and see if that helps up the digital ante sound-wise for you. | |
| Bah Humbug-Bad Christmas Music Christmas music is one genre where my wife and I are both extremely biased towards the traditional versions of things I remember as a kid. I do not care for most newer versions of old standards.Maybe if we were Christian that would help.Bah humbug... | |
| Anyone try stuffing their ports? Yes, I almost always obstruct the ports on my monitors even when using with a subwoofer.I learned the trick when I owned B&W P6s which also came with foam port plugs. | |
| Tips for buying used Vinyl needed Hey, Elizabeth, thanks for relating all those good details that I was too lazy to write about!Using Fabreeze is a new one for me. Gotta try that! | |
| how does current work in an amplifier? Dsper,I've heard krell and Martin Logan and teh results were very impressive.Haven't heard Krell and Maggie but my gut tells me that is a very good match as well!Glad to hear things are on a happy path! |