mapman
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| 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. | |
| 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..... |