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| Amplification for Shahinian Obelisks? Don't rule out good Class D. You may be delighted in every way and even save some money in the end (on both amp and subsequnt power bills) if Shahinians's are anything like OHM Walsh speakers. I use only Class D with those these days and cannot se... | |
| Tubes from Russia block Domino theory that drove the Cold War does not carry much weight anymore these days, except perhaps with that Military Industrial Complex that Eisenhower wisely warned his own country that he defended against all those years ago. That still exists... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Their wive's crazy? | |
| Best High End Audio Manufacturer??? Tbg, since no two systems ever seem to be exactly alike, even at a particular price point, its a safe bet to say that most people do (go their own way).Its also safe to say that some vendors have a much larger and well established reputation (over... | |
| Best High End Audio Manufacturer??? There are many exceptional companies these days, both large and small. Internet makes more accessible to more people. So its harder than ever to single any one out as the best.Having been at this many years and having researched and experienced ma... | |
| What music do you use to assess your system? In the end well recorded large scale classical works always set the highest bar in regards to what it takes to reproduce them best.For me in addition to that, to cover all the bases safely, I always want to test with various forms of music that in... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Whoops, posted to wrong thread above and cannot delete..... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps I'll check out the Roku. Their box technology for music streaming was not up to snuff with Amazon Fire TV box when it first came out, but things change. I used a pair of Roku Soundbridge Streamers to external DAC several years back prior to Squeez... | |
| How important is the amp? The room used and its acoustic properties is perhaps the single biggest part of a home system and the one you have least control over to change as needed. So after that, you have to have speakers that can perform well as needed in the room. Then y... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? A watt is a unit of quantity and all are the same, but each case is different regarding the characteristics of each watt produced and how it sounds. Same amp can perform radically different with different speakers.So saying a watt is a watt is tru... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? DoThat's like saying why ever buy the more expensive tv if they are both 52 inch. Or the more expensive car if both have same horsepower engine. With technology no single spec ever tells the whole story. In fact specs as a whole cannot. No two amp... | |
| Help me discover some new music... Also fly from here by Yes. | |
| Help me discover some new music... Try velvet underground and Nico and Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis. | |
| How important is the amp? No amp, no sound. Good amp up to the task of driving speakers to their max, great sound. Then there is everything else in between. So it's pretty important I would say. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Most tube amps soft clip so effects of not enough power are not as unpleasant. Other than that, a watt is a watt. What's different is how far a watt can be made to go. Soft clipping helps. Limited bass extension does as well. These are things that... |