mrtennis
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| Please help me find an amp hi cagliostro:i would suggest that you listen to some amplifiers in your own system. only you can decide if an amplifier satisfies the criteria you have established as meaningful.why let someone else tell you what an amplifier sounds like, when yo... | |
| ...help with building some great soundz? there are many preamps worthy of audition. determine your price range and then make a list of all of them.listen to as many as you can. your education begins with the first of a preamp on your list.personally, having auditioned the vtl and modulus... | |
| The best amp for $2k tube, solid state or hybrid here is my suggestion:create a list of all amplifiers within your price range and listen to as many as possible.the opinion of others is not a predictor of your attitude towards a product.get the facts and decide for yourself. listening to a compo... | |
| break-in for Marantz SA-7S1 as mr g has so eloquently stated, one person's perception of "hardness" is another 's perception of "smoothness".i am never surprised when a component is described differently by more than one owner or listener.such descriptions are not the truth.... | |
| SHMCD : Second thought on buying SACD player i own two smh cds. these are jazz and classical samplers. i have compared many selections on both cds and prefer the original masters, usually produced in the 90's.the problem with the smh cds is they master they use may be of poor quality because... | |
| A good power conditionner with tube amps ? hi sns:which conditioners have you found that softened the sound the most ?my experience with the adept response is just the opposite, namely that it adds focus and makes the presentation somewhat analytical. | |
| Spkr, interconects, or power cable upgrade first? if you can borrow a set or sets of cables, that is ic, spkr and pc, listen to the differences between each one and decide for yourself.my own experiences point to equal weight on all cables.therefore, i don't think it matters in which direction to... | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? if there esisted a "best" component in each category, someone would specify the brand name and be able to justify the opinionor so-called knowledge.the fact that for any component type there are so many suggestions as to what is "best", would seem... | |
| Yay or Nay hi tvad:here is an answer to the question posed in the threadLthe question can only be answered by the questioner, after a comparison of the two components in question have been auditioned for some duration.all other answers are merely speculation... | |
| Yay or Nay hi tvad:i remember one of the basic tenets of human behavior, namely, do no harm. one should never assume anything, including definitions.while i may have not shed any useful information regarding the topic of this thread, i have not introduced an... | |
| Yay or Nay when using the word "improvement", without specifying the nature of improvement is so subjective as to have little utility.never assume what someone considers as "better". one person's "rupture" is another person's rapture.it is more useful to be ... | |
| "D" amps, general discussion who's 1 and why? i have auditioned two versions--the nuforce 9's and the raptors. both amps retail for about $5000. they remind me of a typical transistor amp. they are capable in the region below 200 hz and are deficient above 200 hz. | |
| "Breathing" of the air the musicians of a symphony orchestra are positioned very close to each other. there is very little space between them. perhaps there is an implied disagreement regarding semantics.in any case, i think it is more important to minimize timbral erro... | |
| "Breathing" of the air my reference is live music. when attending a symphony orchestra concert, i don't consider the word "air" applicable to my experience of listening to music in the audience.the term "air" brings to mind the distinction between "audiophile" terms , l... | |
| "Breathing" of the air if you stand in a room, you don't hear air. if someone is talking, you don't hear air. if someone is playing a piano, you don't hear air/you hear an instrumentS) in a recording, but you don't hear air. one can detect physical space, as when an ins... |