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Electrostatics and tubes
Amplifiers: Voltage vs Current Speakers: Voltage vs Current  
Electrostatics and tubes
Electrostats are typically 91-92dB efficient, so you don’t need a ton of power. ’Typically’ is not a term that should be used for electrostats. They’re all different. The important specification to look for is the impedance curve - not the db ... 
Is There Some Problem With Shunyata's Everest Power Conditioner
moto_man OP There was a very noticeable improvement over the week that I found to be unmistakable. It’s called burn-in. I always thought that was inexplicable BS. It’s explicable.  
Speakers on top of subwoofer
The Wilson Audio speaker cabinets are designed to be mounted. The Harbeth isn’t. - - - Excepted from this article. Wilson Audio has long put much stock in the composite materials they make their cabinets from. X-Material, the primary material .... 
Affordable Grounding
@bolong   Good reference. ‘Signal ground’ vs ‘Earth ground’ – aka Chassis ground – aka Safety ground. Signal ground originates within the component itself.   Earth ground is a safety configuration for the household circuitry.    Regarding audio... 
dCS Bartok Apex vs McIntosh DA2 - Trouble Hearing the Difference
Beautiful room and system! It looks as if the speakers are set-up for HT. Optimizing speaker placement for 2 channel is an entirely different ballgame. Very WAF and interior design unfriendly. Take a look at assorted Virtual Systems. Also, high-en... 
Can hi-end cables benefit less expensive electronics?
  serblinfan OP . . . I only regret selling Furutech DPS 4.1, which added some warmth that I loved ’Warmth’ can be manipulated in various ways. If a system is fatiguing and has distortion, then warmth becomes a band-aid. Especially, if the ro... 
Determining wire phase
@jea48 👍  Thx!  
AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects
@jg7884 My suggestions would be to take your time and stay within your budget. A 30 day trial period is a wonderful thing. Or the ability to re-sell an item near what you paid for it - if it doesn’t sound right in your system.  I've tried plenty o... 
AudioQuest Pegasus vs Thunderbird Interconnects
@jg7884  Congratulations on your willingness to try - and your subsequent reward. When I first joined AudiogoN, I thought posts about cables affecting the SQ were absurd.  Now, over 50% of the cost of my system in invested in cabling and power co... 
Do your ears deceive you?
@jhnnrrs Dude. Get a grip. It’s a nasty mess when a flat-earther’s head explodes. It's Haz-Mat time.  
Do your ears deceive you?
These engineers would disagree with the OP. _ _ _ _ _ Bybee Technologies – Founded by Jack Bybee – Physicist   Jack Bybee's did research in cable/circuit design for military use. Bybee’s first commercial products emerged from Cold War-era mil... 
Power Regenerator or Conditioner for Digital Sources
No hum, buzz nothing total blackness. All good. What about distortion? When a vocalist belts out a note in fortissimo, is there any harshness or edginess? Do the high notes on a piano ring unnaturally?  Does the brass section sound tinny or ful... 
Power cable for Ferrum Hypsos
The @jasonbourne71 Corollary of Electrical Theory: If he wasn’t taught it, if he doesn’t understand it, if he doesn’t believe it – then it doesn’t exist. /s  
Shocked. Need Opinions. How muck power do I need?
In some ways, a high performance amplifier is like a high performance race car. It needs to accelerate instantly and then stop on a dime - without swerving off the track. Transient response* is an important factor in amplifier design. In audio, ...