shadorne
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| differences between tube and solid state designs Newbee,I didn't mean that tubers were trying to fix or flatten tube sounds by changing cables etc... all I meant was that tubes tend to accentuate these changes whilst SS gear often makes these kind of changes almost inaudible.Therefore people wit... | |
| The Search Bartokfan,Since many manufacturers use SEAS, the Thors kit must be extremely good and good value, as you remove one step in supply the chain. Ahh, but you completely lose all that marketing hype no full page adds and glowing reviews showing Bartok... | |
| differences between tube and solid state designs Keneallyfan,What you point out also explains the fascination with cables more often found with tubed gear...of course with a high output impedance even the speaker cables begin to play a role in modifying the sound coloration...SS amps tend to be ... | |
| The Search It is over for me. Speakers that are good enough for extensive use in many of the world's top recording and mastering studios, are certainly more than good enough for me. | |
| Best Rock Drummers The most accomplished drummmer I have ever come across is Steve Ferrone...although not well known he can play anything as good as if not better than the best (very rare as most drummers are not able to cross over from one genre to another). Steve ... | |
| Forums and Manufacturers: Are they here to help? Consumers do an amazing job of promoting audiophool products that have little value in improving audible sound -I see manufacturers and sales people need do nothing here but enjoy the chic-ching of the cash register. Sadly more manufacturers do no... | |
| Help ...... excesssssssive sssssssssssssssssssss I suspect the problem is your extremely unusual choice of amp and speakers. First Watt F1 is a current power amplifier...it will attempt to drive your speakers with a current that is independent of impedance load.Your speakers only have one driver... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? I read one thread were an audiophile was reviewing some world class studio speakers at the manufacturer. The audiophile claimed that there was no bass and that something had been wired up incorrectly out of phase. The audiophile even argued veheme... | |
| Taking audio too seriously? Many audiophiles seem like people obsessed with what they eat; those who are always dieting and counting calories, proteins etc. ....they focus on the tiniest details (a meaningless tweak here or there) and completely lose sight of what is good fo... | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? This thread reminds me of another heated thread where an owner of an excellent high $$$ speaker insisted that another very similarly designed high $$$ brand of speaker made his "ears bleed". I respect opinions. I also respect people's ability to f... | |
| MBL 101e's vs. Soundlab U-1's Sounds like you are set on the MBL 101e - I must admit they look simply awesome. Having never heard these beauties and being curious about their design...how do they dampen the lamellas in order to avoid what would be termed "cone break up" in a c... | |
| Buying decision time, or Time for a sanity check? You missed one category; The Client User ListThe choice of musicians and audio engineers is generally pretty solid; the likes of Pink Floyd, Telarc, Sting, Tom Petty, Doug Sax, Mark Knopfler, Lenny Kravitz, Warner Bros, Disney, Hans Zimmer, Rollin... | |
| MBL 101e's vs. Soundlab U-1's ATC's might deliver some of the coherency you like in the SL and still give you the dynamics and loudness that box speakers are known for. (Driver integration is better with active designs) I don't think you necessarily have to go away from box sp... | |
| Tweeter quest I agree with Gregm, matching the tweeter to the other drivers is very important ... I am not sure what the effect is called but "speed" is a very good word for it...in essence the match affects how instruments with some HF harmonics sound to the e... | |
| Can digital and analogue plugged together Unless you own poorly designed CDP/analog amps they should both be able to plug into the same outlet and still perform according to specifications (Not surprisingly, most equipment is designed such that there is no transfer of noise between device... |