timothywright

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A queston of Classe', or other amps
An update on 4/22/20,   The shop recapping my M2 power amp has had it untouched on their bench for 4 weeks.   The repair shop I might prefer that is Yamaha certified will be closed for a few more weeks and may be backlogged when it does open I m... 
Expectations after re cap of power-amp
Dear PhDThank you, great suggestion. 
Those with DATs, how do you view and select your music?
I may have mean DAC?  My mistake. Mea Culpa. Oppo have of course put extra effort in the sound of the 105 model. It has two ESS Sabre32 Reference Audio-digital converters, 7.1 outputs and a stereo output. Both use a 32-bit Hyper Stream DAC topol... 
Expectations after re cap of power-amp
I will repeat myself because I think sincere gratitude needs to be expressed. All the generous feedback has been very encouraging and because of it I now feel far more confident in my project. All these responses are not a trivial blessing in my... 
Guest suddenly takes it upon herself to move my speakers
I am not a Trappist but I once spent a some time with them.  Trappists take a holy vow of hospitability which I greatly admire but which is sometimes abused. I take a vow of what might be called “conditional hospitability”. I’ll be nice as hell ... 
A queston of Classe', or other amps
The latest developments, while I wait for my Classe dealer to reopen (30-45 days?), is that my Yamaha M-2 power amp is in the shop, and this time I plan to recap it. This is not an inexpensive or trivial medical procedure.  The Yamaha M-2 has two... 
Expectations after re cap of power-amp
The responses have all been very encouraging, thank you so very much.  My worst fear would be that the amp would sound worse not better and I might waste the money invested and butcher what was once a well respected amplifier.  I don’t want to th... 
Amp Section for New Pair of Magenpan 3.7i
Thank you I will PM John Rutan as soon as I figure out how. 
Any still using the Dahlquist DQ-10 speakers?
Yes and no.   I still own a pair of DQ-10 speakers. Five years ago I poured a small fortune in to them with all the updates and upgrades. I even went to a custom furniture maker and had him make a very nice set of custom speaker stands. I may h... 
A queston of Classe', or other amps
First; thank you one and all; for your insightful, thoughtful, helpful contributions.  I am getting an education (via research) on “mid-size” Classè amps, midsize as in less than 1200wpc in to 4 ohm. I am comfortable but not wealthy and one could...