twoleftears
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| Mattresses, not stereos is where the money is Forget double-blind. The only way to test mattresses properly is when fully asleep. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Recently went to a recital of the up-and-coming Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko. Blazing technique, but lacking a little bit of heart, I thought. His way with a Mozart Fantasia was quite analytical, pulling it apart. Most at home and best in... | |
| Funny Story It's about now that Class D starts sounding better... | |
| Class A 30 Watt Amps: Are they enough to drive my book shelfs? https://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-labs-xa305-power-amplifier-measurements See fig. 4 | |
| Looking At CD Players Dedicated CD players are designed to do one thing. The Bryston BCD-3 (correct alphabet salad) is very good indeed. Several long threads on Audio Circle. For me, the Luxman D-05u bests it, as it should, because it costs more. And yes, I own bot... | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? @berner99 you're got it backwards, re. bipolar and dipole.https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/1190mirage/index.html I'd like to repeat my question: is anyone aware of any currently produced speakers using similar sets of dynamic drivers ... | |
| Audio Troy Capital Audio Fest the good, the bad and the ugly! @verdantaudio I heard the MC Audiotech at the 2018 CAF and was really impressed by it. Back then they were talking about a launch beginning of 2019. When that didn't happen I kind of assumed that they had gone under. Then they popped up again ... | |
| Confused and need help If you can possibly borrow an amp, Ayre or otherwise, by all means try that out on your Maggies before making any major decisions. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Rachmaninov: Concerto Elegiaque for Piano and Orchestra, orch. Kogosowski.Premier recording by Jarvi with Detroit SO.Quite good and very interesting. Worth a listen. | |
| Plinius 8100 vs musical fidelity A3.2 Keep the Plinius. It may be older but it's more sophisticated. If you have the urge to tinker, try a new phono amp or cartridge. | |
| What is the appropriate horsepower (wattage) for a new pair of PSB T2's? Regardless of wattage needs, there are definitely some speakers that benefit from amps with higher current output and/or higher damping factor. I've heard this with two amps demo'd on the same speakers. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @ei001h Currentzis T6 is an adrenalin-rush, the musical equivalent of white-water rafting. I was so carried along/carried away by it, I didn’t really notice those features you mentioned. All that being said, I certainly wouldn’t want it to be the ... | |
| Reliability of Cary Audio Products Their whole corporate ethos changed after Dennis Had left--it's like two different companies, pre- and post- that event. | |
| Are there any current high end dipole speakers (dynamic)? Speakers with an identical complement of dynamic drivers firing fore and aft. Can’t think of any current models. Someone? | |
| What is a Passive Radiator in a Speaker Thiel has used this design, as has/does Klipsch. No doubt others. I've always thought of it as a kind of half-way compromise between sealed box and ported/vented. Achieving in theory a sort of half-way mix of the advantages and disadvantages of... |