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| Will Creek 5350 SE drive Magnepan 1.6QR? I do not think it is wise to go by what you hear on a forum. Notice the varied and conflicting opinions. Very little, if any, concensus on anything. A majority of 'audiophiles' are out of their tree, I don't care how much they spend. A total lack ... | |
| Power amp for a 98 DB speakers from 60Hz up Key: low distortion (<0.1%) I believe C-J and most of the 'popular' brands have very high distortion. Hense, the coveted 'warm' sound. Those 'connoissers of coloration', I don't know. You could put cotton in your ears, or hang a blanket over th... | |
| Power amp for a 98 DB speakers from 60Hz up ATI is well built amp with exemplery specs: incredibly low distortion (<0.005% over 5hz-50khz THD and IMD) if you are into 'true to the original' in playback.Another accurate amp (at 175wpc) is the Muse 160, and there is always the vintage Hafl... | |
| Will Creek 5350 SE drive Magnepan 1.6QR? Its about power. The speaker mfgr gives a range recommendation. There is a concensus that if you go a little above the minimum recomendation it can offer a sense of 'ease' at higher levels of playback, but do not get too close, or for sure exceed,... | |
| Cables for B&W and Rotel system. If you ask a dozen different people you will get a dozen different, and equally ethusiastic, recomendations. That tells us something. Are we listening.I have about as 'hi-end' a system as is possible, and use Radio Shack Megawire for speakers, and... | |
| I want to upgrade to a bi-amp setup. Concerning the amp, itself: Bryston has great specs (though pricy) and is comparable to Muse 160, ATI, or even the vintage Hafler DH-200/220 amps. Or, remember the BEL 1001? I have not seen on the market lately.Jeff Rowland makes accurate amps too... | |
| Is Kimber 8TC a significant upgrade from 8PR? The VTL amps do not have very good specs. High distortion. Moving to a relatively distortion free amp, say, THD and IMD in the vicnity of <0.005%, instead of the 1-2% of so many so called high-end products, will be significant. Where cables, to... | |
| Speaker cables for Mac MC60s I do not understand all the talk about matching a cable with a component. Its a wire to connect them together. If you want to use your system to mix the source material in some way or another, for whatever reason, then there must be more effective... | |
| Differences between Sonic Frontiers Power 2 & 160M Try mfgr web page for specs... especially distortion. Unless of course you attempt to use your system to mix the source material to taste. I don't even want to go there :-)As I recall SF specs are not very good. Typical for the 'name brands'. In f... | |
| Cables for B&W and Rotel system. Using cables, or any component as tone control is futile endeavor, the 'connoissseurs of coloration' notwithstanding.If you love music, and want to hear, as accurately as possilbe, what the artists created on their insruments in a given environmen... | |
| New to the game, looking for help on this system Do not get sucked into the psycho-acoustic phenomenon inherent in being a 'connoisseur of coloration'. The only significant issue in electronic playback of recored events is 'distortion'.Find transparent speakers suitable to the environment they w... | |
| Preamp/Amp matching 5 Channel VS 2+3 Channel Of course amps need not be matched to top end components, but to the speakers. The manufacturer provides a recommended range for their products. That said, if you want to simplify, a single amp can be used whether you connect all channels for not.... | |
| Maximum length for Audience AU24 speaker cable It probably is a wise rule of thumb to 'keep your interconntects long, and your speaker cables short'. Length is less of an issue with the low voltage signal. More so when it has been amplified. Roughly, a 10awg wire is good for a maximum of 10'. ... | |
| I want to upgrade to a bi-amp setup. Unless you use an electronic crossover that provides multiple outputs to multiple amplifiers all you accomplish is additional power. Is that what is needed? If so, then the issue for not idential amps is Gain. If one amp has a gain of say 26dbl, a... | |
| Please help me with a Cary Audio tube question That is too bad. Sad, really. |