mitch4t
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Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE .Be sure to get back here with your review after the break-in, the suspense is killing me. mitch. | |
Best preamp 2k or under, new or used .Audio Research LS-10. Incredible black background. They are incredibly rare. Grab it if you ever see one. They normally go for around $2k used.. | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .Tim, I love the sound of my Pass amps and I'm in no hurry to change. However, I have no loyalty or sentimental attachment to them. If I hear a set of switching amps that outshine them for less money, I'd change in a heartbeat and never look back.... | |
Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? .Bombaywalla, Kijanki's post was a couple of days ago on 3-15-13. His entire post is below:03-15-13: KijankiSome people argue that class D, as good as it is for the money, cannot really compete with best traditional SS amp. I can see that, especia... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .i was told many years ago in audio that if you bought by weight alone you could never go wrongTomtab, a lot of people were told the world was flat, tomatoes were poisonous, and the mean old lady that lived in the big old house across the street w... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .Hey Tim, I think you are right on the money. I believe with a decent amount of money thrown at R&D, the switching amp could be to linear amps what digital cameras did to film cameras.Bill, thanks for the explanation.. | |
Help power pair of Infinity Kappa 9's please .check eBay...they have them all the time. | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .Guido....class D or not...the switching power supply is what makes the amps able to be much smaller. That is the real point here...the ability to get good power in a smaller package. I see that the Rowland has substantial sized heat sinks relativ... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .Highly efficient, compact, light weight, 1500 watt DC switch-mode power supply provides optimum voltage regulation for all circuits and operating conditions, and allows for quiet operation over a wide range of AC mains power sources.Guido...above... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .Mark Levinson makes a switching monobloc, 500 wpc (8 ohms), but it weighs 150 pounds. Jeff Rowland, as mentioned above makes a 325 wpc (8 ohms) monobloc that weighs 54 lbs, probably 30 lbs of it is its heavy chassis.I would really like to see whe... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .The 450 pound Boulder monoblocs are small potatoes compared to the 1,000 wpc Krell Master Reference monoblocs seven years ago. The Krells weighed 680 pounds per monobloc. Boulder managed an extra 500 wpc and are 230 pounds lighter, so compared to... | |
450 Pound Monobloc Amplifier .The Boulder monoblocs are $200k for a pair.. | |
Can You Get 1,000 WPC Out Of Regular Wall Socket? .Map, Al, Kijanki, Swanny, et al.....a big thank you to all of you for chiming in on this issue. I really appreciate your contributions. Jeez what did audiophiles do for answers before the internet??mitch. | |
Are You Using A Separate DAC With Your Oppo 105? .Spencer, thanks for the clarification. Even still, the original Perfect Wave was $3k. The Oppo 105 is looking better every day.. | |
Can You Get 1,000 WPC Out Of Regular Wall Socket? .The Carver monoblocs are rated at 575 wpc @ 8 ohms and 900 wpc @ 4 ohms. I am using two monoblocs per speaker to drive the Kappa 9. One monobloc per speaker just doesn't get optimal results.. |