mapman
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| Sonus Faber Sonetto V’s Thoughts Requested Not familiar with those specific KEF and Sonus Faber models, but I do currently own other KEFs and SFs. Both are very fine product lines but no doubt they tend to have different "house sounds" . I think it will come down to personal preference mor... | |
| Do Axpona Exhibitors offer special deals on headphones at the show? Based on personal show experience though not specifically Axpona, yes you should be able to get some kind of special deal on many items at a show like that. | |
| What's up with the price of Vintage equipment? Yeah I sold and heard most all of it back then. I’ll pass. Some neat nostalgia items but that’s about it. | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? -avoid all DSP as much as possible as to me it adds noise. You don’t hear noise per say, but it destroys the soundstage and ambiance. My findings do not support this assertion. I have custom DSP settings for 4 pair of headphones and 4 rooms and... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? There are many options in Roon that determine how it sounds. Not all are categorized under DSP (which is optional to use). My point is, if one really must, before comparing Roons, one better have a good handle on all the ways how you configure... | |
| Roon Endpoint Streamers - Direct Comparisons between Current Offerings? You don’t need to start with expensive high end streamer options to get top notch sound with Roon. I do it with many Roon endpoints ranging in cost to $0 on existing computers, tablets, smartphones to a newer $500 streamer to another that cost way... | |
| To loom or not to loom? You can’t enjoy the fruit without the loom, eh? | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers I have too much stuff already but would love to find a spot for the new HiFi Rose integrated. That company and a few others are really upping the bar when it comes to new and innovative HiFi products, or Future Fi as it is increasingly being refe... | |
| Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :) Most people outside these "high-end" parts would not consider my stuff low cost. For example, I just got a nice deal on a pair of mint Sonus Faber’s from someone locally (compared to other popular options you might read as touted here), but even t... | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? When it comes to audio amplifiers, the concept of a "soundstage" refers to the spatial representation and imaging of sound within a recording. It's the ability of an audio system to create a three-dimensional sonic image, where instruments and voi... | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers I believe Most Class D amps have low output impedance which can contribute to damping factor compared to higher output impedance tube amps. That can make a big difference in how bass sounds in many cases (not all) in that the driver is better cont... | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers Totally a swag guess based on personal experience but I suspect the Atmasphere Class D would sound somewhat more different from Benchmark than AGD, but the only way to know for sure would be to try both and compare. All three are very good amps so... | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers I had demo of Atmasphere Class D followed by Atmasphere tube amps at CAF 2022. The two sounded more similar than different so that is a good omen for the tube amp camp. i also heard AGD at another Audiogoners house who also ran Linear Tube Audio ... | |
| Gallium Nitride GaN Class D Amplifiers The benchmark is top notch. Nothing wrong with the others using GaN but hard to call a clear “upgrade”. Depends on the specific amp not what transistor technology used and what you prefer mostly. Atmasphere and AGD are popular with tube amp lov... | |
| AI (Audiogon Intelligence) Audiogon Intelligence??? What are you really talking about. It is a lot farther away than distance to Jupiter!! Well, maybe a very smart computer application with access to lots of relevant data could help close the gap? You never know! |