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| How can I punish this Chinese audio dealer Vacuum tube commerce has collapsed in the 40+ year lapse since I abandoned them. All of the principal domestic, British, Dutch, and German producers are now either defunct (like Tung-Sol Electric, my employer from ’57-’60), or they’ve long since c... | |
| Has anyone added a small subwoofer to 2 channel and been thrilled with the result? Mating Subwoofers with “Mini-Monitor” Main Speakers in a 2 Channel Stereo (not “home theater”) System…When space or decor constraints dictate the use of small “mini-monitor” main speakers instead of classic full-range speakers, you will need to su... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? @mckinneymike—I'm curious, who/what/where are these new vacuum tube production facilities? The Noritaki "nutube" thing is just a restricted special purpose curiosity product of virtually no use in hi-end audio, the RCH Labs startup recently died i... | |
| AC Regenerator @hifiman5 —Oh, OK; thanks. Actually, I was wondering what anybody who owned a harmonic distortion analyzer would be doing on a forum site such as this one—but that's a whole 'nother can of beans. Amen. | |
| AC Regenerator @hifiman5 —Hi, I'm really curious. How did you determine that your power line THD = 1.7%? How did you measure this? What instrument(s)?Please advise, and thanks for guidance. | |
| Is there actually a difference? Re. “…there can be an appreciable difference between high-end and mid-fi gear”…Yes—but, by large margin, that “appreciable difference” is often just $$$$. And that’s not a very compelling distinction. The assigned job of the power amplifier is to ... | |
| Is there actually a difference? @asianatorizzle—I really don't think that you can do better than the Parasound Halo A23 power amplifier at your price point. The circuit design is excellent, and the build quality is as good as it gets for (as I recall) just $995 (Audio Advisor). ... | |
| Is there actually a difference? @erik_squires—Hi, Erik, your comment was of special interest to me because I think that I comprehend the thrust of your point; i.e. that these three makers each represent distinct (power amp) design approaches that are competently executed but dis... | |
| Is there actually a difference? @geoffkait —Well, I don't know the answer to your question, but, as (apocryphally) credited to Mark Twain… “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”So I guess some people always need more proof. | |
| Is there actually a difference? Per Peter Aczel, of The Audio Critic: “Longtime readers of The Audio Critic know the drill that comes at this point: I repeat, for the nth time, that all amplifiers having high input impedance, low output impedance, flat frequency response, low d... | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money I think that this CD player: https://www.onkyousa.com/Products/model.php?m=C-7000R&class=Compact%20Disc&source=prodClass…is absolutely terrific.It sells for ~ $1,500. I bought mine (new) 3 or 4 years ago, from Crutchfield, and use it frequ... | |
| Value of burn/break in? All vacuum tubes exhibit continuous long term drift when put into service—plate current falls and grid bias shifts. This gradual slide reflects a persistent degradation that begins at initial turn-on and ultimately ends in cathode depletion failur... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? jimman2—Here is some good background FYI: https://www.kirkville.com/music-not-sound-why-high-resolution-music-is-a-marketing-ploy/There are a great many audiophiles today who do not believe that basic "Red Book" (CD) 16 bit/44kHz digital sampling ... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? jimman2—Oh boy! I don't think that I've actually heard 20kHz (10kHz? 8kHz?) in more than 50 years! And probably more!My comment about 20kHz was not related to its significance, but rather to the technical fact that 20kHz is the frequency beyond wh... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? cleeds—Hey, let's be fair, as well as merely accurate…The cited CD hi-frequency "trade-off" actually involves frequencies > 20kHz.Those "CD counterparts" that you reference are all pop market CDs that have been intentionally “hyper-comped”—mean... |