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| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Pretty sure the whole THD cat was out of the bag back in the late 70’s and early 80’s when relatively high THD tube amps crushed relatively low THD solid state amps in terms of sound quality. So, it’s not exactly news. The tube amps in question sp... | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? Whoa!! Look out! Shadorne’s on the warpath again. 🦃 His splendid anti-audiophile rant reminds me to start a thread sometime on the dodgy subject, How small can something be and still make a noticeable improvement to the sound? Suggested candidates... | |
| Best Bang For The Buck I've Ever Spent Speaking of plants and flowers and, yes, I realize I’m directly contradicting the previous poster, but plants and flowers actually hurt the sound. They hurt the sound simply because they are in the room. Not because of any of the usual acoustic th... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? Unfortunately amplifiers inherently shoot themselves in the foot. Too many large capacitors that produce phase shifts, too many big honking transformers that create large magnetic fields and vibration, too many capacitors and resistors that are pl... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? It might seem harsh to say, but I am beginning to believe aftermarket fuses are not for everyone. The more feelings of angst and intrepidation that arise in the mind of the curious audiophile lower the probability that the whole enterprise will ha... | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? Huh?! What? Uh, oh, somebody didn’t get the memo. "The Devil is in the Details." 👹I respectfully submit that "the details" are what separate real audiophiles from weekend audiophiles, or should I say, gulp, Mid Fi? Some common examples: (1) which ... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? Nope, it's losing entropy. | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? By the way, Jitter. When I used the word schizophrenia in a post recently it was after some very bad, ill tempered person who shall remain nameless called me a schizophrenic, not in jest. I (on the other hand) was joking, when I used the word, si... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? Davy, Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, killed him a bear when he was only three...yup, that's me! | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? Thanks. I’ve got my eyes on him. 👀 | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? That’s weird. I didn’t even mention quantum mechanics. Yet kroost_emoji has some ridiculous argument involving quantum mechanics. My arguments, today at least, involve physical reality, physics and human perception. Audio forums can be so unpredic... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? The real advances in preamps and amps in the future will involve metaphysics not physics. I'm afraid they've run out of options trying to somehow improve upon the current model. More designers must think outside the box. 🕋 | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? "But If you know in your own mind it really works, then there is nothing to argue about."BINGO! 🎉 But not from guessing, from experience. See the difference? 😀 | |
| Maestro faceplate - does it make a difference? Jea48, I’ll leave you to your thoughts. It's pretty clear you’re following the wrong, you know....🐑 🚶 | |
| Good Bass Recordings on CD for Subwoofer Testing The fourth movement of Saint Saens 3rd Symphony, the one with Marcel Dupre on organ, Mercury Living Presence with Paul Paray and Detroit Symphony. I heard it yesterday on a super sysystem with a 50 cubic feet subwoofer and all high power tube elec... |