mrdecibel
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| Does it have to sound good for you to like it? I know people are tired of me saying the same thing ad nauseum. There are beautiful "performances" in all of our recordings. I will listen to bootlegs or any quality cd (still my main source), for the musicianship, the composition and the artistic... | |
| Angela Gilbert Yeung Amps Excellent circuit designs, enormous power supplies and very well damped innards are his trademarks. I have been following him for years. An amazing individual. | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? When you are listening loud to two channel (2 speakers) and other speakers are sharing the room, do this little test. When cranking the new Volti speakers, remove the grill of the Forte, and gently place the tip of your index finger on the woofer ... | |
| Quandary BTW, ditto from larryi's point of view. | |
| Quandary It is important to note, the preferences we all have (at least those that know what their preferences are) why tubes or solid state is the right direction to take (speaking about power amplifiers only). Tube power amps do not do it for me. Them th... | |
| Push-pull Tube Amps and autoformers Ralph, I am not the one who stated " Perhaps autoformers are band aids for inefficient speakers?" rhg3 stated that. I know autoformers are for impedance matching. I stated both, speakers with low impedance dips AND low efficiency are of zero inter... | |
| Great Interview- @terry9 Bingo ! Musicians are listening to the performance. What I have been discussing all along. But I digress. Hi end audio can be enjoyed for many reasons, and I am accepting this, as more and more audiophile people are not listening to the pe... | |
| Quandary @rvpiano , at least you now know. Keep in mind, music and music listening should be an enjoyable and entertaining endeavor. What this means and what I have found by experience with myself as well as others, my mood matters when I listen, before I ... | |
| Push-pull Tube Amps and autoformers Ralph, can you point me in the direction of someone using a beefy solid state power amplifier that are using the Speltz zeros, so I may hear from them their opinion. Mcintosh continues to use autoformers in many of their designs, but a Krell, Boul... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? btw hilde45, I like your room. Horns will sing and spread their wings in there! | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? I never felt the Forte model was in the class of the other Heritage models. In fact, it took years since it’s introduction for Klipsch to proclaim the Forte model as a "Heritage". I always added internal bracing to the cabinets (as well as my damp... | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music @gochurchgo I hope I do not upset anyone, as this is very personal for each of us. Every amp has characteristics that could be positive, and/or negative. Speakers, room size/acoustics, listening distance between listener and speakers, music select... | |
| Quandary @rvpiano The input impedance on the Rogue power amps are very high at 200K ohms (the ones I am familiar with), and your PV 11 output impedance is 500 ohms. This could be an issue. Plus, you will likely have the same problem with the PV11 volume co... | |
| Quandary BTW, volume attenuation has become a large topic in our industry (it has always been) and it is a very known fact of how it’s design and execution can make or break a system, which could honestly be your PV 11s weakness, with the Pass in the syste... | |
| Quandary @rvpiano , I happen to feel quite the opposite about Pass and classical music reproduction, as I find Pass excels with it. You might in fact be losing details based on the preamp volume control position, which could result in hearing less details.... |