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| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? Dazz,Your findings do not surprise me. I would expect the BC amps to have no problem handling the natural impedance curve of the Merlins. No additional tweaking of the impedance matching between amp and speakers should be needed.Your findings corr... | |
| Best beer Ddd,You made me laugh with that one! | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? "With old cars you adjust the heat by turning a knob. With new cars you practically have to be a computer programmer to figure it out. There is no need for this complexity."Amen brother.The complexity is good for the car service industry though wh... | |
| Worlds best DAC I wonder how the MSb compares to DCS?Each is based on some unique proprietary design elements.The focus on magnetic and other forms of noise reduction strikes me as a good and somewhat unique concept with MSB in particular. The concept is not part... | |
| How does relative humidity affect our music? " in my case the bass was overwhelming and overpowered everything else"Of course room acoustics is likely a much bigger culprit than humidity, but if humidity is easier to control and has the desired effect, then case closed.I notice your speaker ... | |
| How does relative humidity affect our music? Worrying about marginal things in particular that one has little control over normally probably negatively affects our ability to enjoy the music more than that thing itself.I say just put the right gear combo in place for enjoyment, and then actu... | |
| Would new speakers---- New audio toys to play with always makes me happy. | |
| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers Main thing is to make sure speakers are not undersized relative to the room. Larger more expensive speakers typically with larger and/or multiple drivers are needed for good full range sound in larger rooms. IF you do not care much about extended ... | |
| Speaker placement " It takes time, therefore, be patient."Definitely good advice. It also often pays to think out of the box in regards to placement, especially in rooms where more traditional placement options for best performance are not viable.For example, in sm... | |
| Worlds best DAC I think both my modest cost mhdt DACs, SS Constantine and tube output Paradisea, are non-oversampling and both deliver excellent sound quality. Tube rolling on the Paradisea makes major differences. Both are keepers.I am a fan of the DCS ring DAC ... | |
| Does anyone use a RUMBLE filter? Rumble is one form of low frequency noise produced by turntables themselves. USing a good table ( I prefer belt drive) and keeping it in good working order goes a long way towards minimizing any impacts from rumble these days, it seems.Warped and ... | |
| Add external amp to integrated pre outs or not? Not very familiar with your gear specifically, but in general, based on the amp and speaker specs I found,I would say: maybe.Frequency Response: 26Hz - 33Khz, in roomNominal Impedance: 4 ohm (minimum 3, 2 ohm at 70 Hz)Sensitivity: 90 dB/W/mMinimum... | |
| How does relative humidity affect our music? Since humidity changes the density of the air, its a pretty safe bet that transmission of sound waves formed by differences in air pressure will vary somewhat as humidity varies. The question will be how much different and whther significant enoug... | |
| solid state amp for merlin tsm's ? My understanding is that RC network adds impedance to make speakers an easier load to drive.My guess is that typically it adds more in the case where a tube amp is used. Tube amps tend to not like lower impedances especially in the lower octaves w... | |
| Can better parts..... If you know what you are doing, and correctly replace specific parts with other "Higher quality" equivalent parts electronically (like a capacitor of equivalent specification), I would expect only positive results. That's always how good things mi... |