mapman
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| Mercury Living Presence Heads Up!Amazon has this currently for < $100.I noticed it over the weekend. My copy is on its way.... | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore "Anyone able to summarize the main pros/cons of Tekton Lore vs. Zu omen def?"Good question! I'd like to see this as well. | |
| size of the driver Back in the late 70s when i sold gear at tech hifi, bass drivers in most speakers back then tended to range from 8 to 12 inches mostly with the occasional 18. I levitated towards smaller drivers mostly for better sound for most with their amps in ... | |
| Buddy Holly and Elvis on SACD Rg, I have the complete elvis 50s and 60s box sets. Not the third with his movie songs. The sound quaiity varies of course as would be expected with such wide ranging collections but ranges from very good + in many cases to just so so, i would say... | |
| Think you know analog? Oh my..... | |
| size of the driver If you are interested in dynamic speaker drivers and technology, read up on Walsh drivers for something completely different, as they used to say. | |
| tube dacs vs solid state dacs Strictly a personal preference kind of thing. | |
| Fuses that matter. For me, there are 3 things regarding fuses I know about that I would care about:1) it's power rating2) it's blown3) it's not blownOtherwise, the fuse probably rates so far down among the things I worry about sound quality-wise that I will likely n... | |
| Fuses that matter. Kijanki, so what your saying is that depending on the state of that little filament inside the fuse, sound quality can range from extreme paradise to nil...and anything in between? | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Blue OHMs...sounds perfect for some Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Lynyrd Skynrd, Zeppelin, etc.... | |
| Best vintage Sansui integrated "My second system has a Sansui AU D-11 (re-capped and upgraded) feeding EPI 100s (refoamed). Very nice pairing."Very classic pairing! | |
| Fuses that matter. I used to sell a lot of fuses at Radio Shack. I also replaced a lot of blown fuses in customer gear at Tech Hifi.It's been a while since a fuse in an audio device and myself have crossed paths, but the concept of a directional fuse seems new to me... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k I find the Audiokinesis Swarm sub system a pretty intriguing product particularly at its price point:SwarmI wonder with an approach like this at that price point, is there rally any need for $30000 full range speakers?I really like the AK approach... | |
| Best vintage Sansui integrated No doubt that Sansui was one of the better integrateds of its day and in good condition should sound pretty good even by modern standards.The unique things it might have going for it compared to more modern options are the range of usability featu... | |
| Fuses that matter. Well, there must be an explanation if a difference is heard.MAybe the fuse line material is not electronically consistent from end to end resulting in non symmetric electrical properties that come into play when direction is switched? When a fuse ... |