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Whats on your turntable tonight?
did I mention that I am deeply in love w Ronstadts’ book Simple Dreams... 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
@atmasphere  I think the weighting system is a splendid idea and certainly a tool designers could develop internal to the firm as a way to score various designs. We used a weighted multi variable trade space to evaluate designs for Aerosystems, etc 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
stacked up some new arrivals:Linda Ronstadt - Living in the USA - OPDylan and The Band - The Basement Tapes- MOFIJesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Oh, My Girl and for bdp24Water Lily - J.S. Bach - The Six Flute Sonatas 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
 @noromance that must have been an awesome concert 
Linda Ronstadt
i got a mint OP of Trio and it is stunning:-)  
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
@gdnrbob OK a short comparison and context for the upgrade and eventual replacement. I bought the VX-R to run Vandersteen 5a after a lengthy evaluation of several other amplifiers, notably the ARC REF150 and the Aesthetix Atlas Stereo. All from co... 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
@earthtones  Welcome to the unfair advantage of Vandersteen powered bass and finally an amplifier PURPOSE designed to exploit that advantage. The M7- HPA replaced the Ayre in my system, not a fair fight for a lot of reasons. yes Vandersteen had ve... 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
Wolf - harshing the mellow love it....what low distortion strings are ya using on the eight thousand dollar wonder ? 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
Ralph a tour de force post and recognition of the true scientist engineers that also LISTENEric two points of clarification; Yes the relative distortion levels between components is massive, especially when comparing transducers to gain devices. A... 
Please answer for dummies: Any way to increase power from a Chinese tube amp?
ask it to investigate. Biden ? 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
well also look at  the measure.  vs. listen switch on an AYRE DAC for a Phd in. why measurement might not matter , especially if the specification standard does not properly reflect the real world, phase angle being IMO a perfect example for amps ... 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
higher in distortion compared to a driver that makes 90 db per. wattt with a great deal of the output out of phase ( non pistonic inn the pass band. ).... is the point...diitto for other transducers... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
finishing out the eve with Patricia Barber - Nightclub.   Lovely sonics 
The imperfect amp: Pass or Ayre?
well in general, the question what kind of distortion are you attracted to is certainly valid and reaches into the realm of the psycho acoustic, a rich vein as yet not fully mined....so few audiophiles own an SPL meter yet claim to understand the ... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
is anybody in the august group Erasure fan ? I have a minty copy of Wonderland on Intervention ( IR-009 ) that while I cannot seem to connect with, would be happy to send it along to someone  who would APPRECIATE it and undertake some similar pay ...