mapman
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| Of all your gear, what piece impresses you most? Bel Canto ref1000m monoblock amps because they are everything I could ask for in an amp in a very small and non-obtrusive package. Modern technical innovation applied to home audio at its best.Also the latest addition, a Pangea power cord, just be... | |
| OPINIONS NEEDED 100 trade-in chance FOCAL What Elevick said.If you are making a major new investment, you have a lot of options. Focus on your goals and the bottom line. The dealer is offering just one of many options that might work out best, including staying where you are if you like i... | |
| Glaring Omissions "Jazz is about uniqueness and innovations."Not always. Nothing wrong with music that is just plain fun or gets your toes a tappin. DSFDF.I have a mentally challenging job. Sometimes, I just want to hear music that does not make me have to think ve... | |
| Some older CDs play much lower than newer ones I recall there was inherent technical improvements made to the CD mastering standards back in the mid 90's sometime that inherently changed how CDs were mastered to make better use of available dynamic range and perhaps also changes to how equaliz... | |
| Glaring Omissions Its a glaring omission to focus on on the more revolutionary Monk/Miles/Coltrane era Jazz and newer solely and omit all the great more traditional jazz and big band recordings that pre-ceeded those , especially when digitally remastered as needed.... | |
| Ssssh, is your tube preamp really that quiet? ARC sp16 is very quiet when all tubes are working well. One might be hard pressed to know it is a tube device just listening. Surprises me in that regard all the time.Phono section is a tougher beast to keep quiet, but it is not a problem with the... | |
| D-Sonic vs Wyred vs .... Unsound,Bel Canto adds a power supply circuit to their ref series amps that Wyred does not. That probably has a lot to do with their relative performance. | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? 1 tube watt = 1 SS watt.Disclaimer: Your clipping mileage may vary.... | |
| Tube amp power watts equivalent to Solid State? Best to avoid clipping totally, however # watts it takes. As long as its done well..... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll It was pretty much old hat in its pure form once The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" album hit.Still a lot of fun though. | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll "Rolling stones are the most misunderstood band in history."Say what? | |
| Does treble response beyond my hearing matter? Fin,If the specs look good up to the limit of your hearing, you are probably in pretty good shape, no matter what might be measured beyond.When I was young, I could hear test tones up to 20khz. Now, at 54, only up to about 12-14 or so. That's typi... | |
| Does treble response beyond my hearing matter? On the grand scale of things, no. | |
| ARC or other Pre? Technology always only improves.Still there are good products and lesser ones always as well.ARC not "lively"? Not sure how digest that one. Even my modest sp16 is quite lively I would say. Many recordings simply are not however. | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green The Fleetwood Mac tunes "Oh Well" pts 1 and 2 alone provides a nice sampling of PG's abilities as a player and is one of my favorite rock/pop/classical 1-2 punches of all time. It's all there! |