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| Power Uber Alles ? Great questionI owned a pair of Emerald Physics monos (~ 275w/) with upgraded fuses for a couple of yearsI got the bug and bought a Audio Alchemy stereo amp (~ 150w/) and was/am blown away. Much richer tones, deeper into the music and especially i... | |
| Which Amp to complete my system? I have owned my fair shar of tube amps, including: Rogue M150 monos, Joule Electra monos, Accoustat OTLs (with Accoustat speakers)...If I was to consider tubes again it would be Still amp, which I read about in a review. I was so impressed, I cont... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification Dec 2018 TAS Jonathan Valin reviews MBL class D offerings and says: For a preamp priced a hair under $15k and a pair of monoblock amps about a third the price of the Constellation stereo amp, this was highly competitive performance. and with M... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification LOL clearly you are defensive when YOU need not as you have owned and enjoyed your amps for 10 years, you will likely be buried with them as I plan to do with my 22 year old Yamaha Royal Star motorcycleYour 10 yo Mac tube amps are based on tube te... | |
| Upgrade from Audioquest which is good? One of the top cable designers is WireWorld. I know him personally going back > 35 years, when he was spooling his own wireHe has just come out with an 8 series. He recommended his entry level 7 series to me prior to the 8 series,. I am seeing ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification When I said sell your class A, AB, tube amps NOW before you can only get pennies on the dollar, what I meant was $5,000+++ amplifiers days are over, at least for anyone who does a modicum of research prior to purchase, or who expects commensurate ... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification Nord has what appear to be great value for mostly the same Ncore and Ice amps (stereo/mono) as the uber expensive companies NCore: The new board uses two Op Amps per channel and runs even further into Class A delivering up to 250mA of Class A curr... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification ^^^ LOLWitch huntI've owned the for over 10 years, including my SVS subs. NEVER had a problem | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) sifterI posted about ow happy I am with Emerald Physics KCIIs but neglected to post MSRP for standard flat black finish is $1995. Underwood is offering a pair with super cool finish for $1995 right now. My friend has those and hey look amazing | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) My bad, I confused 2 of their models. One pair of the 3.8s are on sale | |
| Speakers with the most detailed midrange? (non-ESL/planar) IMHO, as an very happy owner of their junior model (KCIIs), I highly recommend Emerald Physics 2.8s. I am told the imaging is phenomenal (as are the KCIIs) and they are 98 dB efficientEP has a pair on sale for < $5K delivered ... | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! I have owned a lot of dipole speakers, and many monkey coffins. Personally I like a combination of art with my music. I am extremely happy with my Emerald Physics KCIIs (94dB)Also you get a BOM which is an equalizer fr bass. EP sells them. | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification IMHO, the underlying question to the future of class D is:Who is going to buy super exotic (expensive) USED amplifiers? Recalling the TAS March 2016 review of my Audio Alchemy stereo amp and dac/pre @ was $1995 each. The reviewer, Robert Harley (... | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification https://www.nordacoustics.co.uk/icepower | |
| The Future of Audio Amplification I don't doubt the NuPrime is great, but how many of us have 8K for amps? If the tech interests you, check out Nord from the EU. Very reasonably priced and high quality using latest IcePower |