mapman
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| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing A well designed shootout among the leading or most popular class D amps would be very interesting, but getting conclusive results on such a highly subjective thing as how things "sound" is always problematic. That leaves one to merely leverage... | |
| My Lifelong Quest to Make my Expensive Rig Sound as Good as $500 Headphones Walsh drivers operate differently and seem to have an inherent advantage in this area compared to conventional piston drivers. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Fwiw I am a long time Class D owner and fan ( well documented here). I decided to dive into the “latest and greatest” offerings earlier this year. I went in willing to spend what was needed to put myself in the best position possible replacing ol... | |
| Can a set of Ls50 metas surpass or equal a set of Kef blade metas with subwoofers Agree with @vinnydabully. Ls 50’metas are a benchmark setting product and every hifi enthusiast should hear a pair. | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? Earlier this year a Cambridge Evo 150. A “future fi” revolutionary type product. I’ve been nothing but pleased with it overall. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing This is just my observation but the Atmasphere OTL amp products have always occupied a very unique niche, technically much different than other products. I think it would be foolish for Atmasphere or any other smaller vendor to try to compete wit... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing All this fuss. Class D is the affordable ticket to music heaven these days. That includes Hypex and Purifi. You can bank on that. It’s just a fact. Not to say others cannot still compete. Good sound is largely a subjective determination but all ... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Another old guy here. Lafayette Radio Electronics (my first job) in Lancaster, PA then Tech Hifi in New Brunswick NJ my second. | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer Having a dedicated streamer is a nice thing . But many already have computers and should at least try those first if that has appeal. It’s easy and can work very well. Just use a long usb wire so the computer is not too close to the amps for bette... | |
| DAC Advice - Benchmark DAC 3 It’s a perfect choice. Just do it! | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer I have a Cambridge Evo 150 and have compared various sources for streaming including the on board streamer and class 2 USB audio input from Remote Desktop computer using the same source files. Both sound very similar, top notch. I’d really have to... | |
| What is the added value of a streamer over a networked dedicated Computer You can’t categorize one type of device as inherently superior to another in regards to digital sound “quality”. The devil is always in the details…..what two items specifically are being compared. It will sound really good either way these days w... | |
| Is symphonic music kind of like Phil Spector got hold of chamber music? Kinda like that but symphonic music came along way before Phil Spector. So it’s more like Phil Spector is like symphonic music got hold of Robert Johnson or Louis Armstrong or Billie Holliday or Bob Dylan. | |
| Why don't we tire of music? People tire eventually if too much of most anything. Perhaps not money. | |
| Does dose anyone see these speakers in real? Those are beautiful. I think I’m going to cry….🥹🥲😭🤣😂😂🥲🥹 |