mrtennis
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| Anyone recommend a neutral tube amp? is it possible that the intent is not to find a pefectly neutral tube amp, which in fact doesn't exist, but one providing balanced frequency response and sufficient resolution to satisfy most audiophiles ?is the presence of coloration so objection... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view given all of the observations about class d amps, it seems odd that after all of the relecant points are made, this thread continues.there can be as many observations about other products as have been generated about this product class. yet, posts... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view why is there such an obsession with class d amps?i am not aware of any other class of amplifiers which has garnered such interest or generated so many posts.what am i missing ? is class d an infinite pursuit ? | |
| Music to evaluate Speakers and System it is not possible to "know" the sound of a recording.having listened to a recording many times does not achiev knowledge.it is not necessary to be familiar with a recording to detect a sonic signature.selecting a variety of recordings and genres ... | |
| Anyone recommend a neutral tube amp? there has been a trend in recent years in amplifier design, which i would term convergence. tube amps are sounding more like solid state amps and solid state amps are sounding less "transistory".most tube amps, excluding some set designs, have min... | |
| Best New speaker under $5000 hi gregadd:i was at the stereophile show in ny and heard the speaker. i also heard it at ces 2007. the ribbon tweeter is quite seductive, but the bass driver does not integrate well. there is a lack of coherence.in addition the speaker is overpric... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view all amplifiers have some consistent sonic characteristic which is detectable after audition, for some period of time by a well-trained listener, given a variety of recordings.if amplifiers had inaudible levels of coloration it would be almost impo... | |
| Anyone recommend a neutral tube amp? there is no neutral amplifier. a well-trained listener can detect coloration after auditioning an amplifier for some period of time, with a variety of recordings.my experience with my mac 275 indicates that the amp has e very minimal coloration. | |
| What is the best 2-way Magnepan ever made ? i owned tympani 1 bs, my friend had tympany 1ds and has mg3s. i have heard 3.6s and 20.1s .personally, i prefer the tympany 1ds over all other magnepan speakers. they were listenable for hours without fatigue. the newer magnepans are a bit top hea... | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? a better question might be:"what am i missing using a current cd player" ?both questions are rather ambiguous, or at best could be answered positively or negatively.the idea is to audition cd players, comparing them to the sonographe. if a player ... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables my personal experience points to the source as having a significant affect upon the performance of a stereo system.thus, the signal from a cd player passes through 2 interconnects and a preamp before it reaches the amplifier.it is this link that h... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables hi shadorne. there are two cable interfaces that you may be overlooking, namely the source to preamp and the preamp to amp. what about transport to dac. and what about line cords ?ihave personally observed affects of line cords with respect to the... | |
| What to replace DQ-10s with? i have been told that jon dahlquist used quad esl 57 as his reference when designing the dq 10.having owned the quads and listened to the dq 10s many times, i would say there are significant differences between them. thus it would seem that if you... | |
| sound quality from CD to CD cable preference is subjective. i am using maple audio whisper. | |
| sound quality from CD to CD hi kendavid:the 20 bit original lector is a bit more forgiving of "harsh" sounding recordings. i would surmise that you are auditioning a 24 bit lector which is more reolving and hence less euphonic.you may decide to change your interconnect cable... |