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| Quad Listener Contemplating Horns A line array configuration of cone drivers is similar to a planar speaker in the way it distributes sound, and might ease the transition from planar to boxes. Albert has some of the best, but you can get a line array for less money (if that matters). | |
| Speaker cable gauge and amplifier power Albertporter...As Sean (the missing Sean) has told us many times, some wire with exotic construction CAN affect the power amp in undesirable ways unless terminated with a Zoebel network. I don't think that cables can do the opposite...make the amp... | |
| SACD - Dying already? SACD and DVDA have obvious potential for sonic superiority over CD which, unfortunately is not always realized when discs are mastered. But this sonic improvement, vs a well made CD, will not be obvious unless the playback system is good, if not "... | |
| Clever Lil Clock - What's up with this? Ha.. Ha.. Ha.. Ha.. Ha.. Ha.. | |
| Denon DVD 2900 not reading several cd's My Denon 2900 once in a long while has a problem loading a disc. So far I just recycle it and all is OK. However, it's nice to know where there is a good repair shop. | |
| Speaker cable gauge and amplifier power As Albertporter stated, from a current carrying viewpoint all speaker wire size is overkill. I must admit that I have gone along with the heavy wire idea, although I have not used any of the specialized speaker cables with exotic construction.Rece... | |
| Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system? Spraglow...The equalization is not, for the most part, for the music. It's for the room. If your room is perfect you are a very lucky guy! | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Stevecham...Sound waves in air are truly analog. But contrary to what you suggest the sense of hearing is ultimately digital in nature. Neurons "fire", or "not"...a "one" or a "zero". The level of activity of a great number of neurons taken as a g... | |
| Review: Tube Audio Design TAD-60 Tube amp Interesting that you use MG 1.6 speakers...so do I. Some time ago I investigated whether I could use 60watt tube amps for my three MG1.6. In spite of the fact that my Maggies are crossed over from subwoofers, usually at about 80 Hz, voltage measur... | |
| Two more used Adcom GFA-555s or start over? Wahoo_envy...Of course the above comment was meant for you. | |
| Two more used Adcom GFA-555s or start over? Woodburger...To match your GFA555 what you obviously need is a GFA5503...three channels, 200 watts/channel @ 8 ohms.By a strange twist of fate I know exactly where you can find one. | |
| Tube virgin no more Everyone should experience tube audio sometime in their life. We old timers gave it up for practical reasons- not the sound. You can always come back, and by that time digital amps will be perfected. | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Albert!!! We have a truce, or at least a cease fire, about LP surface noise :-)Evidently your tapes are better than many, because the tape hiss that I hear on some old (pre DBX) LPs is obvious at playback levels well below 95dB (peak). Of course i... | |
| Diff in recording/reproduction in Analog/CD/SACD Albertporter....You know how I feel about vinyl surface noise :-)Tape "Hiss" also annoys me. On many of my older LPs it is evident that even the master tape has hiss, because you can hear it cut in before the music. This problem was largely elimin... | |
| Power Supply for Digital Amp. Joeylawn36111...There is much truth to what you say, although some amps have been (and are) made with less-than-satisfactory power supplies, because it is an easy place to cut corners and reduce cost. When the "rail" voltages of a power amp "sag" ... |