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| Is computer audio a bust? On the contrary, I know quite a few philes who would argue with you after having done both. I have heard computer fronted systems sound like crap even with whizbang dacs and big money ancillary pieces.There could be many reasons why setups with "w... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? It seems this discussion veers into the overly academic. To my mind computer audio is certainly not a bust, on the contrary it's here to stay and to my ears trumps CD-playback (where same CD is ripped to harrdrive) in a pretty obvious fashion. Not... | |
| Audiophilleo vs Empirical audio offramp Bhobba --The Off-Ramp is clearly and obviously better. The only issue was the price difference - is it worth the extra dosh? For me - yes - but others had a different view on the price vs performance equation.I use the Audiophilleo2 + PurePower my... | |
| First foray into Class A amp -- recommendations Melbguy --Mtrot, I wouldn't get too hung up on Class A biasing to be honest, it is mostly marketing bs. If the "marketing bs" regards how marketing itself misuses the term 'Class-A amplification' in its pure form (i.e.: disguised as high bias Clas... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Bombaywalla --They take an interesting approach, Brodmann Acoustics, and seem fairly priced. Never heard them. One of the more memorable sonic demoes I've had came from the Peak Consult Kepheus at their home facility in Denmark. The twin Audio Tec... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Charles1dad -- Indeed, thanks - once I got around to re-read it, I suspected he was supportive of my views.Joecasey --My apologies... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Joecasey --If I completely misread you reply, I'm sorry. Just forget my first one to you if I did.. | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Joecasey --It's a personal decision to live life half full or half empty. If half empty, you are missing out on lots of good stuff. There will always be failures with the simplest task.What exactly are you implying here, and how does that relate t... | |
| Is computer audio a bust? Charles1dad -- ... I certainly get your point and I don't believe computers are bad or wrong. I just find in its current state of development they aren't worth the trouble or hassle for me. Grannyring's post above summarized it so well. We do agre... | |
| First foray into Class A amp -- recommendations The Belles SA-30 - from what I can tell a little-known poweramp, but going by its sound quality a regular thoroughbred the should play second fiddle to none, and therefore deserves much more recognition. The specified 30 watts belies its actual ca... | |
| Speakers that turn your analytical mind off? WLM Diva:http://www.wlm-loudspeakers.com/indexengl.html(6moons' review of the Diva Monitor; essential the same speaker, just standmounted):http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/wlm/divamonitor.html(excerpt)As our own Jeff Day reminds us, there's a mu... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Bombaywalla --I have a fair bit of world-wide listening experience & have listened to a lot of speakers (& a lot of electronics) yet to but yet to have a positive experience of a 12" midrange playing midrange. If you look at my systems I d... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Johnnyb53 --...Finally, the name of the game isn't just radiating area; it's air displacement. A 4.5" driver has a radiating surface of 15 sq. inches. My Mag 1.7s have a radiating surface of 456 sq. inches. Yet, a premium 4.5" midrange might have ... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Bombaywalla -- To reiterate from an earlier response of yours (to the OP):The Tannoy Kingdom Royal has NO MIDRANGE driver contrary to what you seemed to allude to.Their new HF compression driver tweeter is doing all the midrange. Like you seemed t... | |
| Size of Midrange Drivers Bombaywalla --What's to learn, exactly - that 12" units can't do midrange? To clarify: 700Hz er certainly part of the midrange (indeed the lower part of the central mids), and voices typically contain a lot of energy even lower in the frequency sp... |