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What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
  charles1dad 9,288 posts 08-10-2022 at 08:43pm  y’all understand distortion counts as output..in the overly simplistic efficiency measurement…. right ? Overly simplistic? Nah , I think people recognize that it is just providing a general... 
What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
Ralph - while i respect your experience, you are certainly not the only audio designer deeply involved in hearing , recording, and evaluating the playback of the original acoustic event in order to evaluate efforts….  best to you in our chase for... 
What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers?
@charles1dad it is not the amplifier distortion…. take another run at it…. with equal moving mass and motor a pistonic cone has lower output…..why is that ?  
Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp
Engineers with ears pick caps where the evaluation circuit and signal allow them to be fully formed… in many cases those big monster caps never get fully formed… or stay formed…especially at reasonable listening levels… Applaud the OP for diving ... 
DAC’s
it wasn’t lockdown for me but i can relate to forcing functions… when i retired 6 years ago i set out to explore analog vs. digital in some depth.. i invested in recording chain tools and support a local studio / engineer / recording artist on an ... 
What is Your End Game System?
Amen  
Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp
whatever you do….run new parts in before passing judgement….  
Which preamp to go with pass labs x150.8
…but an Ayre KX-R is fantastic also…. RIP Charlie  
Which preamp to go with pass labs x150.8
a REF5 or better yet an SE is a formidable preamp…. of course, i am biased….i have 5K hours of happy listening in w mine….. Best to you and good luck on your musical journey  
What is Your End Game System?
to paraphrase an economist much more famous than me….in the end game we are all dead…..  
Do YOU have a flat frequency response in your room?
above that i am much more concerned about RT60…… but overly treated rooms ….are sterile and lifeless….  
Do YOU have a flat frequency response in your room?
Let’s talk about below 120 hz at the listening position and at 20 hz , I am down a db….  
Do YOU have a flat frequency response in your room?
what is flat ?   
The character of analog and digital
My other hero is Bob Clearmountain who understands a simple remaster isn’t enough….in many cases…  
The character of analog and digital
I always smile when a PDK car / driver combo laps the purist….