mapman
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| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Madona sounds really good on my $90 high quality table radio fed from my computer at work. In mono of course. :^}Tbg, my system comes in arounfd $10K or so in terms of what I actually paid, a lot more at list price. It does it pretty good! I've be... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Reb,One thing worth noting is that often when a significant change is made we focus on what we hear that we did not before. how about what we heard before that we no longer hear? I suspect that once one hits a certain level of sound performance th... | |
| Kanye West - Grammy comment, re Beck He's a bigger diva than his wife basically. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... I'd like to hear that combo. 😻 | |
| What's your latest album purchase? Shubert, it is the most eerily otherworldly thing I think I have ever heard on any recordings. The sound just seems to transcend the physical realm I'm listening in. One has to hear it to understand. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... There is always the proven option of waiting to buy used and not overpaying and selling if needed to move on. It might be nice to keep two pair around at a time to compare at home, even for just a short period if financially feasible. | |
| Higher resolution Jazz " I like that it was brought to light a few times about the recording of live jazz and how the vibe is different because of the musicians feeding and playing off of one another vs. recorded in a studio"I always like live recordings for exactly tha... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? Interesting.It might be hard to quantify or even identify but it makes sense to me that higher performance in general enables design options that might not be viable otherwise. To what extent any of those are beneficial or not of course may still ... | |
| What speakers for 10k? Actually, seeing its only a 5.25" woofer, its a pretty safe bet not much is happening at 42hz. Also ribbon/folded ribbon tweets like that used are inherently directional as well I read. So the small size and seemingly directional design should hel... | |
| What speakers for 10k? The Grand Teton specs on teh website indicate frequency response down to 42hz but no indication of the roll off so it could well be way down at that point. Another generalized spec that may mean little that might play into a higher sensitivity rat... | |
| What speakers for 10k? Nothing unusual about vendors generalizing specifications as a marketing ploy.Its not hard to have 94DB speakers....assuming the lowest octave or so is excluded. Lots of "snakeoil" like this around. Nothing unique to see here really.Yes, if its sm... | |
| What's your latest album purchase? Mel Torme "Best of the Concord Years".I've never heard anyone resonate notes like this guy. When he does it, it sounds like the room might explode. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... One other thing that might be useful to know is the output impedance of the AN amp. I'm asuming it is fairly high being a SET but do not know for sure. The higher that is the greater the chance that impedance swings in the speaker, even if not pro... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Reb, I think you have all the relevant info available to decide. Some more detailed impedance/phase info on specific Tektons would be useful but not needed to save some money perhaps. Or go with what seems best on paper for more. Or try something ... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Mik.TEktons might well be the ticket. DEfinitely high value and a reasonable fit it would seem for most any case. Plus not much risk to try. I would consider those myself. On paper. the Coincident just seems to be designed specifically for the tas... |