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| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER +1 re Judith Durham.Given the OP’s admonition to only mention one name, and based on my assumption that the thread was not intended to address opera and classical singers or to take repertoire into account, I cited Connie Francis earlier in the th... | |
| Tri-amping Qs: First, I see that the 97 db spec is for an input of 2.83 volts, at a distance of 1 meter, and that the speaker’s impedance is 4 ohms. If the speaker’s impedance was 8 ohms, that would correspond to 97 db for 1 watt at 1 meter. However, since 2.83 ... | |
| Thiel Owners @prof, I'll add my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery to those that have already been expressed.All the best,-- Al | |
| JBL 4367: What an AMAZING sounding speaker! @Rpeluso, thanks for sharing that.I'll add that regardless of which version one prefers, kudos must of course be given to Joni Mitchell for having composed what IMO is a songwriting masterpiece.Best regards,-- Al | |
| JBL 4367: What an AMAZING sounding speaker! Congratulations, D2! And I second the compliments on your writeups, which are truly outstanding IMO.BTW, regarding "Both Sides Now," the Judy Collins version has long been among my four or five all-time favorite popular recordings. Her original re... | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER **If** the question is not intended to encompass opera and classical singers, and **if** the question is not intended to take repertoire into account (those things are not made clear in the OP), my vote goes to Connie Francis.Regards,-- Al | |
| Speakers for First Watt SIT-1 amp Given the SIT-1’s very high 4 ohm output impedance, and the fact that it has a lower power rating for a 4 ohm load than for an 8 ohm load, I suspect that the sonics provided by the amp itself would be significantly improved if you were to go to sp... | |
| SET v. Pushpull @Lewinskih01, thank you kindly for the nice words. And for the generally excellent and informative post. But a little of it isn’t quite correct.SETs are not constant current sources, which of course would mean that they provide an amount of curren... | |
| SET v. Pushpull A number of good points have been made above. An important one that Geek101 mentioned that warrants additional emphasis, IMO, concerns impedance swings.An impedance curve for the LS50 can be seen in Figure 1 of Stereophile’s measurements. It can b... | |
| Anyone have feedback on Audiogon's Insider membership? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgyJnsAUO90😉Regards,-- Al | |
| Your 3 Favorite Songs I'll name four, in descending order of preference:"My Cup Runneth Over" -- Ed Ames"Both Sides Now" -- Judy Collins"Tammy" -- Debbie Reynolds"Today" -- The New Christy MinstrelsRegards,-- Al | |
| Ohm alone, on the phones. For a given volume control setting, headphones having a lower impedance will draw more milliwatts (mw) than your 64 ohm phones. That may or may not enable you to reduce the setting of the volume control, depending on how the efficiencies of the tw... | |
| CDs Vs LPs Atmasphere 10-10-2018 ... aliasing is highly audible in small amounts where harmonic distortion is not. And likewise timing jitter is highly audible in small amounts. Which depending on the design of the specific equipment that is used can be intr... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Congratulations on the new speakers, RV. I was happy to see in one of your other threads that they’ve worked out great!Is the Solti/Chicago 9th you referred to the 1972 recording with Burrows, Lorengar, Minton, & Talvela, that was co-engineere... | |
| Anyone have feedback on Audiogon's Insider membership? +1 Cleeds.I’ve found that the Bluebook is a good deal more informative than I was anticipating. Based on having looked at it previously without being subscribed I was expecting that it would simply show an average of all recorded transactions for ... |