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| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? I told you the master of all things futile Geooks would be glad to help! Maybe he can help folks if their specific power cord is oriented correctly or not. Or maybe reverse it for you to find out. For a small fee maybe. Only fair.... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? Last time I checked there was only one way to connect most all power cords. So that kind of makes directionality a moot point. You will never know if sounds better the other way or not. I would not loose much sleep over this personally but fret aw... | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? What's bad about it? These are 500w/ch fairly high current amps. Every other much less powerful Class A/B amp I've had prior flipped the breakers much more easily. If not for the efficiency I would have a real challange most likely. | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? I have the Bel Canto ref1000m Class D amps. These will flip my circuit breaker if I turn them both on at the same time. Otherwise I never have a problem. The power supply seems to draw a lot of current when turned on, then not so much. I would exp... | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! Specs and measurements are useful mainly as guidelines to determine what components are most likely to perform best together. Performance enables good sound but does not fully determine it. You still have to listen once you have decided what to li... | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! It’s a shame if so. High End Audio seems much more interested in bling and mysticism not engineering in order to preserve itself here these days. Oh well. Much easier for all and probably more profitable that way. | |
| German Physiks - Listening Impressions Wanted They were best sound contenders for me at Capital AudioFest last year. That was the first I got to hear them. I am an omni guy with OHM Walsh speakers in my main hifi. Omni presentation is different more like a live performance. May take getting u... | |
| Up and coming band: Davina and the Vagabonds "Sunshine" is a CD worth having. Great music and great sound. Lots of fun! | |
| High End is Dead? Dunno but very tough to be in that business these days and getting tougher. | |
| Full-Range to Monitors The OHM Walsh full range floorstanders are the only floorstanders I value enough to ever own again. Otherwise its monitors only moving forward. Too big bulky and hard to tame acoustically in most rooms! | |
| New way for audiophiles to die! When I was born, I saw the light of day.......when I die, I want to hear some Moody Blues. | |
| Alternatives to Klipsch for efficient/very efficient sub-$300 listening speakers? There are probably thousands of <$300 speakers that are very efficient. Big Lots, Kmart, Walmart and others are chock full of these. The pickings get much thinner if one also expects them to handle power, go loud without breakup and/or have any... | |
| New way for audiophiles to die! That from the expert on nothing burgers. | |
| Notable very small loudspeaker companies (other than Tekton!) Gershmann Acoustics http://www.gershmanacoustics.com/. Also +1 for Joseph http://www.josephaudio.com/ and OHM (www.ohmspeakers.com) Triangle maybe not small but lesser known in USA (http://www.triangle-fr.com/en) | |
| New way for audiophiles to die! Actually I find posts about useless or wasteful things quite useful. You learn about things that are useless and the people pitching them which is quite useful information to have. I find that in itself fascinating as well as I indicated. |