raquel
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| Problems with VAC Avatar If you check the threads, you'll see that VAC is frequently mentioned as being among the very, very best when it comes to build quality, and perhaps without equal when it comes to tube gear. As for my personal experience, I have owned VAC Renaissa... | |
| does more power=better quality ? Morbius:As for blanket statements, I wrote "my experience has very much been that lowered-powered amps, assuming reasonably sensitive speakers, tend to sound cleaner and more life-like than mega amps." The words "tend to sound cleaner" prevent thi... | |
| Help: my neighbor is killing my music.... Not that this is in the least bit helpful, but it is my understanding that the large diesel engines in semi-trucks consume an enormous amount of fuel on start up, so much so that a common fuel-saving stategy is to simply keep them idling 24/7. Tha... | |
| Vienna Mahler and Dunlavy SCIV/A comparison If you are comitted to buying Vienna Acoustics, then your two amps do deserve an audition.The Rowland Model 2 will have lovely synergy with the speakers, and may even be sufficiently powerful for much orchestral music or rock, unless you need full... | |
| does more power=better quality ? As I wrote, I know the room cannot be taken out of the equation.In any event, your response was not conclusory and was respectful this time, and I am not a scientist, so I won't be debating you on room modes (if I could only get rid of mine). That... | |
| Vienna Mahler and Dunlavy SCIV/A comparison Chalitr:I replaced Dunlavy SC-III's with Mahlers, the SC-III's using the same midrange and tweeter as the SC-IV/A.In my system, the Mahlers are more resolving than the Dunlavys and more 'life-like" in their overall presentation. Assuming they are ... | |
| Lead on Carry That Weight Thanks to all. | |
| Looking for non-boomy full range speakers I don't know anything about your amp, but Revel F-30 (not its replacement, the F-32), Aerial 6, or if you can stretch your budget, the Dynaudio Special 25. Good monitors (the 25's) would be safest in a smallish room like that -- you could always a... | |
| does more power=better quality ? Please don't lecture me on room acoustics. Singer is a good shop and has its rooms professionally treated in an attempt to smooth out modes (they also do not put any top-shelf equipment in the square rooms). While this will almost never take the r... | |
| does more power=better quality ? morbius:A last point ... the experience at Singer was anything but worthless, and I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you are being handicapped by misplaced reliance on the scientific method in thinking that only a direct A/B co... | |
| does more power=better quality ? morbius@attbi.com: My friend, what to do with you. Cdc: Fair question. I meant to write "match", not "trim". Sorry. | |
| does more power=better quality ? Output transistors run in parallel need to be trimmed to work properly, and they are now up to trying lasers to get this right (Edge), which they really can't. If output tubes are used, they have to be properly biased (or self-biasing), and they a... | |
| Jeff Rowland amp owners: What's your pre-amp?? Yes, 32K or 40K settings should be more than enough in most cases.While these are just general guidlines, try to avoid a match between an amp and preamp where the preamp has 1/10th or less output impedence compared to the amp's input impedence. Fo... | |
| does more power=better quality ? Assuming relatively sensitive speakers with a fairly benign impedence, my experience is that lower-powered amps tend to sound better, as there are fewer output devices to muck up the signal. More output transistors or output tubes means more circu... | |
| CAT JL-2 Mk2 vs LAMM M1.2 ... on WP 6 or 7 speakerdupe: I think you are wrong. |