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| It's 2008. Why aren't there better options ? Just a clarification--I was speaking of the Solos and it's ability to ONLY do full albums, not necessarily FLAC in general. | |
| It's 2008. Why aren't there better options ? 3 more options, though I'm not going to say they are any better/worse thant he above mentioned:Niveus - I understand it's one of the best for hi-res to those find this important.Nevo - I'm using this and really love it, but I will admit it has it'... | |
| Tube amp for talon Firehawk Atmasphere brings up a good point about loads. The Talon's are typically 6 Ohm nominal, with a minimum of 4 ohms and a maximum usually just above 12 ohms. Very flat impedence curve--which does make them very tube friendly. I have not used the atma... | |
| Stereophile review of Escalante Fremont Not the same designer as current Talon Reference series. He did work with Talon for the early speaker designs, all of which are no longer in production. | |
| Tube amp for talon Firehawk The 300.1 is great, but the 160s are so good. My money went to the 160s. The matching pre is excellent and would highly recommend it as well. I do not own it but have used it at a show. | |
| Tube amp for talon Firehawk The older Tenors were weak on the bottom end. I don't think you'll find the bass very satisfying with the Firehawks and that amp. The newer Tenors are much better--but the $$--wow. I'm using the new VAC 160 musicbloc on my Firebirds. The newest ve... | |
| HD-DVD Officially Dead I'm with Kurt--vinyl rules. | |
| Room Treatments and WAF? Long Dave:You are right that you can get--well I don't know about 90%, but certainly way above 50% with a lot of reading and DIY methods. We have a whole section of our website devoted to acoustical resources. Most are free, some very reasonable, like ... | |
| good listening/bad listening I think the power grid is quieter at night as is other interfence--such as road noise. Road noise you may not hear directly but the vibrations through the road--particularly if you are not too far from a highway is pretty amazing. So night listeni... | |
| Netflix going Blu It appears there is yet another nail...Toshiba gives up on HD DVD. | |
| good listening/bad listening There are definitely physiological aspects that affect our listening. The most obvious is when we have a cold (as Shadome pointed out) and our ears are stopped up. Imagine now, what if your ears were stopped up, but you didn't really have a cold a... | |
| Most important component?? Duke: Thanks for the comments (compliments), but the monitors you heard in that room were Talon Hawks--not Avalons. At the time you heard them I had no idea we would buy the company--I just thought they were the best suited speaker for the small s... | |
| Most important component?? I love it--THE ROOM. Now what is really interesting is that about 4 years ago we asked the same question on a different site. The result was speakers, source, speakers, source, amp.... You get the point. 1 in 100 said the room. Now, most people sa... | |
| Room Treatments and WAF? Long There are a variety of options from absorption films that are stretched in front of the window surface (RPG now makes and markets these), to fabric covered vertical blinds which I personally like because then I can close, open, or angle for partia... | |
| Netflix going Blu Wonder why? Did they say? Aren't Blu discs subject to scratch damage more so than HD? Aren't there more HD players sold in the US than Blu? |