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| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Example, if you have two Levinson mono blocks driven by a Levenson preamp. Will powered speakers sound like Levenson? Or the plate amp inside the speaker? Why not runa cheapo $3,000 setup through a great set of powered speakers if that is the case... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Powered speakers sound great....but. your listening not to your high-end amplifier but the powered speakers plate amp. Passive speakers, you're listening to your audiophile system. I think powered speakers are like having tone controls on a pre-am... | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions I think some of the best Orchastra music is in soundtracks from movies. | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! I remember records sounding better...sometimes. when I was young, my ears were better. My ears are good for my age, but I can tell my high frequencies are not as good. So, I have a more powerful tweeter. The problem with vinyl is you can get a ne... | |
| Primaluna. Evo 400 - bass issues I can't help with Speaker Advice. Many good suggestions have been already made. My suggestion will repeat. Phasing correct polarity to the speakers. The other is to try KT 77JJ tubes or equivalent. Not only did I get remarkable low end from t... | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll If someone is going to ditch their class A system because of heat, I guess a tube system is kicked out the door too! Really, the only drawback I can see in a class A is energy waste from heat dissipation. Enough it may raise the electric bill. Ho... | |
| Hi-end audio is a big zero I went to one dealer. I heard 50K speakers on a 30K system.My 45yr old equipment at home blew it away for sound. It was not matched and in a bad room. I went to a different dealer, listened to several integrated amps on $4500 speakers and all was... | |
| Neutral Dac? I am not sure what neutral sounding is because that is subjective. I personally like my Shiit audio Byfrost DAC, which is very outclassed in this forum. | |
| Is it worth upgrading a CD player? In my opinion, if you have a large collection of CDs, then yes! I would upgrade. Something to consider is to burn to something like a bluesound HD or innuous HD burner player if you have the $$$$$$. The burners sound really nice and you have all y... | |
| Do speaker cables really make a difference ? I was using 10ga speaker wire from the hardware store. I thought it sounded good until I bought more expensive oxygen free copper 10ga Speaker cable. The highs were much more defined. More clarity and detail in the midrange. The bass was about the... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps The advantage of tubes. 1. When you have a sound change because of worn drivers or outputs you pop in a new tube and presto, like a new amp. 2. You can change the sound for your new speakers by changing tubes. For me tradin... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? I can purchase a couple of nice sounding cables for under $100. Room, speaker placement, component matching all matter more. Most situations do not involve throwing $10,000 in cables to get a noticeable improvement in sound. If you spend $10,000 o... | |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME DOMAIN RESPONSE MUST READ Speaker starting and stopping. A large factor is also the Damping factor of the amplifier and the amount of back emf produced as the coil is being energized by power going through it and at the same time producing its own back current. Electrosta... | |
| Primaluna or not Primaluna Before I bought the Primaluna EVO 100 integrated I compared it at the showroom on $4,500 / pair Paradigm speakers with a Hegel H390. I picked the EVO 100 integrated Hands down. Then I took it home and compared it against a Shitt audio Freya, Vidar... | |
| Audio Science Review = Rebuttal and Further Thoughts I highly respect Audio Science Review. I highly respect the expertise and measurement tools they have mastered to do analysis on audio equipment. The measurements tell how well the signal propagates in then effectively the signal is amplified. Hu... |