mapman
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| CD changer or squeezbox or dedicated server? Music server is the option with biggest upside in terms of flexibility and sound quality. Downside is more complexity during setup, time required to rip disks, and additional time and expense to set up and keep backups running so there is a spare ... | |
| What is a class G amp ? "Call it improved class D"Or is Class D improved Class G?Class G has been around longer but never seemed to break out in home audio.I suspect class D is more efficient. Also its no comparison soundwise between the Class G Hitachi receiver and curr... | |
| What is a class G amp ? I had a Class G Hitachi SR-804 receiver I bought in 1978 for years. It was a good but not outstanding sounding piece. Not familiar with the Arcam though. Hadn't heard about Class G in years.Class G enables higher peak power delivery in a smaller p... | |
| Upgrade advice, please. I think you will do better regarding amplification with separates than integrated in your price range.Have fun! | |
| Musical Speakers - If you like that sort of thing. "What is accuracy"Its getting the signal present in the source material (record, CD) through in a cleanly amplified electrical state to the speakers so the speakers can then attempt to accurately convert the signal into sound.Another way to look a... | |
| Musical Speakers - If you like that sort of thing. Which Vina do you prefer? Reality or illusion?Pretty Vina and Real Vina | |
| impedance matching amp/preamp Without getting into technical details, the analogy of how a drum skin works to produce sound is a good one to help understand what is going on.A drumskin that is too loose will have less impedance to resist the strike of the drumstick which can r... | |
| Why not horns? Horns have been around a while. I have to believe there are a good number of engineers out there who understand the key principles pretty well.Now, do a search and try to find experts on Walsh driver theory and construction! The inventor (Lincoln ... | |
| The Hub: Just call it UBANGI ! Interesting article. Thanks! | |
| Musical Speakers - If you like that sort of thing. "She has an illusion, and you have reality. May your way be as pleasant. "--"The Keeper" from the original Star Trek pilot episode 'The Cage" | |
| impedance matching amp/preamp I think I came across something like this before where 100K output impedance is the recommended input impedance for the amp to match the pre-amp's output. Not saying that is the case for certain in your case, but it is possible. 60K input impedanc... | |
| Why not horns? Yes, it seems there are two distinctive large camps of horn owners and then all the rest:1) enthusiasts with custom horns2) Klipsch owners (many that have also customized these themselves to some extent) | |
| Why not horns? 'Thirteen pages of very, very little value. "Well, for me, there is only so much can conclude about how something sounds by discussing it, even if in great technical detail.You have to hear it. Unfortunately, a web site cannot provide any indicati... | |
| Musical Speakers - If you like that sort of thing. Grannyring,I share your wants but am not very forgiving in regards to loose bass, etc.Few speakers I can afford other than the OHM omni's I have run for years satisfy these wants for me yet most consider them to be very neutral. | |
| Why not horns? "Unfortunately Macro views dissension as being hostile and reacts in that manner... "Ah, yes, that would be considered quite "Borg like"!Lets be glad that Macro does not appear to have the capability to assimilate us against our will!No horns for ... |