georgehifi
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| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? really! water off a ducks back, if anyone believes in snake oil, voodoo ect such as fuses, mains leads ect ect. Instead of what all good equipment was built using, EE laws, measurements, bench tests ec ect. I rather not have them as as you say "my... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? I've looked at some of your other posts, and my reply is. Tedious maybe to those that have no understanding of it's technology. If you don't have the technical ability to see what the new GaN technology is all about, then it's best if you don't ev... | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? Fact! They work far better if you stick them on your forehead.Cheers George | |
| A Shockingly Straightforward Query an10490413 Bob Carver 350s or the Theta Prometheus. The selected amps will be driving a pair of Martin Logan 11A speakers. "MartinLogan doesn’t publish impedance, phase-angle or frequency response curves for this speaker. However, they do s... | |
| MORE Esoteric problems Here is the 23k hits "archived" forum page 1/3 the way down, that had the thread. " Announcement: Philips SACD1000 announcement"https://web.archive.org/web/20120218130109/http://www.aplhifi.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=1&sid=35...But it’s been wi... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Also, because an amp uses GaN doesn’t necessarily make it better. But one that does will make it better sounding than the "equal" one that doesn't, if both come from the same manufacture using the same topology, save for the output stage (GaN ... | |
| MORE Esoteric problems Alex Peychev discovered the sacd rot and had a forum which was abuzz with owners that had these decoder boards problems, but he's shut it down.Since it's introduction SACD has always had many problems, and if it's not with the lasers it was with t... | |
| Looking for great tube integrated for Martin Logan Summit X speakers As I said before these are the two areas the PL would have trouble with "The hard load points are at:At 5khz to 20khz (a 2 octave spread) may show as distant subdued high frequency.(But the Prima Luna has an odd peak up there, that says to me outp... | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? interesting Georgehifi on the 1:1 that may be useful for DC blocking. DC on the line can cause transformer mechanical hum. Yes also RF as well.Cheers George | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? I heard some crazy Japanese audiophiles do double conversion, up and down, and claim it improves the sound. Not quite but close, there is a bit of a fad at the moment over there, to use 1:1 isolation transformers, which are 100v in 100v out they ... | |
| Merrill Audio ELEMENT 118 on Tour merrillaudio OP 300 watts into 8 ohms, 600 watts into 4 ohms and 1,200 watts into 2 ohms Very impressive, to good to be true?? Even "close to it" is impressive.Hi, just to clear thing up, this is almost "perpetual motion stuff", as there are alw... | |
| Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? Step down transformers detrimental to SQ? Just make sure the amperage rating is at least two times higher than the mains fuse on the amp this should keep the core from saturating even a little. Also step down transformers can actually be better f... | |
| Krell KSA 250 amps well they have gotten MUCH better sounding over the years. Sorry I don’t agree, the ones with static set Class-A bias "if in good operating condition, to me sounded better than the ones with auto Plateau (sliding) biasing. The very best highest C... | |
| Krell KSA 250 amps Does anyone have info on what to ask for 2 non functioning amps. In non working condition, they "could" be a simple fix or a "very" expensive massive fix, both by experienced technicians that have the service manual. So they are worth a gamble at... | |
| Do you find battery supplies inferior to well designed power supplies? paul79 Do you find battery supplies inferior to well designed power supplies?I have to ask, because every single battery powered unit or battery supply I have ever tried sounded great for the first few tracks, then focus gets blurry and things... |