paulfolbrecht
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| amp or preamp most important The best answer is that everything in the chain matters. I have been listening lately to a $16K amp with $4K speakers and those speakers sound so much better then they do with lesser amps that it can hardly be overstated. (Not that the $ means eve... | |
| equating class A to class AB SS amps? An AB amp that is class A to X watts is not equivalent to a class A amp, bear in mind - the distortion spectra are different even within the class A range (and that is largely what defines the sound of an amp). Nelson Pass has an excellent article... | |
| McIntosh and Brystons: Fair comparison ? I don't want to be accused of hijacking the thread. :)(PM me and I'll make you a deal.) | |
| McIntosh and Brystons: Fair comparison ? Anyone considering the shatki stones should take a look at my Audio Peas. These are bags of frozen peas (highly tweaked) that you simply set anywhere in your listening room for instance improvement in sonics. A bargain at $75 per.One study said th... | |
| From Vandersteen 2CE to Devore Gibbons 8 or Focal DeVore 8s are fabulous speakers but designed for a small room. They will lack deep bass in any room and will sound unbalanced (thin) in a larger room. Yes, a sub or two is just the ticket. | |
| Anybody else got a 45 SET amp? I have only, thus far, heard one amplifier that is every bit as good as a good 45 SET and that is the Audiopax 88 monos. In fact they sound remarkably like a 45 with 15x the power. The most direct and especially natural sound imaginable. | |
| battery-based SS amps Some of you guys are missing part of the point of battery power: it's not just to improve the signal/noise ratio, but to give overall better sonics by keeping the signal free of AC hash. No rectification/regulation scheme in the world is perfect. ... | |
| From Vandersteen 2CE to Devore Gibbons 8 or Focal Mtrot, if you were to simply google "Devore Gibbon 8", you would have possibly a day's worth of reading, including many reviews. They have been one of the most popular and well-reviewed speakers around for probably five years now.OP, at 7', you ar... | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Bmckenney, I mispoke there really: one speaker is 3' from side wall. But the other "side wall" is just a 1' jog in the wall - it comes out just 1 ft. And then another 5' later it jogs a bit more for the bedroom door and then the foyer. But the act... | |
| Viva audio Solista mkII tubes & more... Did you do any experimenting? Results to share? | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Don,Were you the one who told off Aunt Stacy at the party, too? Her passive-aggressiveness can be trying, yes, but damn.Seriously, don't sweat it, but thanks. It's best to keep it light here.And guess what? Today, the system sounds wonderful out i... | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Yes, Tvad, I will procure a pair of those Altecs. | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Kijanki, you are correct; it is not like they are flat to 20 Hz. But even if they were I think they would sound a bit thin here.One reason I would not change speakers to something that would do that is that the SE tube amps that I tend to favor wi... | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Tvad & I know one another a bit and I'm pretty confident he saw my tongue-in-cheek suggestion that he buy me the horns for what it was.The fact is that your advice didn't speak to the issue at all and I don't think you cared for that being poi... | |
| Bass reinforcement for very large room Apache, was that really necessary? Your childish response strikes me as the time-waster here. Just couldn't handle being told politely that you did not grasp the nature of the problem? This sort of nonsense is one of the reasons I don't post much ... |