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PS Audio's new "Gain Cell" Amplifiers . . .
Is this the same term GAIN CELL technology from a amp company by the name of Quatre dating back to the early 80's..Great sounding amp though not very stable..Tom 
Thoughts on PS Audio Ultralink II
Great sounding piece ..huge soundstage.. none of the current Sony SACD players sounded near as good while playing Redbook cd's. Finally replaced with Krell SACD player..Tom 
Will Creek 5350 SE drive Magnepan 1.6QR?
My first pre-amp 35 years ago was a solid state turd from Crown..I bought it because the distortion rating was .00000001.. that was 35 years ago..Now I listen.. to make up my own mind. Natural transparency and phase coherency are what make it righ... 
Outstanding Speakers, Outstanding
Coda I spoke to Brent Friday. He was on his way to finish the final pre-production version of the dedicated stand. This evidently is a very complex design to produce. Some of the parts are rolled steel and may stretch slightly. Close tolerances ha... 
Outstanding Speakers, Outstanding
I believe Robert and Brent are in Chicago today with all their Starsound goods to be shown at the local audio society meeting.. Brent is the chief designer of Sistrum products and the Caravelle speakers.Tom 
What's supporting your speakers?
Tvad first off I am a Sistrum dealer..I used Sistrum Sp1's under my Dunlavy Sc4's and then later stepped up to the Sp101's.. reason so I could horizontally align the drivers left to right..Have used the smaller platforms as well..under smaller Thi... 
what if you put too much lead shot in your speaker
84, you and I and Larry must listen together some evening soon..You'll know first hand what the expression means when they say "Get the lead out"..Tom 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
Peter thanks for the info. What works in our own separate worlds and experience is the most correct one at that portion of time. For you to stop at this point of time and with your open mindedness and desire for further knowledge on this particula... 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
Peter sorry for being harsh in my statement..Tom 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
The mathematicial precursor to prologic, only with better seperation.More like Dolby digital in effect..Way back in the early 70's..When the colors were more colorfull. Tom 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
No the one on the right had eyes that were more to the south and a complexion that had slightly more contrast and texture than her counterpart to the right who had more highlights and who's edge enhancement was slightly more defined..They were the... 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
I think they were hired to entertain the troops at a booth at the Cedia AV show and clubs to the northeast of downtown Indianapolis just last weekend..Thats what I saw and I think I remember..They shared the same chair and were friendly with each ... 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
Mids will not be smeared because the leading edge transients will be be damped into oblivion.. unlike the real thing..Whats remains will be dark and without life..Other than that it will be okay..Tom 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
Is not that what Slim Pickens yelled as he rode the A-bomb down from the sky to its final destination in the pro humanity movie Dr.Strangelove..Tom 
Isolation question. Monitor on Subwoofer
If you use Audiopoints, and I feel you should, then do not combine coupling with so called isolation..to do so would be the worst of combinations..The Audiopoints are designed to be directional..the point has a bandpass of 2hz to several meg..So y...