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| Class D at low volume Pavpet, happily replacing an expensive SET with a much more modest cost Class D amp is certainly saying a lot. I've heard both sounding their best and frankly Class D technology is a game changer for me when it comes to considering tube amplificat... | |
| Mr. Spock RIP Leonard nimoy tribute on metv tonight featuring him in various old tv show roles. | |
| TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt? Flat screen tvs can be a pain for two channel stereo imaging sure. Best strategy is to avoid unique sound reflections off the screen via setup if possible. Not sure I would go to a curved screen just for that. Either mount the tv on the wall so it... | |
| Class D at low volume Mine work great at lower volume. They are so clean and effortless and totally non fatiguing. I often do not realize how high the volume is until someone speaks in the room. They are playing at low volume currently as I type on my triangle speakers... | |
| Impact of speaker stands? Factors to consider are height ability to tilt if needed and if stands couple to floor or isolate. I have dynaudio stands that couple to floor that work best on a more solid foundation and isoacoustics brand stands that sit lower to reinforce bass... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? ii have found assuring clean noise free power to be key for good sound with edgier music like heavy metal in particular. β‘οΈβ‘οΈπΈπΆπΆ | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Eagle eye Al! πππ | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... fwiw i had a defective input board on one of my ref1000m amps not long after i acquired them . The foil or conductive material on the board had separated from the board resulting in substantial distortion at all volumes. Replacing the board resolv... | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? Fraz, the one significant enhancement with my OHMs recently was placing the 100s in my family room on Aurelax Subdude platforms to minimize interaction with the suspended plywood wood floors under the carpet there. That totally transformed the sou... | |
| Is anyone thinking about building Walsh drivers? FWIW their was a DIY room at the last audio show I went to (no Walsh speakers unfortunately) and I came away thinking how silly the DIYers sound made many very expensive offerings there seem. I'm surprised but happy they were allowed there. The DI... | |
| Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there? wmp does fine for .wav. Used it for years before switching to FLAC and DBPamp for more flexibility with tagging, which adds a lot to the overall experience. I converted all my old .wav files to FLAC and my library is very clean now. The only probl... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... FWIW, regarding what can be expected from a SET architecure as opposed to other tube based designs, my understanding about SETs in general, based purely on what I read, which is consistent with what I have heard to-date, is that its their midrange... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? "what sound improvement benefit is there to be had by putting and output transformer on a solid state amp"To make it sound more tubey maybe? | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Some say it is a curse to be beautiful. | |
| Matching a preamp with a different brand Assuming an active pre-amp, mostly just making sure both share a common physical connection standard and following the 10:1 impedance rule from there. The fun all starts from there. No two combos will sound exactly alike, but at least you have don... |