tonyangel
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| Amp to Add Dynamics & Detail to 'Polite' Speakers What speakers are we talking about? Of course, my experience is very limited, but generally speaking I don't think that you can completely change the character of the speakers by going with a different amp.Of course, if you speakers are being unde... | |
| Why are subwoofers so polarizing? I'm no engineer here, but I'm having a hard time following this.Bo, are you basing your ridicule of the performance of the Velodyne and REL subs based on what you heard, or based on some test readings that you got?What you are claiming strikes me ... | |
| Cambridge Topaz AM10 vs Yamaha AS300 vs Onkyo In my experience, NAD equipment is typically under rated and perform beyond their rating. NAD phono sections are usually pretty good, for built in (from what I understand).Have you given any thought to just having the power cord replaced?I think t... | |
| World's best small speaker? It depends on what you call small. I haven't had the opportunity to try any really expensive speakers in my rig. I just never thought it was worth it. In my system, I'm limited to about a 12.5" overall height and they have to sit on shelves in an ... | |
| Hard drive for Oppo 105 and Sonos I believe that the Sonos needs to pull files from a file server, of sorts, that is on your network. It won't pull files off of a USB hard drive. I don't think it will, anyway.I believe that the oppo will also play content from over your network.Us... | |
| Selling old, going digital direct ? Zoot45,I sort of new to higher end audio, but when I got into it, I had it in my head that I wanted an all digital front end with hi res capability. My target was HDTracks and all of the high resolution stuff that they had.Now, a couple of years l... | |
| Emotiva XPR-5 power amp? Bacardi,I don't think I've ever heard either of those amps that you mentioned. The only point that I was making was that the specs on the Emotiva unit gave me pause, considering your goals for the new amp.My point was that there are better choices... | |
| Has anyone tried an amp from Class D Audio? Tim,Thanks for the advise. I suppose that going for the more powerful amp would make sense. The main reason that I'm looking for a neutral amp is that I think I really like the sound of the Marsh Pre.After the upgrade from my previous NAD pre, I t... | |
| Emotiva XPR-5 power amp? Bacardi,Do you have the AC line to support that amp?That amp that you are looking at is, no doubt, a monster. Emotiva is also a good company that generally stands behind its products. On the other hand, I've also read of some of the problems that ... | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp Thenis,I don't know man. It looks like you have a nice system. Maybe some room treatments are what you need. What's your room like? | |
| Soooo many choices. The problem with a lot of DACs is that they don't offer too many inputs. Most that I've seen offer one each of coax, toslink and USB. Some only offer a single input.This is why I often mention the Emotiva XDA DACs to those that do not yet have a D... | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp Oh, I also meant to ask, are you thinking of a tube pre amp because you want the tubey sound or because you just want to get rid of the harshness? | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp My experience was with a Yaquin CD-SD3 tube buffer with Jan Phillips WGTA tubes. In my system, it did make a difference, although I can't say that it was all for the better.I originally got it for the reasons that you stated. To take the edge off ... | |
| Space Efficient Speakers If you liked the way your old speakers sounded, but just want a bit of an update, maybe you should be looking for something similar to what you had. I know that the current line up of Dynaudios are very nice speakers. I'd also probably stick to st... | |
| Has anyone tried an amp from Class D Audio? Nobel100, it was your thread that first brought my attention to the amps from Class D Audio; especially, since you were coming from an Aragon amp similar to mine.Response34, I THINK that neutral is what I'm looking for. I recently got my hands on ... |