rep4ever
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| Words From the Wise Speakers, transducers being the weakest link, are the prime determinant to the overall quality of your system. Buy the best speaker you can afford and then choose an amp to drive them. Once that's done, your choice of analogue or digital source is... | |
| why does NBC sound so bad? are networks different I just read an interview with Alan Parsons, famed recording engineer for Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and many others. He said TV sound, and most especially in the U.S., was "dreadful". He said that it was basically because there seemed to... | |
| Active/Passive Bass Correction Dilema Most pop recordings are mixed mono below 80 or 50 Hz. There's literally a switch for it on most mixing consoles. For minimally mic'd classical, that's not the case though. True stereo subs will give you an amazing increase in soundstage, low frequ... | |
| Purchase MP3 to WAV converter ? look for the wavepad sound editor. There's a pro and a free version. You can even edit music, compress it, etc. I think you're missing some serious sound quality by listening to only mp3 but that's another conversation! If you have a good car syst... | |
| Amp for JBL L112 The Quad 606 features the current dumping circuit which means as the internal components age, this amp will self adjust to continue to produce quality sound. Internally, it features a small Class A amp cancels any distortion in the "current dumper... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Agreed. Dismissal of an amp because of negative feedback is a gross misunderstanding and overly simplistic understanding of circuit design as is dismissal of an amp due to transformers. OTL is a valid approach obviously, but at what cost? The soun... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly A slight correction would be Bob said "flea powered tube amplifiers" were not his cup of tea. The Silver Seven amplifiers he created at Carver were tubed but produced over 300 watts. | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? This sounds for all the world like a teaser question to simply allow us to all sound off on our biases and preferences! | |
| Can DAC with volume control act as Pre-amp? Agree the Benchmark is near the top of the current best available and would add the Wyred4sound DAC2. You can use the digital volume control, a power supply the size of many amplifiers, and one of the most reasonably priced of the current state or... | |
| Best 80-100 w Amplifier Available Under $4k Used? The improvement in sound you seem to be describing is most likely to do as much with the increased damping factor as it does with the increase in power. That's a function of the output impedance of any tube amp, which is to say high, and solid sta... | |
| Help with shopping for a power amp Speakers are going to change the sound more than any electronics ever could. It may be that electronics is not the cure! So many flavors from which to choose! | |
| In Search of a Passive Subwoofer Amplifier Parts Express has the SA-1000 amp which is a sleeper without audiophile credentials making it easy to miss. It has lots of power, high damping factor, is NOT digital, but does produce lots of power with almost non-existent heat. It is licensed tec... | |
| Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography? Sorry, Robert W Carver. | |
| Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography? Sonic holography is patented, there is a patented circuit which intentionally manipulates phase to couple the left channel to the left ear and the right channel to the right ear. Sound stage is wonderful on tubes but a totally different thing than... | |
| Do I need BOTH amp and pre to be sonic holography? to tmsorosk:It's really incorrect to say the name meant nothing. The sonic holography circuit is first patented, which means it has to do something. What it actually does is send a little of the left channel signal to the right channel, but 180 de... |