mapman
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| Listening fatigue Always tweak setup of what you have to optimize it fist before changing anything!Try listening with less direct exposure to the tweeter output.Try listening off axis from the tweeters and see if the fatigue is reduced or eliminated. If it is, try ... | |
| Review: Kef Reference Model One Speaker "As a corollary, imaging is not as sharp as more conventional dynamic designs. Because they're so immersive, they're great speakers for HT. Judging from the fair-to-middlin' gear I'm using with 'em, they're unfussy about electronics. "I would thin... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier Minor1,Have you heard any Class D amps with your Martin Logans?I have not heard Class D with electrostats. My gut says it does not sound like the most symbiotic pairing, but maybe with the right around it it might work.I guess my point is that I l... | |
| Best Speakers for Nearfield Listening $4k or Less? KEF ls50s aside, I would question the value proposition of spending $4K for good near field speakers. Nearfield listening simplifies everything making it much easier to achieve optimal results. Only headphones simplify things even further.How many... | |
| Best Speakers for Nearfield Listening $4k or Less? The KEF ls50 anniversary monitors are a recent model that has gotten my attention. I like the design and getting unanimous rave review. That looks like a good attempt at a perfect design for nearfield listening for modest cost. I would give that c... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier Lab,I know what you are saying.I predict the value proposition of Class D to far exceed that of SACD and that it is a technology that will only grow in application, not shrink. We'll see....Cheers! | |
| Aging and Treble and Income? Hey, hey, its a Monkee's thread now! | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? "My Gilmore Raptors are -3db at 60khz"Arh, are those Class D amps an end to end proprietary design by the maker or do they incorporate another company's Class D amp modules?ANything more to back up the published specs? | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? "This is'nt new or rocket science, but as all components represent a different set of compromises, ergo, they will all sound different, because none are perfect."That's a very practical way of summarizing it!Few things are EXACTLY the same. Nothin... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier Lab,I don't see a relationship between SACD and Class D amps. Joe listener moving to a Class D amp if desired is a piece of cake compared to what a move to SACD involved. Plus there is a potential significant cost/efficiency benefit to moving to C... | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? Realize that switching frequency spec of a switching amp would seem to set a clear theoretical limit to what is possible with that design in terms of frequency response. But alone it does not determine sound quality, even as measured. It may deter... | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? If you look at Stereophile published bench measurements for Class D switching amps (say Bel Canto ref1000m for example) versus traditional class A/B (non switching amps), I think you'll see examples of what Kijanki referred to.I would expect the s... | |
| The Engineer's Shoes.. Wouldn't be boring if audiophile Nirvana actually happened and everything sounded uniformly perfect?Music is an art!!!!! You need the gear to experience the art, but its the art in the end that matters. Variety is the lifeblood of art and makes th... | |
| 450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier I would agree. A decent tube pre-amp + Class D amp is a hard combo to beat for overall versatility and good sound. Maybe the Class D trend will ironically provide a fresh boost for tube based gear as well. That would be ironic. Could be just what ... | |
| Why are we going 300 or more directions? More noise and obfuscation from GEoff as usual to soften people up so they might better accept his nebulous products while running around in his vendor-induced haze. Plus he has the nerve to do it in thread that is otherwise soundly based in pract... |