mapman
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| What Do You Think . . . and How Does It Work? This place is really going downhill fast these days. Maybe time to take another time off | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? Follow the Leader..... | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? China is a top manufacturer of vacuum tubes. Also Russia and some Eastern European Countries. Pandemic and trade wars could have an effect on prices and availability. Others might be able to provide more info on the topic. | |
| What is up with Audio Research during the pandemic? Egocentrism is another pandemic spreading rampantly everywhere these days. | |
| Ported versus sealed speakers: is one type better? No. There are just good designs and less good ones. | |
| Are tubes really “warm”? Usually yes but the degree to which varies widely. | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present My Ohms are the only speakers my wife does not complain about if I put them in her sunroom. I have a small pair of Vanatoo Transparent One Encore active speakers in there now but she does not care for wires showing. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? The limitation with integrated amps used to be noise levels cramming more circuits into close proximity with power transformers, etc. That limitation seems to have been largely resolved these days. Integrated amps seem able to deliver more juice w... | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present How do these strike your fancy?https://photos.google.com/search/_m8_Favorites/photo/AF1QipN6_Z_-Ve5ZGQJvCtRlzI9QQrIxnZOJyeazAuSS | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present Like I said beauty is in the eye of the beholder so no objection whatsoever. | |
| How many NICE looking high end floor standing speaker are there at present That’s like asking how many beautiful women are out there? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Google “beautiful floor standing speakers” and see what pops up.I guess “a lot” would be my answer. | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? I think the ones I have had for the last 10 years or so are up there: Bel Canto ref1000m mono blocks. I listen and think “what could be better?” Which is not something I could have said prior. I hear other very good similar sounding amps in syste... | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Amp technology in general has improved over the years and more tend to sound better and hence more similar as a result. Not to say there are not still other flavors of tube amp to choose from besides vanilla. | |
| KEF LS50 Wireless -- wow!!! They are great in smaller rooms and with suited amps which the actives takes care of right out of the box. | |
| Klipsch Heresy IV Yep what that guy is saying about efficiency in the video makes sense. You can't get more bass out of essentially the same size package without losing some efficiency so the I would tend to lean towards IIIs with lower power amps.I heard IVs with... |