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| I want to be moved and have the music touch my soul! I would sell all the components except Oppo player and add Linear Tube Audio microZOTL integrated amp (yes, it's only 1Wpc), and Teresonic single driver speakers (yes, with 100dB sensitivity they will sing with 1W). This set up eliminates a lot of... | |
| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K For jazz listening which is mostly acoustical (instruments and vocals) single driver speakers are hard to beat. There are very few such speakers in small footprint format. A Teresonic Magus sold recently at Audiogon for $4,995 (demo pair). Another... | |
| Higher Efficiency Speakers Earlier in this trail somebody suggested having 100 dB efficiency speakers would give a freedom to chose from a wide range of amps. I did just that and am now running 1W/channel (yes, 1W) Linear Tube Amp called microZOTL2 with Teresonic Integrum s... | |
| Affordable integrated pure class A? There is pure class A integrated amp called microZOTL 2 from LinearTubeAudio (https://www.lineartubeaudio.com/products/mz2mz2-s). It uses signal tubes only for sweetest sound I have heard recently. It has two inputs but it's only 1W/channel so you... | |
| Best Speakers under 1k for me For under $1K? Maybe a different path would give you better results. A Mac. a good sw (e.g. JRiver), and a pair of HomePods would sound excellent. You can pick a pair of HomePods for $300 each at Costco. They will beat any cheap speakers under $1K... | |
| Speaker recommendation Imagine what sound quality one can get out of 20-30W amp for the same money one spends for 160W monster. It's very simple. Prices for components (of the same quality) go up exponentially for high power amps. So something has to give, either less p... | |
| In search for speakers of "natural" sound There are two requirements to be met in speakers in order to come close to 'natural' sound: 1)NO crossover, 2)ONE full range driver. Even the best designed and constructed crossovers introduce sound compressions, phase distortions... More than one... | |
| high-efficiency loudspeakers The real test for a high efficiency speaker is if it can be powered by an 1W amplifier and reproduce the entire frequency range (including bass) with 1W or less. Here is one review that covers such a system: http://theaudiobeatnik.com/linear-tube-... | |
| Subwoofer for classical music listener Not using subs for (especially) classical music is better for multiple reasons: subs are slow(er) than your main speakers and will 'muddy' way up to the lower midrange, they will further reduce coherence of instruments and vocals, and change overa... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? there is a number of issues to be considered when talking about cables. yes, 14AWG can be used but is it transporting all frequencies properly or is it acting as a cheap 'tone control' for an expensive system? how 'fast' are the cables as high tra... |