audioman2015
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| Any options for low power class A amps? Lol, I actually just ordered a Zamp from AA about an hour ago because they had it on sale. I also own the A21 and A23 at home for several years now and am very happy with Parasound. I was looking for something small because the Olasonic stack I ... | |
| Any options for low power class A amps? Anything that would come in a smaller package? | |
| Any options for low power class A amps? Thanks! I didn't know these existed. | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Sorry I am coming to this thread a bit late. Congrats on your decision to dive deep into this world . I just wanted to say that if you haven't chosen an amp yet take a look at the Parasound A21 at $2500. It has outlived the test of time and cont... | |
| Marantz SA-11S3 vs Sony XA9000ES After looking at the internals, I don't think it would be a substantial upgrade. Take a look at Denon's DCD-SX1 for an ultimate / affordable SACD player. | |
| Hype, Hyperbole and high price! Entertaining thread! "That guy [cable designer] must be an alien because no human could have designed a cable that sounds this good" | |
| Oppo for HT & stereo without a processor? For 2 channel it may be best to have a direct connection but for 5.1 surround sound movie applications, you want impact, a good and exaggerated surround field, clear vocals on the center channel, chest shaking bass, and most importantly, a calibra... | |
| blu-ray coaxial outputs limited rez to dacs? Bluray players will down sample copy protected high resolution audio on their coax spidf output but will not do so on its hdmi output. Use a hdmi de-embedder device to retrieve the high resolution signal from the hdmi out and convert it to coax. | |
| "High End" Bluetooth Receivers - Snake Oil? I stay away from Bluetooth streaming because all aptX codecs are severely hindered. They don't allow for raw streaming of PCM data. I use wifi to stream PCM to a dac without any compression. Now saying that, if implemented properly, aptX doesn’t s... | |
| HELP! Static with my Mac Mini / Ayre QB9 system It could be that the $$$ Usb cable could be very sensitive and is transmitting the noise generated by the mac/usb port that would be attenuated by an inexpensive cable. Computers and USB ports are very noisy devices. | |
| "Shouty" treble with hi res files Perhaps you can try 192/24 content from other sources other than the one you purchase from? I am also assuming you are using the USB input on your dacs from the Macbook. It could be noise from the USB port - perhaps you can try a USB isolater/cl... | |
| CD Player with good headphone amp What headphones are you trying to drive if I may ask? I would recommend an external headphone amp if you are looking for something spectacular. | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive timlub - I completely agree!! Resistances need to be compensated for the inductors. There are plenty of crossover calculators online and measurements are always useful if changing the inductors. If there is a drastic change in the crossover poi... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive Speaking of crossover parts, it is easy to take an inexpensive low and mid grade speaker to a much higher level by just replacing the caps, resistors, and inductors to higher quality ones. I've done this to 4 sets of speakers over the years and h... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive This is a very interesting thread. I don't know much about expensive speakers but I do know about low to mid cost speakers and how lucrative sales can be. My wife used to work at Fry's Electronics where they sold low to mid grade speakers and ca... |