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| New to headphone amps --- I'm wondering ..... Mechans -- as far as the AKG 545's specs go, Almarg's 97dB/99dB calculations are correct. And yes, I too am surprised that they are so low. Potential hearing damage issues aside, a $300 headphone that is limited to 99dB max (as spec'd, which does ... | |
| New to headphone amps --- I'm wondering ..... In your case, by running from tape-out you're almost certainly creating an impedance mismatch that is rolling off your bass response big-time, and in general wreaking havoc on the net frequency response. The effect is exacerbated with headphones o... | |
| Why so many cut Nordost Odins? In fact, what they're doing is segmenting the market. These cable companies still get to act like their flagship cables are magical, and keep the MSRP prices up where only the top 0.1% and Kanye West can afford them. Hence they command a HUGE prof... | |
| Why so many cut Nordost Odins? They're not necessarily fakes. The cables are so ludicrously priced per inch (not only Nordost is guilty of this) that there's huge incentive to make the most of every inch. Say you could -- at extremely aggressive discount -- get a several meter ... | |
| Tannoy Speakers & Bi-wiring Hi Pani, The Tannoy dual-concentric really is not time aligned. The compression driver diaphragm is about 6 inches behind the woofer's acoustic center. However, Tannoys are phase coherent at the crossover point, thanks to the following slick hack:... | |
| Poor man's Rockport Atrias? I agree so completely and wholeheartedly with Soix on this that I'm pretty sure we're either clones or doppelgangers of each other. The seed of desire has been planted; anything less will just waste your time, money, and good nature. | |
| Tannoy Speakers & Bi-wiring Pani, that page does little to convince me of such a fundamental rule. There can be no impact on time alignment, even with cables of slightly differing lengths -- electronic signals are orders of magnitude faster than sound waves. My Tannoys are n... | |
| Tannoy Speakers & Bi-wiring I have Canterbury SE, and bi-wire with Audioquest Mont Blanc low and KE-4 high. I really want to think cables are BS, but there is a modest improvement in resolution, clarity, and extension by running this bi-wire config vs. either cable alone (th... | |
| Remote volume control = unacceptable compromise? Yeah, to echo Grannyring again, the Alps blue pots suck for high-end audio applications. They're cool for say a $600 headphone amp or an entry level hifi integrated/pre, but I shudder seeing pics of (for example) a $4K preamp's internals with the ... | |
| Remote volume control = unacceptable compromise? Those off the shelf blue alps (basically a motorized RK27, which itself is a $15 part) are not adequate for very high quality preamps, though you'll often see them in units up to around $4K MSRP. As noted, there are a number of other remote contro... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance Fascinating discussion! Now I have to wonder what the heck happens to the impedance curve of my Tannoy Canterbury with its adjustable ports, and whether it might be the case that one type of amp is optimal for open ports while another is optimal f... | |
| Speakers for VAC sigma 160i -- need inputs I'm very familiar with Tannpy Kensington SE; they are fabulous speakers that will respond well to a tube amp of that quality. Also look at the newer Definition 10A (Alnico) in that range -- I've not heard it, but it's a very similar driver with a ... | |
| Replace my Berning ZH-270? Wow dude, that's hardcore -- performing 5-year-old thread necromancy just to bash on this guy's chosen speakers :p | |
| Accuphase E-560 versus VAC Sigma 160i Knghifi, it's highly unlikely as I remain very happy with big Tannoys & Rogue, and it's been that way for a long time now. So I don't have a strong motivation to make a big change. And as amazing as the Magico's engineering and beryllium tweet... | |
| Jolida 1501RC hybrid integrated vs. Rogue's Sphinx The CM is great, and for my speakers I'll pick the CM over SS every time. However, my friend's shop has a Sphinx hooked up to Kingsound Prince electrostatic panels, and it just struck me as a really sweet combo. In fact it seemed a bit better of a... |