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| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Makes sense. I hadn't really given the term dynamic headroom much thought of late with the realization that underbuilt amps that claim to be able to do great things for brief periods of time historically tend to not pan out that well.But Al, how t... | |
| Help me discover some new music... I pick up on recent pop hits that I end up liking at the gym.Two in my head of of late are "(We Could Be) Heroes" by Alesso and "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" by Train which sounds like a refreshing and energetic pop reworking of "Phantom of the Opera" ... | |
| Rogers amps I saw these at Stereo Exchange in NYC last year was wondering the same thing. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? I have a 500 w/ch Class D amp. Class D is a different beast. It is designed to deliver the power only as needed as I understand it. That's what enables it to be small powerful and energy efficient. It never breaks a sweat or sounds strained at ANY... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? "Class A 500 wt/ch tube amp?"That should do nicely if you can afford the power bills. Doesn't Ralph have one of those? | |
| Best High End Audio Manufacturer??? Its true that someone raving about a product, even declaring one best of show, is not a reliable measure.Lots of people jumping on teh bandwagon over an extended period of time... a safer bet you might like it.is Hershey's or Nestle's the best cho... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? "The amp can put out a considerably greater amount of power for relatively brief periods of time than it is rated to deliver continuously, or the amp can **not** sustain power outputs that are close to its maximum instantaneous capability for long... | |
| Anybody into 80s big music? Billy Idol had a lot of great tunes in the 80s, many very well recorded. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? I think there have been some designs over the years that advertised large headroom out of a more compact box in particular that were not very good sounding overall on teh grand scale of things. I had a Hitachi Class G receiver for many years that ... | |
| Anybody into 80s big music? Don't forget big hair. I'd be into that but the trend since has been in the opposite direction. (:^{In general I like more 80s music now than I did back then.Also the Geico "Europe/Final Countdown" commercial is pretty funny. ISn't that tune prett... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Bottom line is watts matter be you tube or SS but you gotta take all power specifications with a grain of salt because no specification completely and accurately tells you whats happening in regards to distortion, which all amps produce to some ex... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Geof will then rewrite all the textbooks on the subject as well I'm sure. :^} | |
| $15,000 Speaker Does Not List Freq Response Specs Too many options out there for that budget, many good ones costing much less, to go with something that failed to wow you in the first place. | |
| Tubes from Russia block Yes, tubes are way more important. :^/ | |
| Amplification for Shahinian Obelisks? 60 w/ch Bel Canto C5i does exceptionally well up to decent volume levels with my OHMs and would satisfy many. 500w/ch ref1000ms knock the ball out of the park without ever breaking a sweat at any volume. |