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| Dumb lo-fi question. Your amp doesn't "send" watts anywhere. Nor does it even "make" 25 watts! That number, 25 wpc, is merely a reference based on a particular set of circumstances- typically (not always!) being specified as a load of 8 ohms, across a frequency range ... | |
| New Member And few questions on First Tube Amp. Haven't heard the Primaluna but from what I have heard and combined with my personal experience I'm with the guys who commend it. In general you will probably be better served going for gear that emphasizes depth of sound stage with a touch of ret... | |
| The Science of Cables the perhaps aptly named sleepwalker raises this criticism: Tell us you can’t hear the difference between a lousy Walmart 24 AWG “speaker” cable and a decent audiophile 12 AWG speaker cable, or a lousy 50 cent dollar store interconnect with 1000 pF... | |
| Ever tossed a record aside as poorly engineered and produced only to think otherwise later Linda Ronstadt made three records with Nelson Riddle and his orchestra, all mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab: What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons. Always loved the music, but always thought the recording a little reticent. Like... | |
| The Science of Cables Physical measurements are great for determining how much voltage and current a line can safely carry, what insulation is required for what voltage, etc. That's it.Audio is not about any of that. Audio is about how it sounds. Electrical measurement... | |
| Tube or solid state If your phono stage is SS then its between upgrading that and the cartridge. I don't know what it'll cost in Oz but the bargain here (and maybe even outright champ) is the Herron VTPH-2A. Not a pure tube design but you can be sure anything harsh y... | |
| Best return for the money, system upgrade suggestions please. The best one on your list is the dedicated AC line. But even then only if its DIY (otherwise, electrical, too expensive, poor value) and you're the homeowner AND you'll be there a while. Otherwise you want to look for things that will:1. Be perman... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? lmnop-@millercarbon. You’re a tweaker. That’s so not me. Not my skill set. I’m more a set it and forget guy. But gonna look into your anti-static advice. Static electricity is brutal where I live. Wasn’t always like this. Was in fact very, extreme... | |
| I’m gob smacked. What were you’re aha moments? biggest surprises/improvements regardless of budget?Many contenders!1. Black Diamond Racing Cones. Still the best. Thank you, DJ. RIP.2. Hexfred diodes3. Synergistic Research- pretty much everything. First shock was replacing $2k AudioQuest Dragon... | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? Dark matter. The Olive Garden size word salad that is Machina Dynamica is full of misnomers like this one. Dark matter was coined by astronomers to mean the mass they knew had to be there but could not be seen. It wasn't radiating, like a star. It... | |
| Do you listen to equipment or music. johnspain, what you're doing, listening to the same track over and over, while ubiquitous and I'm sure will be staunchly defended is nevertheless one of the worst habits you can get into. I know I'm in the minority, but who cares when you got Mike... | |
| How do I get a speaker with the bass slam of my el cheapo ear buds...? The slam you get from the ear buds is because being in the ear canal they only need to move a very tiny volume of air. Much less than 1 cc I would think. The speakers you're using have to fill a volume millions of times greater.Those ear buds by t... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? fonicsmith I, being a skeptic, don’t claim to be right, but only offer the humble suggestion that integrated amps are a solution for a problem that never was. Whatever is old is new again. A Krell integrated graced the cover of Stereophile 25 year... | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? Machina Dynamica is the creation of Audiogon's reigning theoretical physicist, (codenamed) geoffkait. Do a web search and you will find the most interesting things. His website http://www.machinadynamica.com/index.html provides a lifetime supply o... | |
| The quest for the hot stamper or is it a myth Got out my White Hot Stamper of Fleetwood Mac and played it again last night. Only the second time its been played. They give you 30 days to return, no questions asked, and I was actually thinking of doing that. I mean, $300 for a record! One reco... |