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| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @larrykell wrote: True Class A amplifiers require large power supplies, huge heat sinks, have many output devices, consume lots of electricity, and generate a lot of heat. They’re expensive to build. My Colosseum has 48 Sanken bipolar transistor... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @atmasphere wrote: The other advantage of easier to drive speakers is the amplifier, regardless of technology, will make less distortion. That will result in a smoother and more transparent presentation, since a lot of that added distortion will... | |
| Why not horns? @rolox -- +2 | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @jumia wrote: It can get terribly confusing and I just wish your phraseology could've done a better job communicating what you're probably thinking. Apologies for not being able to bring about my views more clearly. I'll try and expand on them... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? @atmasphere wrote: One example I've seen given to showcase this is college tuition. Colleges found that if they decrease tuition enrollment goes down and goes up when they increase it. Another example is Campagnolo, a well-known bicycle parts b... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @johnk wrote: Those fearing passive networks and driver integration issues seem to be a logical choice for a full-range driver system. Since it's active. 1 amp selected to best match transducers 1 driver no network. Maybe that's where you active... | |
| When someone tells you it's a $40,000 amp, does it sound better? Irrespective of a "house sound" and what may float one over the other's boat between different brands of amplifiers, there are ways to more effectively harness the potential of a given amp with how it's loaded. Looking into a passive cross-over of... | |
| What is Your End Game System? @kota1 wrote: wow, that is an end game. I knew those were theater speakers the second I saw the pic and I have seen pics before where members put them behind a screen, built into a wall. Your setup doesn’t hide them but has them stand up and sal... | |
| What is Your End Game System? @kota1 -- How do you "measure" your end game system? Is it by budget, how much it cost? Is it by the luxuriousness of your build and room? Is it by your components being either state of the art or unobtanium? Is it by the satisfaction you get w... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen @rajugsw wrote: My problem with active speaker designs is that they are not user serviceable after the warranty runs out. You cannot adapt the sound of the Speakers to your own taste either. [...] The JBL M2’s pictured above are actively conf... | |
| Active Speakers Better? No, per Michael Borresen [...] I asked him if he plans an active speaker. His answer was a definitive and immediate "No". He said separates sound better. Not knowing the rest of Mr. Borresen’s explanation on why he clearly favors passive over actively configured speak... | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? It’s a big stand-mounted speaker, but nonetheless: the ATC SCM150ASL Pro’s certainly sound great, as does their even bigger stand-mounted sibling - grotesquely big in this category, I know - the SCM300ASL Pro. That being said, thinking that the la... | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? Speaker manufacturers use measurements as a necessary tool in their development, but they're not necessarily to any good use to the buyer as it pertains to being a worthwhile reflection of their sound in certain respects. In some cases though they... | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @frogman -- Well put! | |
| What Neutral Means in Reviews & Our Discussions? Are We Confusing Tame/Flat For Neutral? @wolf_garcia -- I don’t know what planet you’re on, but you don’t seem to comprehend the very basic premise of what I’m trying to explain here with regard to "reference" - your 50 years of experience be damned. Emulating the live amplified sound ... |