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| Thiel cs2.3 The Bryston 4B is not rated into 2 Ohms. The earlier version's measurements show that rather than increasing it's power output into 2 Ohms it loses power output. Bryston 4B power amplifier Measurements | Stereophile.com | |
| A DAC to help overcome compressed music? I don't know what DBX product you used in the past that you didn't care for, but these units seem to address your concerns: dbx CD player with built-in compression and expansion (technofileonline.com) DBX DX5 Compact Disc Player Manual | HiFi ... | |
| Thiel Owners Well, now into a new year: any news on the Thiel Audio bankruptcy proceedings? | |
| Point of higher priced streamer? FWIW, despite their large population the Chinese are not a race unto themselves. | |
| Oppo 205 and external DAC? ASR compared the analog outputs of the 205 found the differences between RCA and XLR negligible, except for voltage output of course. If using the 205 direct to amp, in most cases (depending on the amp) the RCA outputs might provide greater range ... | |
| A DAC to help overcome compressed music? I seem to recall that many years ago DBX made a CD player (DX5?) with processing features that claimed to do what I think you’ve seeking. | |
| PS Audio BHK 250 - Is it still a good amp? I have my doubts about the BHK 250 having; “the power to drive any speaker”. The specs indicate power down to 4 Ohms, and being stable for musical transients into 2 Ohms. “Being stable” only suggests that it won’t go into oscillation, not how much... | |
| Class D As I understand it: they can, but don’t. | |
| Sound quality impact - preamp vs power amp? I am in agreement with @tvad. I would like to point out that it’s easier to get a flat impedance curve with lower impedance speakers, and that due to that lower impedance those speakers will most likely (speakers like tvad’s Soundlabs excepted)... | |
| Threshold SA/1 FWIW, I have been led to believe that the original designer of your Threshold’s, Nelson Pass has endorsed his former Threshold employee Jan Soderberg’s work. | |
| The blackest black paint ever I’m curious as to how impervious this new ultimate black would be to LIDAR? While, it might help avoid speeding tickets, it might also increase the chances of being killed by inattentive operators of self driving vehicles. | |
| Mcintosh, Krell or Mark Lenvison Power amps It depends on the particular model of Apogee’s. You might need an amp that can deliver power into less than 1 Ohm! Or not, again depending on specific model. | |
| Oppo UDP-205 Op Amp, Linear Power Supply ^Not all mods will kill resale. Though many can and will, some won’t, such as the ModWright’s. It depends on what was done and perhaps even more importantly who did it. | |
| Is Not Responding To An Offer Just Plain Rude? @stereo5, if you had read my previous post, you would have read that I posted as much. It’s not that big of a deal. I’m not that offended. I don’t need the rules changed. I just think it polite to reply to an inquiring response. If you don’t, do... | |
| Is Not Responding To An Offer Just Plain Rude? 12 “no” return e-mails would take about a minute. |