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| Sonic frontiers I have a Sonic Frontiers SFS40 power amp that I use with a Conrad Johnson PV5 in a secondary system. The SF amp produces an excellent soundstage with lots of low level detail and air around classical and jazz music. Perhaps those complaining about... | |
| Bandwidth Limitations Of Class D Amps?? Class D amplifiers do require low pass filters to remove out of band power supply switching noise from passing to the speakers. This is also true of AB amplifiers leveraging high speed switching power supplies such as class H amplifiers (Emotiva a... | |
| Weaknesses of the Adcom GFA-5802 ? I've owned many amps and the Adcom GFA 5802 has never been grainy. They do run hot to the touch and many people had the bias dialed back to lower the temperature. The amp throws a deep soundstage with lots of room ambience, lots of low level detai... | |
| Phase Linear 700 & 400 series II The Phase Linear 400 Series 2 amp had many improvements over the series 1. It was much more stable and a low TIM distortion design. It absolutely tested better and sonically blew away my McIntosh MC 2200, throwing a much deeper sound stage with mo... | |
| ST 70 best sounding version? I have two Stereo 70s as well as Adcom 5802s and Sonic Frontier amplifiers. Both Stereo 70s have been updated. One has the original stock circuit with all caps and resistors replaced with modern polypropylene caps and metal film resistors. The upd... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? I own preamps from Conrad Johnson, Modwright, McIntosh, Dynaco, and have owned Audio Research, etc. Many years ago I owned mint McIntosh gear in their walnut cabinets, a C22, MR67 and MC240, purchased from the original owner. The tubes were all ch... | |
| Pros and cons of vintage Dynaco ST-70 I owned a mint McIntosh C22, MR 67 and MC240 years ago. They sounded great, To my amazement though, my Dynaco Stereo 70 produced a deeper soundstage and had a bit more midrange clarity. Both amps were in great condition. Don't get me wrong, the Mc... | |
| McIntosh Preamp The McIntosh C36, C38 and C40 have identical specifications and excellent sound. They use the modern switching of today's McIntosh preamplifiers. The C36 is non remote and accordingly sells well below its quality. | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? I've owned many good tuners and I wish I still had all of these. Here are my favorites:- McIntosh MR67 - tube tuner with a beautiful sound and soundstage. It was not a sensitive tuner - McIntosh MR 500 - excellent sensitivity and selectivity ... | |
| New McIntosh amp build quality I've found McIntosh build quality to be excellent and perhaps even better than their older products. They are a vertically integrated Company and make many of their components. However, their components are far more complex than in the past levera... | |
| Mcintosh mx136 vs Mcintosh Mx150 I've found that my MX 136 has an excellent phono section which produces a deep and wide sound stage. Low level detail ( room ambience) is clearly reproduced and the soundstage is both wide and deep. I do use the pure stereo mode and find that this... | |
| Which adcom sounds best? I've owned both the GFA 5500 and 555 II. Without any doubt, the GFA 5500 and GFA 5802 both throw a wider, deeper image with better low level detail while delivering this with a slightly less bright sound, than the GFA 555 II. I also owned a pair o... | |
| Vintage Turntable: AR Es-1 vs Denon DP-60L I own an AR ES1 and also a MMF 9.1 and have used a VPI 19 Mk 3 for sometime and have owned direct drive tables. Here are a few observations:The "nonsense comment" above regarding belt drive table stability is perhaps misleading. Generally, belt dr... | |
| Crown SA2 Amp One of the best sounding Crown amps ever made. Home Entertainment in Houston sold them and Mac. The Crowns ate the Macs lunch. Deeper wider sound stage, just as smooth but more definition. The SA2 did not have the typical dry Crown sound. |