mapman
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| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I did find this dewscription of the difference between noise and distortion. It would seem to infer that noise is a "random" artifact.Artifacts resulting from NF would not seem to be random, so I am wondering if that qualifies as noise and can be... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Cutting tech hairs perhaps, but I'm wondering what is the distinction between noise and distortion? Wouldn't the harmonic artifacts introduced by NF be considered a form of distortion rather than noise?I think of "hiss" as a form of noise. I think... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Well, all that matters usually comes out in the end. You just have to trust your ears. There is no equation or theory that can account for that 100%. My view is there are many aspects of design that matter. I've yet to determine that any single on... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "In my experience, SS always seems to image more sharply and offer the deepest, clearest field. "Apparently, not the case. Unless no negative feedback is used. At least not in some ways. | |
| Integrated Recommendation The ROgue specs I've read indicate doubling power output from 100 watts into 8 ohm to 200 into 4 ohms. That's not a guarantee but a good omen for getting good performance out of the Manis.Class D amps require less beefy power supplies in order to ... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D I suppose I may have to turn in my audiophile credentials perhaps with the mindset that that which I do not hear can't hurt me. Fear of what we might be missing would seem to go with the turf. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Hmmm, it seems a lot more practical to just do whatever you can to minimize noise. Even if you can' hear it explicitly, it typically affects sound quality in a negative way.Again if I had to choose my noise, I would probably choose the more random... | |
| Building a Magnepan System, Please Help... I used 360 w/ch Carver m4.0t (SS amp with tube amp voicing, not particularly high current)for many years with very good results with my late 80's vintage Maggies. Same amp did not fair nearly as well with similarly inefficient box designs with goo... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D "The point is that the noise floor of a circuit with natural hiss will seem to have more detail, as our ears can hear information below then noise floor; in a circuit with feedback they can't"Assuming the noise floor is low and can't be heard anyh... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Charles,I was looking at your system in conjunction with formulating my response.No doubt, you have a well thought out setup with some very unique qualities as well and a lot of care has gone into it.I have only gotten to the point in recent years... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D My guess is Class D still has upside, but is pretty darn good already. I'm finding it better already than most Class A/B transistor amps. Class A/B/D all use transistors, right?Tubes are not obsolete. They have unique charms. Definitely a small ni... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Sometimes, I feel like A Poor Misguided Fool.Another musical interlude.... | |
| Building a Magnepan System, Please Help... Under the contraints that Frog describes, which I agree with, I have heard Rogue Cronus Magnum tube integrated sound quite good with mmgs. Even better and pretty top notch all around with rel sub or two added. | |
| Tubes vs Solid State - Imaging, Soundstaging, 3D Hi Charles,No need to agree, but I suspect its a stretch to think that while technology has progressed in most every way greatly over the last 40-50 years, amplifier design has remained stagnant.Whether or not a good modern CLass D amp with NF sou... | |
| Fun, small footprint, floor standers WOlf,I use the OHM F5 series 3 speakers in my fairly large L shaped room.The OHMs are essentially omnidirectional and sound similar form most any location in front of them. They are located in teh bottom of the L, 5 feet or more from closest walls... |