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Speakers The single most critical component
You can take  Jadis' JA800 mono blocks , thats 4 chassis at like 150+ pounds each, and  pair these monsters witha say Wilson 85bd monster, and it will indeed sound likea   wet blanket has been thrown over the speakers = the JA800 has been rendered... 
Class A DEscrete opamps new design
Ebay item #’s. I had 2 other high tech descrete opamps 1 made in the USA the other from china.These JFET’s are a clear winner in this 3 way shootout.Prices are same as other 2 labs.This JFET was the tweak = closer to a modification-of-sorts, was t... 
Replacement capacitors exploding
Is there a way for me to order capacitors with the same specs printed on them that are also heavier duty in some other way? ~~~~~~Get the Mundorf EVO silver/gold or SESGO which are 2x's the price, but worth it. Built to last forever. Sonically,... 
CD v Streamed
an effective tweak. I did an A/B comparison with a couple of CDs to streaming 44.1/16 and I could no longer discern a difference. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thanks for this update,I had a tech geek here in new orleans that **swore** I should dump cdp's a... 
Old digital that still kicks butt
The dual Descrete I bought is item274403974731 $50 eachThere is another dual descrete from Douk Audio at $80/each, looks similiar design,  but not same as my LKS ClassA JFET dualitem 273892617949 SA200Might sound better?, same? I am not sure.The S... 
Old digital that still kicks butt
jaytor454 posts06-07-2021 3:51pmAfter a 10+ year hiatus from 2-channel audio (I was focused on home theater), I decided about nine years ago to set up a system in my home office. I had a LevinsonThe No 39 was a very well regarded DAC/CD Player i... 
Old digital that still kicks butt
Not being a believer that time necessarily = progress, I would like to offer the following example of a sonic gem that has transcended time and can totally kick butt in a modern milieu: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I never wasa  believer in idea:The New = The... 
Speaker size and soundstage
2 subs ~~~~~~~~~~~~Subs can not produce high fidelity, Subs are for HT effects,  useage ONLY, Not for music. 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
so like i was doing some reserach on the AER, there is a  **SINGLE** driver for sale $900, hummm, why just 1???so I got to thinking,,,just wondering if the AER price list is for a  SINGLE DRIVER,,,,so I found another web page that lists AER's pric... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
made by the German company AER. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~just cked out the AER web site, The speaker looks good. Will stay focused on Voxativ AC-1A.EDITWOw that was fast, back froma  snippet of a YT vid on the AER.huummmight have to rethink this ,,,i mean,... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
charles1dad7,785 posts06-07-2021 2:36pm@mozartfan,Choices are plentiful. You’re very enamored with the Voxativ and it has garnered much respect and praise. I could see you being happy with them and understandably so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Intuitively... 
Speaker size and soundstage
Since the magic of imaging resides in low level fine detail it stands to reason the low sensitivity speaker is other things being equal at a disadvantag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**Low level fine details**YesThe nunances and subtilities spread throughout m... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
charles1dad7,783 posts06-07-2021 9:00am"You probably know this, but in case you do not: Srajan Ebaen of 6Moons has extensive experience / exposure with Voxativ and yet the Nenuphars moved him in a significant way."This is true.Charles ~~~~~~~~... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
No speaker does it all and [certainly] they do it differently for each one of us. I cannot see going wrong with either choice. ~~~~~~I could understand if this statement was refering to a choice between Voxativ and Feastrex Field Coils. Here th... 
Cube Audio Nenuphar Single Driver Speaker (10 inch) TQWT Enclosure
Just listened to the Cube’s over on YT, of course my $10 comp speakers are only going to give a hint of how they might sound.Thus I withhold my opinion. I will say I also heard the Vox on YT and I loved what I heard on my $10 comp speakers. Just s...