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| Ideas for an amplifier? Parasound is a well-regarded audio manufacture. John Curl frequently consults with them on their amp & preamp designs. Their current straight amp of choice in your price range is probably the A23+, but they also have models with more channel... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Not to be a stickler, but it's Art Lande. Great album! I don't consider being an audiophile the same thing as a music lover. If the God of Music allowed you to choose among the following 3 options, if you select 1. The must perfect recording e... | |
| Balanced versus single ended Balanced is theoretically better than SE. Separating the ground between the 2 channels eliminates a lot of hum and crosstalk-type issues. This doesn't mean that it will always sound better to all listeners, but it shouldn't sound worse unless th... | |
| Thiel Owners Tom, Thanks again for providing this forum for Thiel-philes! The schematic I found some time ago that says its for the 03A does have LF347 op amp(s) in it, so it must not be yours. Could you please provide the correct historical schematic for the ... | |
| High quality CDs I'm mostly familiar with ECM from their jazz offerings, but Manfred Eicher is legendary for spending an hour and a half positioning a single microphone to record Keith Jarrett. Their early recordings of artists like Keith, Chick Corea, Ralph Town... | |
| Why do folks spend more on electronics than on speakers? @rossb, what speakers do you have? Interesting discussion. I do think the speakers deserve the largest share of the $ spent. However, I think we can all agree that it is also the least predictable component to upgrade. With electronics, it’s fair... | |
| Time clock sync devices You'll likely get more value passing your streaming digital through a clock than the output of a high quality transport like the CEC. That's why many standalone clocks are network cable in & USB out Your Transport also has their proprietary ... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for all the information you share here, Tom! Just to get on the right side of Thiele & Small, the term "critically damped" refers to a total system Q of .5, and "maximally flat" refers to the more commonly used .707 Butterworth configu... | |
| Thiel Owners I saw the recent references to the 03/03a Thiels, and had a question. I have a pair of 03a speakers, which came to me without the equalizer. My understanding is that they only provide a bass boost to lower the -3db point. Would anyone know what... | |
| Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs) @atmasphere My comment was about amp history. I don't know when the cascode amp paper was written, but the Threshold CAS-1 & CAS-2 amps date from the early 80s. I don't know the history of class D amps, but am not surprised a paper likely ... | |
| Best double live vinyl? The Band - Rock of Ages and The Last Waltz (ok, it's a triple) Mountain Jam was originally released on the Allman Brother's next album (another double) Eat a Peach. Another great Joni live double - Miles of Aisles Likewise for Jaco (as part of ... | |
| Class A or Class D solid-state amplifiers (modern designs) @atmasphere "Lowering distortion in power circuits without compromising their transient response remains a primary problem for designers of audio power amplifiers. Until fairly recently, the favorite technique for removing distortion components i... | |
| Speakers: Anything really new under the sun? The first commercially available speaker using DSP came out in 1991. Change in the speaker industry over the last 20 years has been more evolutionary than revolutionary. However, the pace has increased due to increased capacity for modelling and... | |
| Amir and Blind Testing @noske FWIW, I have a great deal of respect for scientists - I double majored in physics and mathematics. I have no problem with the tests, but I'm glad you like the pictures! Rigorous testing is always important in technology, where the goal is... | |
| Schiit Freya + Class A in Stereophile I don't blame Steeophile for producing the Recommended Components, but they are dealing with a minefield of comparisons, approximations, and expectations in doing so. It should be read as a field guide, not a bible. Hopefully, all of us have bee... |