mapman
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| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? I have more recordings in my collection featuring Steve Hackett than any other so there you go, the numbers don't lie.Next in line on taht count would be Chet Atkins I suppose.I also do love listening to Robert Johnson play guitar, but so few reco... | |
| speakers for first watt j2 I'd recommend taking a look at Tekton. These are high efficiency and an easy load to drive and I have heard the designer prefers SS amplification for his speakers as well.I have also heard several accountings of good results with Ref 3A DeCapo and... | |
| Krell FPB600 can it be bridge to mono "There have been a few designs that have appeared over the years from other manufacturers which also changed output stage operating conditions in anticipation of signal requirements, except that what was being changed were the DC voltage rails sup... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles BTW, I would classify myself as both.I have a large music library, lots of gear to listen with more than my fair share of records, a big music server with various networked players, and even a few tubes, two record players, a few pair of both mode... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles I saw more tubes and records in 15 minutes today than I have for years.It was at my daughter's 8th grade history show where the students designed presentations about how history has affected the music of the times.My daughter covered the 60's. I l... | |
| Picture Thread I'm guessing the vendor would argue its all those parts and the way they are put together that justifies the cost.I've never heard the beast so I don't know.My gut though says that simplicity works best with a pre-amplifier. It has the least deman... | |
| Picture Thread A look under the hood of a 40K pre-amp | |
| Is it live or is it? Live concerts are like most things...there's the good, the bad, and the ugly. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Signal Cable appear to be well thought out products for modest cost. I would consider those as well as Pangea, which I am very happy with so far for my DACs and pre-amp, for my power amps someday. | |
| Compressing Music Files For Thumb Drive In Car Free version of media monkey works well for bulk file format conversions but has learning curve. I used it to covert 1000s of files from wav to flac but does MP3 compressed also. Dbpoweramp has cost but probably more user friendly. That's what I w... | |
| Does anyone listen to Military Music? I have a few recordings. A small % of my library. Nothing more fun than trying to reproduce explosions on your home hifi! 🌝 My favorite is an old Mercury living presence recording that features a recorded documentary of all the details that went i... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Reb if your digital source has stock cord and can be replaced I would recommend Pangea ac14 series for that. Different cords from vendors like Pangea specifically have different designs for different problems. Some targeting line level gear that d... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Pangea has one model for power amps (focus on current delivery) and one for source or pre-amp (focus on noise shielding and control). I use the latter (AC14SE) with both tube-output DAC and tube pre-amp and can state with certainty that these made... | |
| Most enjoyable speaker you heard under $800?? Triangle Titus xs | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... "Don't think......feeeeeel!!!" 🙏 |