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Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
The Tubes ; White Kids on Reference Dope….  
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
measure and listen = ….. theres even a switch for that on ( only ) the Ayre DAC. IMO it’s really the only approach if the goal is more than flavorizing or worse, blind ( deaf ) objectivism…. I mostly agree on same perceptual rules…until we encoun... 
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
The sneaky pitfall is taking a waveform that has already happened, reducing it, flipping it out of phase and feeding it back and expecting it to heal a different waveform. The issue is can the ear brain perceive and evaluate this as “ musical “. ... 
Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ?
i would say evaluating the level of a long term audiogon poster / lurker / past poster by reading what they have in the system and have to say is a fools errand…. i typically hear 2-4 different systems a month… Get out more….. BTW my reference a... 
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
and IF you can’t hear how an amplifier destroys temporal information, try getting your system in phase… and or considering a speaker that passes the impulse test… Since getting the electronics in phase is free, start there….  
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
As for a Hybrid amplifier that i find passes the LONG term musical listening test, I can recommend 3: Vanderteen M7 HPA, Aesthetix Atlas, Music Reference RM-200 there are of course more…..  
What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'?
the some people don’t like the Strad comment was all about taste… The ear brain is king but tastes are the puppet master for most all of audio… and more.. Interesting , some people can hear negative feedback = TIM and simple temporal distortion ... 
Help with streamer software
@lalitk ….now that last word “ done “….. really cracked me up…… i will set my timer….. do so appreciate ya !  
Ideas for Pre/Power $9000?
just start looking at Echo website..lots of great deals on many many brands of used gear…..  
True high-end Speakers need a midrange
Scanspeak + Vandersteen cones in balsa + satellite grade CF  = ahhhhhh  
Ideas for Pre/Power $9000?
+++++ for Kurt and team at Echo… they have a sledgehammer Pass amp right now at a very attractive $$$$$ pair that w ARC preamp, some decent cables and you can run most any speaker WELL..on the planet  
True high-end Speakers need a midrange
impulse at various SPL will tell you what you need to know. The german laser scanner of the cone will tell you why. This of course, if the definition of true high end = accurate to the input signal.  
Go ahead, hang blankets on the side walls. You’ll be amazed.
When i do a room that needs absorption…i first focus on a broad band panel, which is deep, otherwise a blanket or rug is pretty narrow band…bit of a tone control…but the RT60 by frequency will show you this… Deep panels covered by blankets and rug... 
Go ahead, hang blankets on the side walls. You’ll be amazed.
meanwhile…i am building out the dedicated Piccolo cappela of diffusion…. services conducted nightly congrats to OP  
Can you live with your current speaker until you die?
Elliott - wow…that Rosewood is something else…..love it….. OP with your celebration in Korea, you have already hit the lottery