mapman
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| Why does most new music suck? The Beatles were and continue to be phenomenal but a side effect was many were indoctrinated to music by them and perhaps pay less attention to other forms that continue to thrive today. | |
| Sound Quality of Direct TV audio I'd say its almost always a good idea to use digital outputs form most all commercial AV devices whenever possible in that these devices are for mass markets and most audiophiles would prefer results from their own carefully selected DACs, digital... | |
| Virtual System updating problems. Anyone else? Al, glad to hear good impressions of teh software team doing upgrades currently. Hopefully Agon learned from their last upgrade a couple years back which was a huge fiasco. | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? "When is the last time you have seen a hybrid integrated with the power amp section tubes and the preamp section solid state?"That's a good point.One common scenario where tube pre-amp and SS amp might not work as well as possible is when SS amp h... | |
| Is Dynaudio forgiving speakers? Wim, No doubt Dynaudio speakers in general sound best with lots of quality power and current which typically cost more $$$s to deliver. That's something that Class D amps are uniquely suited to do in lieu of large heavy and expensive more "monster... | |
| Best value in pre-owned preamps right now? Classe pre-amps used are typically very good value. Bel Canto also. It always comes down to these two for me when looking. I would also consider most Krells. | |
| Recs for solid state integrated, $2-3,000 range Bel Canto C7i. Has everything, DAC, phono, tuner as well. C5i would do well also and come in under budget. A few less watts and no tuner. | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? For the kefs ss amp for sure. Speakers will determine which power amp works best. That's the second thing to get right. 1st is speakers that work well in the room. It's that simple. | |
| Is Dynaudio forgiving speakers? I use bel canto class d amps with my dynaudios. Class d can make the current and power needed to make them "sing" more affordable. I will likely never look back at any other kind of amp for Dynaudio and their ilk. | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum II or Pharaoh Integrated My local dealer sells wide range of arc and rogue amps and Magnepan and sonus Faber speakers and said Pharoah is his favorite sounding amp. | |
| Solid State Amplifier Advancements In A Decade Its a good question. I'm sure better is possible for a price but not sure how much SS amps at various price points in general have advanced practically in the last decade whereas Class D is still perhaps the new kid on the block, but growing up fa... | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced Also I gotta say that there are many esoteric tweak devices sold that are overpriced accordingly. Some do little or nothing at all, so they are hard to hate other than for the fact that perhaps you got ripped off. | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced Usually when I hear a piece of good quality audio gear that I do not like AT ALL, it turns out something was damaged or not set up or working right. Most stuff is pretty good and worth the cost if one thinks so, as long as the whole system is asse... | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced I guess I would not catch much flack putting most Bose stuff in this category.Not audio per se but I am also not an Apple fan in general. I almost always feel I can do better elsewhere. Despite that, I use an Apple tablet for convenience quite oft... | |
| Ohm Acoustics introduces its 20/20k beta speakers I think the subs are actually side mounted in the lower portion of the cabinets in all cases from what I read and recall, which would makes sense, not directly below the CLS driver can in the upper part as I had indicated above. There are no pics ... |