paulfolbrecht
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| Got a New CD Player and Now I'm Bummed I'm probably going to get spanked for this but I'm going to offer an opinion. I've found that systems with mid-efficiency multi-way, crossovered speakers, digital and analog generally sound closer than they do on systems I prefer - low-power SET a... | |
| NuForce vs Red Wine It is true that my experience with NuForce was a good 2 years ago. It was either the 8 or the first 9 model. Quite possibly they are much better now.What hacked me off at the time was the RAVING the reviewers were doing about these amps when they ... | |
| NuForce vs Red Wine NuForce: Cold, sterile, analytical.Red Wine: Warm, engaging, very pure.Have owned both. | |
| Emarald Physics for Home Theater? They sound great on anything complex, large-scale. They are indeed capable of extreme dynamics. But on small-scale material the 1 Khz xover between very dissimilar drivers makes its presence known.I think they would make pretty darn good HT speake... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi guys,I previously owned a Sauvignon which I loved but sold when I got into vinyl. My listening is now 95% vinyl and I want a new preamp with a world-class phono stage.I am not sure if I would want to spring for the Cortese or not. The raves ove... | |
| Tube rectification 2nd Phd.I believe the issue is that all forms of SS rectification introduce some type of high-freq noise. A tube does not do this. After owning 10 or so tubed pres, some with tube rectification and some not, tube rectification became a must-have f... | |
| Modwright SWP 9.0se, Anyone heard it? "BTW, the standalone SWP phonostage is much more dynamic than the SWLP full function preamp."That is interesting info. Perhaps the power supply in the combined unit is not up to the task? | |
| What tonearms work with denon 103r? Well, if you want to slum it the Rega 300/103 combo is a well-regarded classic. :) I am enjoying this now and prefer it to some arm/cart combos at 5x the price. | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks To clarify further: I now own 45 and PX-25 amps and also am not longer in the market for speakers.Thanks. | |
| Single-driver speakers for 2W 45 SET monoblocks Thank you for the replies to my year-old thread.Since that time, I have bought and sold approximately 6,000 pieces of audio gear and have learned quite a bit more.I sold my Welborne kits without building them, and they were recently sold here by t... | |
| Green Mountain Audio Eos Having owned many GMA speakers, I will attest that Roy really knows what he's doing. | |
| Welborne Labs Star Chief 45 Olaps,Actually, I shouldn't have spoken quite so authoritatively as I have not heard the EML 45 mesh myself. I have, however, heard the solid (of course), the TJ, and a lot of NOS varieties.My comment about the solid being tops was reflecting comm... | |
| Welborne Labs Star Chief 45 The EML solids are the best of the whole bunch. :) | |
| Welborne Labs Star Chief 45 Missing something? Nope. The 45 rules. You've described the 45 house sound pretty well.After awhile, you'll find an 845 dark and (especially) thick in comparison. | |
| Are passive preamps better? Jmcgrogan2 - you hit something there. Tube amps typically have very high input impedance, much higher than the typical SS amp, and this is why passives work better with them.However, in almost all cases at least, a very good active pre will eclips... |