mapman
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| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables Lots of bling at these shows. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I've read some similar positive comments on the OHM setup at the NY show on some other recent threads here.Yes I have always liked Electrocompaniet gear that I have heard. My phono step up transformer is an older Electrocompaniet unit that my d... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Does not matter. What does matter is that the tube amp be matched with speakers that the tube amp is capable of driving properly.Also what matters is that if a tube preamp is used (higher output impedance) look for a power amp with higher input im... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Yes I liked the sound in Channel D room with the Vandersteen 5s very much as well. | |
| Capitol Audio Fest The premium Tekton Double Impacts sounded very good running off 10 watt Linear Tube Audio amp. I spent a good amount of time listening there. Very weighty and dynamic wiith good detail and imaging. One of the more enjoyable listens of the day for... | |
| Capitol Audio Fest Was there on Saturday. German Physiks was best room of show for me. Lots of good sounding rooms. Got to at least briefly sample most. Came home with a good deal on a Chord Mojo portable DAC. Also heard ATC Harbeth and Tekton for the first time. | |
| Opening a can of worms Yes wires can and often do sound different.How much do they matter and how much should they cost? The only possible answer is "it depends".In general. I’d reserve a fairly small % of overall budget for wires. The smaller you can get away with the ... | |
| My review of the Spatial M3 Turbo S open baffle speaker is finally live... "In that spirit, consider the rest of this review an object lesson in what you may be missing out on if you become a little too certain of the truth of various, high-end audio orthodoxies "Amen brother. The best rules to go by in the case of sound... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? I’m not sure how many died and true audiophiles are interested in reducing their listening experience to merely another application on a computer.Having said that, that's mostly what I end up doing these days. Even when I play a record, the ADC is... | |
| Chord Mojo headamp/USB DAC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_arrayThis is the unique technical approach for a DAC that in particular got my attention once I started to read all the praise the Mojo has garnered.The Mojo has a very distinctive sound differ... | |
| Chord Mojo headamp/USB DAC I had auditioned and picked one up recently. Been using with various headphones and as an alternate DAC in my main system. This is a very special device! More to come. | |
| Advantages of beryllium? http://periodicaudio.com/ | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? My wife and I had dinner at the Hilton Friday night after arriving in Rockville. Afterwards we walked through the quiet Atrium checking things out (show had been over that day for a few hours) and a gentleman with The Audio Company greeted us and ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I spent a good amount of time listening to some flavor of upgraded Double Impacts at Cap AudioFest last weekend. Did not get the price but they were very enjoyable and well fed off the high quality 10 watt tube amp used. Thumbs up especially for t... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The Mojo sucks me in and makes me smile every time. Have only used with headphones so far. Seems to bring out the best in most everything. Will try in my main system soon. |