phusis
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| Class D is just Dandy! Some 30 years ago bought my first Class A power amp (42W pure Class A). 7-8 years later, out of sheer curiosity, I initiated a period of using Class D-based amps, from ICEpower, NuForce and others. I liked the NuForce variants the best. Then about... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? @thecarpathian wrote: Yeah, it’s a hypothetical here guys, thought that to be obvious. Hypotheticals are OK. If the subject matter is deemed of relevance in broader terms, it doesn’t really matter to me that there’s no specific recipient or ca... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? @immatthewj wrote: Hasn't the OP already pretty much stated that this is another one of his imaginary scenarios that he likes to post, for some reason, in the amps/preamps forum? It appears so. Oh, well - if nothing else we're free to take fro... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? @emergingsoul wrote: So you’re going over to someones home and they give you a tour and they have a hi-fi system in a room. And while visiting of course they turn it on for you not knowing that you have a very nice system in your home and you no... | |
| ???What's The LEAST Expensive "End Game"Amplifier You've Ever Heard??? Being that no amplifier is load impervious its performance will always be contingent on which speakers it's mated with (and vice versa), which is mostly about the obstacle that is the passive crossover situated between the amp and drivers and whic... | |
| Subwoofer Amps! The amp topology used in subwoofers...does it matter? Thanks for bringing up this subject. Not saying amp topology doesn’t matter with subs, but from my chair it’s more a matter of actually using a quality amp through and through than topology... | |
| Looking for my End Game Speaker @calgarian5355 -- For whatever it’s worth, i.e.: depending on your particular taste and preferences, I’d consider looking for a used pair of TAD CR-1’s. They’re hellishly expensive, yes, even used, but of the stand-mounted varieties I’ve heard in... | |
| ATC active vs. passive @erik_squires wrote: If I were at ATC, and they asked me to "activate" an existing passive speaker it would be just incredibly tempting to enhance it’s performance when transitioning. Exactly, because that’s what active config. offers. Which i... | |
| ATC active vs. passive @arion wrote: ... my experiences strongly suggest that active systems usually perform better if properly designed. +1 Our active speaker systems are different than the ATC active systems in that you can use any amplification you choose ... ... | |
| ATC active vs. passive Perhaps poster @lonemountain can chime in. He has extensive knowledge of and experience with ATC speakers. | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? Herb’s latest and recent reporting on an actively configured vintage horn/tube setup, a rarity (i.e.: active) with this kind of setup, where he goes: A couple of minutes into the first demo disc, I started bouncing on the couch raving about the ... | |
| Holographic DAC With Air And Decay @fsonicsmith wrote: The truth; it is not the role of a DAC, nor is it realistic to expect any DAC to provide holography, air, or decay. Those attributes come from two things-the recording and the loudspeakers. Everything in between can only scre... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! @deep_333 wrote: I tried the active route with a GR speaker kit and minidsp’s stuff. It is easier with a diy kit, you simply set the passive crosssover aside and interface with the minidsp kit. I didn’t get the best sound there and i almost felt... | |
| JBL M2 Vs 4367 @deep_333 -- Good advice. @n_brio wrote: M2 has a power rating on 1200w at 8 ohm and 4367 300w with the same drivers are the x-over so mutch weaker in the passiv speaker? The 1,200 watts JBL M2 "rating" is really a reference to the Crown iTe... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! @deep_333 -- Interesting topic. Never heard a well set-up multi channel system to convince me of its sonic/musical merits (which is also saying, implicitly, that I’ve heard a range of bland ones), not to say there aren’t good ones out there. As ... |