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| What are the "new" brands in amps and pre-amps Gammajo, congratulations but OOouch. Not a new name but a new team manufacturing a somewhat new design to an old technology. Maybe its because I listened to Marantz 8B's long ago but I'm loving my Carver VTA 180's. | |
| Looking for a power conditioner/regenerator/filter Have you given any thought to requirements such as wire gauge, metal clad conduit, or Cardas receptacles?You may have an issue from your supply before the dwelling. Ask your energy supplier about upgrading your amperage and what exactly gets repla... | |
| Newbie building modest system ...what amp? +2 What Unsound said. | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Audiozen, I'm not challenging your exuberance for your D-Sonic, any other class D amplifier, or your anticipation of what they might become. I'm on my fourth switching amplifier myself. Yes, I want my tube amps to sound like tube amps yet there ar... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? It's the way tubes distort not their lack of distortion. Regardless of how unmeasurable a solid state devise is, generally its characteristic is still odd order.It's the same with switching or processing amps. Were class D is about to become super... | |
| D-SONIC SOA Class-D Core Amps. The best Class-D ? Subjectivity is a wonderful thing. There are traits within both solid state and tube preamps that may never quite match such as harmonic structure. The preference for one or the other is a mater of personal taste.Consider that, with all the shortc... | |
| Help with shopping for a power amp Apogee? You might want to check out the D-Sonic thread on this page.I certainly like watching Led Zeppelin "Celebration Day" BD on my HT. Compared to the CD on my two channel I'm not sure the BD gives much up. Having dedicated systems it's just no... | |
| Manley NEO-Classic 250 vs 500 Have you given any thought to Carver Tube amplifiers that were recently positively reviewed in The Absolute Sound? There are a couple active threads running on this page of Amps Preamps. | |
| Question for Paradigm Studio 100 owners ... I've owned Studio versions one and wood sided two's. I was driving them with a big Ayre V-1xe by-wired. They were 5.5 feet out from the front wall, 6 feet apart, 1/2 inch of toe in, and spiked.I now own a pair of used Avalon Eidolons which are hug... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly Drac, well the difference is a lot like solid state and tube, so a comparison is not what I would call useful. When class D became recently popular there were some who wrote of hearing a tube like quality in the sound of their switching amp. I've ... | |
| Benz RubyZ vs. Gullwing? I upgraded my Benz Wood low output to the low output Ruby Z S class. The improvement across the board was substantial. After some hours I was getting a sense that the overall presentation has changed. After some reading it seems the new S-class do... | |
| Audiophilleo vs Empirical audio offramp +1 Elberoth. He simply has too much time and money. He clearly enjoys judging components on his own terms, on a great system in a well thought out room. I value his assessments greatly. | |
| Subwoofer for Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand ["I have a friend who has a Velo DD12 in his install. It si an awesome sub and extremely impressive when it comes to a movie soundtrack. But when we spin an LP or CD, my friend says he prefers my REL."]Since most systems and rooms are different th... | |
| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly The Absolute Sound Editors Choice and Product of the Year was also given to the NuForce Reference 9 switching amplifiers reviewed by TAS Senior Writer Chris Martens in 2009. Within a few months a small group of that periodicals writers, with the e... | |
| Subwoofer for Vienna Acoustics Mozart Grand You need to do some research. I suggest beginning with the DSpeaker processor which has the ability to make almost any sub work with your room and speakers.In an in home comparison REL were a worst performer. Compared to the other subwoofers their... |