mapman
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| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids "Not that science has anything to do with it."Wouldn't science say that lots of high gain tubes in the output stage of a power amp are more problematic in general from a maintenance and cost perspective, both of which affect the end user? Making t... | |
| How long daes it take your gear to warm up? My stuff generally sounds good from teh start but warm up does not hurt. Its important to me to be able to sit down and enjoy without a wait. Even the ARC sp16 tube pre-amp, which has a relay that turns on once the device warms up after power on i... | |
| Could use your advice re: tube gear What speakers are you targeting again? OR is that open as well?The pre-amp/amp/speaker combo together along with good quality source material is the key to max out what you seek.If speakers are open, getting something that will physically integrat... | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids Is Rogue the first to do this?Can't think of any other straight power amps I know of but this approach makes so much sense with so many speakers out there from what I can see that I'm surprised if no one else has done this yet. I just got done pre... | |
| New Rogue Tube/Class D Hybrids Sounds intriguing.I would expect something similar sounding to a good tube preamp/Class D power amp combo, but more for use with an existing SS preamp to help deliver a combo of the strengths of both tubes and Class D in a single relatively small ... | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's "So, if the class-D amp is designed correctly, information-wise you should not be losing any information."Bombay, my point was that technically no amplifier in practice (as opposed to theory) is perfect, so there is always some information "loss" ... | |
| How goofy is this? Doesn't register on the goofy scale for me.Anytime something sounds different, there is a 50/50 chance of it also sounding better versus worse for whatever reason. Those are the only two choices. Call it audio Karma if you like. | |
| Converting Flac to Wav & Upconversion .. Better be a clear difference to justify the much larger file size. Some difference might be possible. Better? Maybe, but my guess is not definitively in any way. | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's "My understanding is that class D amps use PWM (I think I have the acronym right) thus it would seem their sound is "interpreted" if you will just like CD's have to "interpret" between the bits. Is my thinking right on this or am I off base? "I be... | |
| Best real world radial / omidirectional speaker OHM Walsh speakers tend to have similar sound from bottom to top of line. Driver and cabinet volumes increase up the line to deliver better bass in larger rooms. Micros are the smallest and 1000s second smallest. That is the main difference. Anoth... | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's ref1000m's are lean and mean, no doubt (damping factor of 1000 as I recall), yet also most muscular and articulate. There is no flab in the sound whatsoever FWIW. That was the first thing I noticed when I first hooked them up. That might be a good... | |
| How do you judge your system's neutrality? Tbg, I have not given up on anything. In fact, it took a lot of time and some money to get to a good place. I have just learned to focus on the things i can control, not waste time with what i cannot, like how recordings are made. They is what the... | |
| off axis or tilted speaker placement ? I have a similar room and use a similar setup. My speakers are more omnidirectional/360 dispersion in nature. They tend to fill the front of the room with sound more than project it forward and the result is the short length of the L shaped room u... | |
| Need info on amp rec. for these Thiel cs2.4's Bel Canto ref1000m monoblocks might come in used at around your budget and would have a good chance of ending your amp search for the Thiels. | |
| best sound for a classical and jazz cd I like most Blue Note recordings I have heard, FWIW. They tend to be solidly produced and enjoyable even if not knock your socks off audiophile reference recordings in many cases. Its a label I will buy without any prior knowledge of a recording w... |