mitch2
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| Class A Solid State Sound How about PS Audio's BHK Signature 300 with a tubed input stage and MOSFET output stage using exclusively n-channel devices for both the positive and negative signals. Claimed power output is 300/600/1000 wpc into 8/4/2 ohms and according to JA'... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? @roxy54 I saw him a couple of years ago....the old boy absolutely rocks out!It was a great concert. | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane The Metrum DACs do not have a conventional preamp section. The potentiometer adjusts the reference voltage which in turn affects the voltage output thereby adjusting the amplifier output and the system volume. Steve Nugent's Empirical Audio DACs... | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane @msommers I’m eyeing up Pavane L3/Adagio and thinking "will the bass improve enough that it’s worth it?" I can only speak to my system where I have consistently enjoyed Metrum DACs over others such as Lampi, Aqua HiFi, and Ayre. To my ears, the... | |
| Class A Solid State Sound @auxinput Your description is pretty much what I hear between MOSFET and bipolar or BJT output stages. BAT solid state amplifiers are another that to me have that soft/warm/fuzzy sound. The effect is less noticeable in the Lamm hybrid amplifiers... | |
| Class A Solid State Sound I have not heard the amps you mention but I do generally seem to prefer amplifiers that use Bi-Polar output devices, such as Clayton's M300 monos. One possibly meaningful comparison I have made was when I owned both the M300s and Lamm's M1.2 Refe... | |
| Clayton Audio Class A I have the M300s and I believe your S2000 is for the most part two of those in one chassis.There are many bridged differential designs such as McCormack's DNA-500 and all of his SMc modded amplifiers that are converted to monoblocks, Cary's 500 se... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Do you have to play a mono (i.e., summed) signal from all the subs or would there be value to trying the front subs in stereo and the rear subs or one rear sub in mono to better deal with standing waves? | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? @gdnrbob I am glad you are considering the Vandy subs. Hi Bob, you responded to a second post that wasn't clear on its own.I am not considering Vandy subs but rather I considered the Vandy M7-HP passive crossover, which costs about $2,500. I p... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Thanks @mapman I am not necessarily looking for affordable but rather something that would be absolutely transparent since I would be high passing the entire signal above 40 or 50 Hz that is going to my main speakers. That is one reason I have be... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? @akg_ca The one big problem with all of this is that you need a good crossover to roll off the deep bass in your system and achieve all of these benefits...” So, I gotta ask, where do I get that crossover?Vandersteen makes their M7-HP, which lo... | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers @cd318 Thanks for the link and the walk down memory lane.He certainly let us know what he thinks about tweaks; TWEAKSAnything from magic markers to allegedly reduce static during playback of your CD's, to cable elevators that elevate your cables ... | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers An amplifier manufacturer once told me, "if I knew what I know now, I would have gotten into cables instead of amplifiers."Audio is no way to get rich. If it were easy anyone could do it. If somebody were interested in getting into the audio ind... | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane I do not have wide enough experience to answer your question but I will tell you what I can. I went from an $8K CD player to a Mojo Audio Mac mini server then to the Antipodes DX. I have had Antipodes upgrade the DX twice and then added an outbo... | |
| Metrum Onyx versus Metrum Pavane @mrotino I forgot to add, if you like your sound now, I would probably not spend the money on the Ambre. However, the Ambre is a very capable endpoint and in my system has compared favorably with the much more expensive SOtM triad three piece ult... |