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| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Zap,Sorry to hear that! Keep us all posted and let us know if we can help with the speaker situation at least. Cheers! | |
| HELP Best speakers btw 1000$ and 3000$. Real tests Sinae,What kind of sound are you looking for, what kind of music do you listen to, how big is the room, and how loud do you expect things to go?Hard to recommend anything without this info. Everything sounds different. If you've provided this info... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? So is it confirmed or not that the D Sonics use vanilla Pascal amps? No differences? | |
| Machina Dynamica "but I have a sneaking suspicion if the Real Scientists ever got wind of the Teleportation Tweak they would laugh so hard milk would squirt out of their noses"You got a point there, judge! | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? Another tube amp feature that is of interest to me is tube biasing. I am interested in doing this as simply but effectively as possible. Maybe a meter is part of the solution. Which amps fit the ease of biasing requirement best? Thanks. | |
| Is HDtracks really selling you Hi-Rez music? They sell hi res formats for sure, which means that the format is capable of hi res. The actual resolution of the actual content will almost certainly vary. Just like not all CDs or even LPs are equally detailed. You'll pay a premium nonetheless, ... | |
| Problem with maple under headphone amp Amps are not musical instruments. I'd cautious abut drawing conclusions about what an amp sounds like on a particular wood from how an instrument made of same wood sounds.Also I would hesitate to draw any general conclusions that amp sitting on an... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Bond,Yep, ref1000m still current model. It has had good longevity and I can vouch for why.Other BC amps like ref500m use next generation, newer Icepower modules though from what I recall.Have not heard newer D-Sonic amps but they have potential to... | |
| Recommendation on soft dome bookshelfs under $1K "There are plenty of vintage receivers from the heyday that would easily handle anything the modern speaker market has to offer."Handle, yes. Bring out the best? Not likely, though some vintage receivers might do quite well with most any modern sp... | |
| Who makes the highest quality tube amps? Thanks for all the responses.One thing I gotta ask is how much does looks/appearance factor into your tube gear buying decision?Gotta admit that I love the distinctive industrial/laboratory/retro look of a lot of tube gear so the appearance is som... | |
| Machina Dynamica "What is "debunkery?" Essentially it is the attempt to *debunk* (invalidate) new information and insight by substituting scient*istic* propaganda for the scient*ific* method."When Geoff publishes anything remotely indicating having applied the sci... | |
| Machina Dynamica Integrity....there's an interesting concept! | |
| Machina Dynamica "Again, people often ridicule what they don't understandorwhat goes against "conventional" wisdom"No doubt.The thing is there are a lot of highly educated and smart people including many engineers and other technically adept people on this site an... | |
| Buying Fewer CD's & LP's Because of Pandora? I've started using Shazam to identify and tag tunes I am interested in when I hear them and then revisit tagged tunes later when I am in the mood to pick up some new music. | |
| Machina Dynamica " If I could live with myself, I would do the same thing.... I really don't see the need to bash him. "Interesting.I suppose it all boils down to what one can live with or not.I try to resist the urge to "bash" in that I believe two wrongs do not ... |