mapman
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| Freak Me Out Flaming Lips "Embryonic"Massive Attack "Heligoland"The Mars Volta "Amputecture""The B52s"Determine "Rock The World"Van Der Graaf Generator "Pawn Hearts" | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? I think buy the one you like best. | |
| Tube Curious - Preamp Suggestions I've heard VAC amplification and recall it as a reference sound for me that helped shape where I am today, which is ARC tube pre-amp + Class D power amplification. Fewer tubes, more power and drive for speakers that benefit, very efficient and res... | |
| Tube Curious - Preamp Suggestions "fuller bass"Is it better bass though?My bass currently since moving to ARC sp16 is very clean and sounds just right. It sounded lean in comparison to most everything else I've used beforehand in comparison at first mostly because it is more clean... | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference Transport and jitter is important, but gear has improved in general at all price points in recent years and practically I just have not heard much difference between most good quality players. Not theat they are are equally good in regards to jitt... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? "your head seems to be spinning in the typical audiophile conundrum"YEs, that is the curse that goes along with all this. What's best? What will work best? What is best value? What to do?So many choices. The good news is they are all mostly good o... | |
| Tube Curious - Preamp Suggestions "Mapman - When you say you use the sp16 with the same amps, are you referring to the Bel Canto's or Pass Labs?"Bel Canto. Check my system link.FWIW, Teh Ref1000m has input stage specifically designed to handle a tube pre-amp. That was one of my co... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Rebbi, BTW, after the Zu/SET demo with some challenging rock music, the ZU guy doing the demo admitted the amp was underpowered for the task most likely. I wish I could remember what amp exactly was used, but do not. I don't think it was any of th... | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference These days, with modern gear, if things are done well, it should not affect the sound much at all. At least that is what I have been finding in recent years. Most newer "transports" are more than adequate. ALl the rest matters more. If you rip and... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Agree with TG.I have only heard SETs perform to the max with very high efficiency horns to-date, over 100db efficient, similar to Avantgarde Trio.I heard one set fall short with Zu Essence speakers once at a show. Not with the music demoed (small ... | |
| Your Dream/Team Rock Band I would take Adrian Belew on my team any day. :-)Well, maybe not for blues or pop..... | |
| Tube Curious - Preamp Suggestions IF its leaning a bit towards the analytical currently, ARC should be a very good choice to nudge it properly in the right direction.I use an arc sp16 with the same amps and it is a match made made in heaven, hard to beat IMHO. Other recent ARC pre... | |
| where to go from here..,, Atmasphere.That certainly helps the buyer in the case of your stuff.The rule I specified is designed as a general insurance policy in cases where it may not be clear based on specs or any other published info. As the amp input impedance goes up, w... | |
| What is better 1 bigger sub or 2 small ones Lloydc,Theoretically that is true, but for the lowest audible frequencies that a sub would deliver in an already mostly full range system, how much it matters practically is debatable I think. That using more subs enables smoother bass response th... | |
| Does JBL get a bad rap? JBL active pro monitors seem to get a good rap and you appear to get a lot of speaker (and amp) for the money going that way. |