mapman
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| Most achingly-beautiful music "Creep"....good one! | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? " But to be honest, I only have about $65k-$70k in my system, I don't have a high-end system."That's funny!If Class D amps are even in the discussion for a system in this price range, high end or not, I would say that's another good indicator that... | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? I like Jneutron's statement earlier that it is design that matters, not cost. A good mantra for any decision making process involving technology! | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? "Which means "A personal stake or involvement" in that amp."So by this logic, we can only discuss things we have no involvement with? That sounds like fun!By this logic, nobody would discuss anything anywhere because they have a "personal stake". ... | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? George, You did not answer gc's question or address my points. | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? GEorge,You might be correct regarding the theoretical weak aspects of Class D but my experience is that they ARE competitive with other amps, not just good for subwoofers. Many users and reputable reviewers would agree. All designs have flaws/impe... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? For amp/speaker pairings, which I agree is more meaningful, I would say quality high power Class D amps and OHM Walsh perform at the highest levels and at price points affordable to many that nothing else can touch.That is already the case with re... | |
| Review: Kef Reference Model One Speaker "i'm using "imaging" in the sense of the speaker's "ability to float specific phantom images, reproducing the original sizes and locations of the instruments across the soundstage"Practically, reproducing original "sizes" of instruments is particu... | |
| Is it all in my head? My experience has been that no two pieces of gear sound exactly the same, but differences can run the scale from little or no or insignificant difference to major difference. Usually the biggest differences can be attributed to major differences i... | |
| Help me pick some speakers I heard some GOldenears recently for the first time.I heard Aon3 off some decent Mc amplification. They were most impressive for their size and cost! Fans of ribbon tweeters and big soundstage might find these appealing. SOund was just a tad polit... | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? Balanced ICs would seem to be an easy solution, but a lot of home gear is not designed to use it.I have debated going to balanced myself on occasion, but frankly, I like my wire imperfections as a means of tweaking sound when needed. Just goes to ... | |
| Tube Amplifier for Thiel SS amp is best way for Thiel I believe. Tube pre-amp should have good musical synergy. Lots of good choices there. ARC is one of the safest and best for a newbie. That's the way I went a few years back and have not regretted. Just be aware that tu... | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? I wonder is the impedance matching aspect that has been discussed of value only in theoretical discussion or is there a practical way to realize and assess the potential benefit?I suppose the best IC would be no IC. Integrated devices like integra... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier Lab,I can comfortably say that Class D amps can sound "good". The ones I use sound as close to perfection as pretty much anything I have ever had expectation to possibly own. And they are alredy one or two generations removed from most recent prod... | |
| Listening fatigue Its also possible that if the gear is new it will settle into a smoother presentation over time as things break in. You might want to play things a bit louder than otherwise in the meantime to help that process along faster perhaps, if possible. |