mapman
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| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Pics would definitely help. The trick is always to get the right speakers for the placement in the room and then the best amp possible to drive them. From your description I can understand the appeal of the Vandersteens. Something tube amp friendl... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Could you do corner placement of speakers? How about Klipschorns and a nice arc or vac tube integrated amp? Or a Rogue Cronus Magnum? Or even a Glow Audio Amp 1 or Decware Zen triode integrated? That would be very nice, practical for good lis... | |
| Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You I'm still working on really enjoying Bitches Brew. Groundbreaking at the time but great music? Not so sure. One of my least favorite Miles Davis albums still. | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Have you heard those Vandersteens off a good quality higher powered modern Class D amp? I’d be willing to bet set up well and done right the results would be stellar and hard to beat at any comparable price (with tube or SS amps) if budget is a fa... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines The thing is there is nothing inherently tube amp friendly about those Vandersteens that I can see from the specs. In fact they would appear to not be a good match at all to a tube amp. They have impedance down to 4 ohms and 86db efficiency rating... | |
| step inside Klipsch fans and fanatics Very interested in comparisons of Klipsch to others by those with experience.The event that awakened the "audiophile" in me many years ago was first time hearing the Fleetwood Mac album on a pair of Klipsch circa 1977 or so. I've had a soft spot... | |
| Review: Ohm Acoustics Ohm Walsh 100 Series 3 Speaker News posted on www.ohmspeakers.com says Ohm will be at the New York Audio show in November. They will likely be running Ohm 1000s powered by Peachtree Nova 300. The new Peachtree is 300 w/ch Class D Icepower. That should be quite the combo! | |
| Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You Calling All Stations by Genesis. | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Charles, yes Atmasphere s-30 would be nice and I have considered but looking for a more compact integrated amp initially. Still waiting to see an Atmasphere OTL integrated amp. :^).This would be a third system in a smaller room if I do it and... | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? Agree that the DAC used will largely determine how things sound. | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers larryi, your assessment of the Titus is spot on!Technically on paper, I think I would prefer OTL over SET in that the use of a transformer when needed can only hurt and not help most likely.Problem with OTL for me is all those tubes and the limite... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Charles,Well, based on my understanding from Atmasphere and others, that’s how SETs work. It has nothing to do with semantics.So that piano you hear is either a result of the amp working optimally and having very low distortion or if it is being s... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Charles yes I am with you on that.The challenge will be space and budget is limited at first and I will be going only with an integrated amp, not separates.I am open for suggestions but the white GLOW Amp 1, which I have heard at shows, is my le... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers " harmonic overtones were more developed and fleshed out "That could be the pleasant 2nd order harmonic distortion Atmasphere pointed out perhaps?If so who cares really. As long as it sounds good. Nobody ever said accurate reproduction of music al... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers The speakers I have lined up for eventual use with a SET or similar tube amp are Triangle Titus XS monitors which are quite small not not particularly extended in the bass but still marginally efficient. They are small but very good for their size... |