mapman
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| 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... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers gsm18439,No doubt an integrated subwoofer or two in play would change the game significantly and offload most of the work (which is always in producing the lower bass frequencies) from the SET. That is a very good way for any owner of a low powere... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Larryi the Class D amps I own and have settled with currently are Bel Canto ref1000m in my main system and C5i integrated in my smaller setup. Both are simply wonderful devices. Id like to add a third system built around either SET or OTL amps ... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Charles,I suspect there is a significant sized yet small minority out there that do venture into SETs or their like initially for various reasons, but on a limited budget like most first timers.FOr example Glow audio sells a very popular and styli... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers Tommy,I’ve heard all forms of demos at shows also, including very expensive high quality SETs using similar very large efficiency horns (with correspondingly stunning results).The best thought out and executed ones, SET or otherwise, always exceed... | |
| Digital media server/players for a Skeptic? FWIW,I use older Squeezebox and newer Plex systems to stream wirelessly from my laptop music server.dbpoweramp to rip and tag. Picard to autotag files after when neededThis is very cost effective and works and sounds great. Once you get used to it... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Its funny how fuse guys agree on pretty much everything.What if Hilary and Donald used these things? Putin and that guy in North Korea too! What a wonderful world it would be. :^) | |
| Up grading a MHDT Paradisea+ DAC My experience with original Paradisea when I owned one is it was a very musical DAC in general and was also very responsive to tube rolling. Stock GE tube was warm and lush but somewhat rolled off, not great for all kinds of listening. NOS Tung... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers "Sometimes you have to ignore well meaning warnings based on preconceived notions. "How someone thinks something sounds good or bad is a notion.Technical facts are facts however, not notions. You can choose to ignore them but chances are higher yo... | |
| Mellow speakers educeus,The sound you describe is common with most any speakers if your floors are suspended plywood or anything designed to have some give like that.If so relatively inexpensive isolating stands or pads solve the problem easily and make a huge d... |