phusis
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| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Tbg --What I think is needed is the counterpart to a microphone, namely a point source capable of 110 db peaks and flat from 20 to 100,000 Hz. I know of no such device.Indeed no small measure to pursue. I can very much attest to this demand, ultim... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I've long had a "sonic crush" on the sound coming from several cinema auditoriums and their associated speaker systems. This hasn't got anything to do with "hifi" per se (though strictly speaking, it should), but simply that the oftentimes effortl... | |
| subwoofer for music? One would be surprised how even bass proficient speakers can become more or less anemic in particularly (bass-)problematic rooms, which hereby becomes detrimental to the overall sonic performance. A friend of mine uses a pair of S.P. Tech Revelati... | |
| Speaker decision $3000-3500...help Adurlabhji --Within the stated $3000-3500 how about the Amphion Argon 3's? There's also the newly upgraded ATC SCM11, which has been very well reviewed over at http://www.whathifi.com/review/atc-scm-11-2013. Both of these candidates appear to be s... | |
| The future of preamps Atmasphere --Phusis, I would guess that the reason is you have had a spat of bad luck, as your experience is one of the minority. A lot does depend on the preamp though and they are not all created equal! Some simply act as filters in the system. ... | |
| The future of preamps I'm a bit confounded why it would be implicitly, and quite arrogantly assumed I'm not using my ears when stating the above; I most certainly base my findings on actual listening impressions, and there's nothing in the slightest anemic/thin/lean/un... | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth --Hi, no my source (direct to poweramp) is 24-bit as described in reply no. 3 from above. I would gladly convert to a 32-bit source and digital volume control if it really meant providing that extra last "ounce" of insight, clarity,... | |
| The future of preamps I'd wager whether "Bit stripping" of the signal with 24-bit digital dithered volume controls isn't mostly of academic order (32-bit dittos wouldn't, in this regard, pose any in-use limitiations, at all) - that is, where it is stated it's very ofte... | |
| The future of preamps Since I ventured into computer-based (source-)audio I've passed on hardware preamps. I guess luck, or perhaps even taste has seen to it that none of the poweramp/source-direct constellations that have gone through my setups have turned out less th... | |
| Upgrade to ATC / Bryston Earlxtr --To begin with I'd recommend you trust your initial reaction on the ATC/ATC combo. If anything I'd consider the ATC SCM19 in their new 2013-package over the similarly "facelifted" SCM11, together with the ATC amp. The SCM19's sport a trem... | |
| Tannoy Westminster SE vs. Sonus Faber Amati Futur Sounds_real_audio --I you think the 2" midrange driver can carry the day going from 1 kHz up to 20 kHz then have at emÂ…..I prefer a larger but not to large midrange, between 6" and 7.5" to get the heft from instruments and especially male vocals.A... | |
| Best Class A amp with SLAM Pardon again - Wilson Maxx II's... | |
| Best Class A amp with SLAM Oh, pardon - it seems the Grand Slamm's can't be run in bi-amp mode. A single SA-30 mayn't suffice, but I'd try it out nonetheless.. | |
| Best Class A amp with SLAM Handymann --You should try out a pair of Belles SA-30 stereo poweramps in a (vertical) bi-amp configuration:http://www.powermodules.com/sa-30.htmlIt may not look much on paper but, believe me, you'll be convinced of its merrits in-use. Simply put ... | |
| Still mystified by mega expensive power cords I don't question the sonic importance of powercables, but it's the blind (and snobbish) adherence to a higher, and not least astronomic price tag as a slavish indicator of equivalence into better sound quality (in any given setup), compared to muc... |