mapman
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| tube amps and electrostatics This thread has rekindled my interest in es speakers. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Over sweet treble and midrange bloom..... Sounds enticing! | |
| Happy music... Rite of spring is pretty upbeat as well. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Wouldnt two ohm or less impedance at high frequency be much easier for a ss amp in particular to deal with than if it were low? Way less power needed for high frequencybthan low. Or is it more complicated than that? | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Es speakers are special and worth any special effort needed. Plus you have some good sidekicks here that can help to get them singing. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Theory helps one to play the game well, but ya still gotta play it. Autoformers in finished boxes showed as costing over a grand. A barebones version would be less i suppose. Es speakers can be pricey, so its all relative i suppose. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics The ear sensitivity chart shows why what measures as flat response is not heard as flat response normally, It illustrates why what measures as flat frequency response may be perceived as bright. A lot of mass produced SS gear feature things like f... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics I am over 50, and I know my ears like most older ears do not even hear much above 12khz or so like they used to when I was a young audio "stud". So getting flat response that works becomes a lot easier with age. Roll off of highs with ES speakers ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics As the ear sensitivity chart at the link I referenced above shows, human hearing is far from flat over the 20-20kz frequency range normally associated with human hearing. That means nothing that truly measures as flat will ever be heard as being f... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics "And although I can't formulate a meaningful technical explanation, and I suspect that a good explanation would be a complex one involving a multitude of factors, my perception over the years has been that there is a tendency for those qualities t... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Autoformers cost more than many speakers themselves. That's a factor to consider in the equation that can't be ignored. | |
| tube amps and electrostatics " The argument that there is too much variability in the sound of live to establish a benchmark is nonsense; there is much more that is consistent than there is that is different. "Agree with Frogman on this. All live music has certain things in c... | |
| Smartphone for the audiophile? Both Google and Apple based devices are suitable. NEither are designed for "audiophiles" specifically, but there are sufficient options available for each to make either a useful device for an "audiophile". In terms of inherent sound quality, Appl... | |
| should i go old or stay new need help Obviously buying older used gear can be a good way to squeeze more value out of your budget.Yes, there are risks that go along with buying used, but many people do it so as to be able to get the most out of their audio $$$s.The key is to ask the s... | |
| Who makes "A number that generally says more about the robustness of a solid state (but not tube) amplifier than all of the foregoing is how closely its 4 ohm continuous power rating approaches being double its 8 ohm rating."That's the most common spec out ... |