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| Ray Manzarek RIP Rock music would have been a lot less interesting without Ray Manzarek and The Doors. | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Good tube amp setups I have heard are excellent at both "attack" or sudden transients and "decay", especially with acoustic music.Same true of SS.The lesser setups, both SS and tubes, are of course less successful, though the tube amps probably ha... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss "My questions is: is there anything to be gained by switching to these higher power tube amps over ss amps?"Maybe or not. It would all depend on what you specifically are shooting for and how well what you have meets your needs or not.I do not con... | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? Sim,OHMs are a different breed. I always tend to levitate to them, but Walsh drivers and omni presentation is much different. Triangle + Focal have MAggie like qualities but with better macro dynamics for music that you need to feel a bit as well ... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear Bryston and Mc = two way different beasts.Which is reference?The one that sticks the word "reference" in the product name first! :^) | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? I have Titus XS for about 15 years among other speakers (Dynaudio, OHM).Have also owned Magnepan and B&W. Have heard various Focals on several good dealer systems.In order of inherent "warmness" of sound, from most to least:1) B&W2)Dynaudi... | |
| What's with 4 ohm speakers? "Quantity becomes quality when it avoids clipping"I like that and would have to wholeheartedly agree! | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Coot,I would qualify that somewhat further and say in a smaller room, with smaller OHMs perhaps, and for certain musical and listening tastes/preferences, OHMs alone + a modest power tube amp alone might fit the bill. The bigger the room, and the ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Coot,I might consider a tube amp if not for the cost and maintenance issues. Teh tube amp would haveto have way more tubes than I would care to tend to to have a chance of maxing out the OHMS at higher volumes. Using a sub and offloading much of t... | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? Which Triangles did you have? | |
| Upgrade question - speakers or integrated? Why would you change if nothing is wrong?Seems like good pairing. Are speakers maybe undersized for your room? Are you looking for deeper bass or bass with more authority maybe? | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question Al,Thanks for providing the bandwidth details for Wireless G relative to high res audio format. I did those estimates awhile back and reached a similar conclusion, though the numbers had long since gone in one side and out the other of my head.SO ... | |
| What's with 4 ohm speakers? Drew + Duke + Ralph = lots of good info.The thing with voltage paradigm is, it represents the vast majority of products out there today whereas power is perhaps having a renaissance in high end circles but remains distinctively as more of a niche ... | |
| Music Server AN emerging class of products that I think will take off over time for this is inexpensive multipurpose media devices that happen to serve up quality audio along with teh rest, as opposed to being audio only. I have seen some interesting new Andro... | |
| Anyone enjoy their amp's sound more than music? Sound effects sound great with my amp. BTW, well recorded sound effects of things we are naturally familiar with are a great test for a rig to see how well things are coming through.WHere I draw the line is I do not enjoy sitting and listening to ... |