randy-11
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| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... It is not about an intellect. It is simply about following the correct procedures for a valid test. That has been known for a century or more.It of course helps if one has a rudimentary knowledge of electricity, and that can be obtained in a col... | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? I have maggies and no rug behind them - any bipolar speaker should have a fair amount of diffusion behind it for best sound.My "Persian" rug is not as large as I might like but has been in the family for 3 generations. If it extends beyond a line... | |
| Can I Live With A Hardwood Floor? sure - just put a rug in between you and the speakersthat’s what I did (Maggie 3.7i) | |
| Ayre owners and preamp options: seeking advice if your DAC is several years old, I'd definitely try another one - that technology is rapidly evolvingthe Ayre integrated is 80 W/ch into 8 ohmsAyrelock analog linear power supplyDouble-Diamond amp circuit"unexpected price" is TBD | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Mytek's new ampcost about $2,000; avail. summer sometime2x 300 W/ch into 8 ohmssame faceplate look as the DAC; silver or blackthey claim: “triode Class-A sounding Class-D” designif they can pack a small box with a Class A triode sound for $2,000 t... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! I also saw news on a new Class D amp from Constellation with very high switching freq. - dunno if it uses GaN devices...60 kHz, IIRC | |
| Ayre owners and preamp options: seeking advice Ayre announced a new DAC at Munich - it has a 100W amp built inmay not be an upgrade for youand here is something on a dealer's page:http://ciamara.com/new-ayre-8-series-components-coming-fall/I haven't seen anything on the 5 series | |
| Ayre owners and preamp options: seeking advice When the engineers at Ayre mod the device and come out with a new model... then buy it.Otherwise, you can always try a new setup. The amplification chain is not going to improve at the same rate as a DAC.if you just have a burning desire to tweek... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! it was posted in a review of news from the Munich show - it is somewhere on computeraudio.com | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Mytek Brooklyn AMP - see it in Munich | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? Well, I don't have a Super 7 but I'm on my 2nd 911 and 2nd Maggie pair.I find that soundstaging is the most critical SQ factor to be impacted by position. Freq. response is still pretty good if I'm lazy and leave them 2 ft. from the walls (3.7i).... | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? the 7 series Maggies are a big improvement - they are x.7i now BTWit is easy to get better speakers than any Maggie -- just spend 3x as much | |
| Apple iTouch - bypassing the internal DAC isn't there an optical output built into the headphone jack? | |
| What are some of the downsides of owning a Magneplanar .7 or 1.7i ? they need current delivery at 4 ohms but are easy to drive as they are not a complex loadthey are hard to ship if you ever sell themthey are best 5 ft from a front wall; you can do side wall tmts and stick them inches from a side wall (ARC has tes... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... a blind test can certainly be done for a lengthy listening session -- you are thinking of the A/B/X type of blind testXyzal (levocetirizine) is an antihistamine with the usual side effects; IIRC it is an enantiomer and can be protected under IP l... |