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| The Future of Audio Amplification plga,Congratulations on the Nord. I too have the LM508IA and largely prefer it over the W4S ST-500 mkii class D. The W4S had great lows and mid bass but sterile mids and hard highs. Heck I even liked a 20 year old parasound HCA-1200ii better. I c... | |
| Digital improvements possible? Improving the front end of my system has been on my radar too. I run a reasonably quiet gaming pc > Live Dirac>sotm tx-usbexp>W4S RUR>DAC-2>LM508IA>Tekton DI'sA filtered outlet and usb card cleaned things up well. Live Dirac has ... | |
| Suggestions for Class D amplifiers with Marantz AV7704 and B&W cdm9nt combo for HT. @lightfighter2018,That's what I found with a W4S ST-500mkii. Super clean, authoritative bass, not shrill by any stretch but a lack of meat on the bones. The DAC-2 being used as a pre was probably a bad match for the sound I was after. A tube pre m... | |
| Getting into tubes I owned a Raven Blackhawk and currently run an LM508IA. I can tell you there is something really special about vocals with the Blackhawk and the speed of the push/pull configuration was apparent. Your 87dB speakers may require the Osprey if you ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts David, Thanks for sharing your set up. For us with carpet, the alternatives to Gaia footers are more complicated as a spiked end point with absorptive material or roller ball somewhere in the chain is desired. There are ways to make this happen (m... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @david_ten The Herbies Giant Gliders with an isolation shelf makes sense as a 90% solution, especially with carpet. Since I'm on a budget, the law of diminishing returns and value has to be obeyed. Did you say you were using some one off composi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Coaxial midrange/tweeter drivers for car audio have time alignment issues but don't sound terrible. My suspicion is that powerful bass frequencies travel all through the cabinet ricocheting of end points and arrive at midrange drivers as spurious ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Oh the many similarities between microwave and audio. Speed of light ~ speed of sound, waveguide/cavity modes ~ room modes and case in point, electrical ~acoustical reflection coefficient and energy coupling.When it comes to speaker isolation, the... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @david_ten really enjoying that John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. When Bad Plus gets too busy, I move to Bill Evans. My LM508 does a respectable job with stand up bass but I'm still looking for a sub to pressurize the room for that captivating c... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts On the subject of kids, currently I've got the DI's in a dedicated listening room and will make it even more so dedicated with GIK panels and traps. As I think back to my childhood, dad always had the music playing in the main kitchen/family room ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom, I think you'll really like "Do it again" and "Gold Prisms" off Inevitable Western and "Beauty has it hard" and "Dirty Blonde" from the Joshua Redman album. I also enjoy the Made Possible and Never Stop albums. In the same vein, I really like ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @david_ten not many suspensionless bikes grab my attention but who needs suspension with tires like that. Could be the ultimate comfort trail bike as long as your not facing big drops. Here in the Santa Clarita area we have plenty of big rocks and... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @david_ten that lead sled is still really cool. Bikepacking is really catching on and I totally get it. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Whoops, Greg you got the fast one :) | |
| Tekton Double Impacts My 2014 Trek Fuel 29er is somewhere between @david_ten racer and @greg22lz bike packer. Greg, love Annadel Park for mtbing. That orange clay can be tough to scrub off the tires. Hopefully it didn't all go up in smoke.https://www.bicyclebluebook.c... |