tomcy6
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| Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...? I'll tell you what I think I know and someone can correct me. Class A watts approximately halve from 8 ohms into 4 ohms, so you have between 5 and 10 watts of class A power. Accuphase does the calculation of watts being output at any given time... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought Funny how streaming fans like to hang around here. Perhaps they think they are missing something... It's not streaming fans liking to hang out on the analog forum, it's people who browse All Recent posts. That's the way I browse the Audiogon f... | |
| Pass....Accuphase....or...... I wouldn't rule out the Accuphase, but I would give it a listen before buying. Some people do feel that Accuphase is polite, but to me it is just very low distortion. As far as matching with your speakers, Accuphase claims to double down to 1 o... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? Here are some of my ideas of accessible, melodic jazz: Curtis Stigers - Gentleman Jan Harbeck Quartet - The Sound The Rhythm, Copenhagen Nocturne Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Lynne Arriale Trio - The Eyes Have It, When You Listen Mark Isham ... | |
| Same Cooke- Heard this one? Yeah. I've got it on Sam Cooke's Night Beat. All the songs have that laid-back late-night feel. Sam had an incredible voice. He was a big influence on Rod Stewart and Southside Johnny, both of whom did Sam Cooke medleys in their shows. I'm su... | |
| The end of physical media is neigh Streaming will not disappear, but it could become much more expensive, and the way things go, it probably will. | |
| The end of physical media is neigh There are a ton of 8 track players for sale on ebay, so CD and blu-ray players should be available for as long as you'll be around. You probably have more CDs, etc. than you could listen to in your remaining lifetime, why worry? | |
| Esoteric cd players volume control p.s. There is a full review of the TEAC UD-701N streaming D/A preamplifier in the December '24 Stereophile. | |
| Esoteric cd players volume control @rolee910 The Esoteric N-05 XD and N-01 XD have volume controls but do not spin CDs. They are called Network Players. Here’s a link to a column in Stereophile about a TEAC CD transport. The matching Streamer/DAC/ Preamp is called the UD-701N an... | |
| Esoteric cd players volume control The XD series does not have a volume control. There is a volume up/down button on the remote, but the manual says it's for use with Esoteric amps. There is also an app, Esoteric HR Audio Player, to play audio files on a computer. It may have a ... | |
| Has anyone had an order fulfilled by Boltz.com in the 2024 or 2023 calendar year? Thanks for the warning. Sorry to hear about your experience. They used to be a good company. I'm glad that you filed a complaint. I hope something is done about it. | |
| HiFi legends ageing and going deaf What you describe could happen, but I think that designers also look at measurements which would alert them to their worsening hearing and its effect on their designs. | |
| Plasma Tweeters - Do they still exist? There are four pair of Lansche plasma tweeter speakers for sale on Agon right now. | |
| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs I understand @fauguy , my situation is much worse than yours. I’d go listen even if they don’t have the models you’re interested in. My guess is that the two brands have a different house sound and that you would prefer one over the other. That ... | |
| Marantz SA-10 Vs Esoteric K-05Xs @fauguy , Yes the upconversion settings do apply to CDs and I would guess, but the manual doesn't say it, they would apply to streamed PCM also. There appears to be only one digital filter. I agree with @goose, these are probably not settings th... |