glupson
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| Dumb lo-fi question. falconquest,Many amplifiers, and I guess receivers, from late 1970s and early 1980s had two sets of speaker outputs. Such machines usually came with many buttons on the front plate, too. As for the reason, it was probably what mental just mentione... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" It seems that Naim decided to keep the tradition for the sake of keeping the tradition. Their marketing department may be endorsing it to keep the story going. | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? 75 years of scientific advancement does account for something.https://www.livescience.com/33075-how-bees-fly.html | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" viridian,Thanks, it makes sense now. I completely forgot that it might have been "power amps professional heritage" and not the button-infested faceplate integrateds. | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" viridian,"...a quirk that dates back to their professional heritage."I found a picture of Naim (Supernait, or something like that) on the Internet and it really looks that speaker cables would cross. However, I am curious why is that linked to the... | |
| How do I get a speaker with the bass slam of my el cheapo ear buds...? mtrot,"I have heard some speakers that to some extent replicate the sort of bass attack that I am talking about."Wouldn’t those speakers be a good starting point to the answer you are looking for? Many manufacturers have their "house sound" so may... | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? "Four days without a post anywhere by Geoff, what’s up with that?"Is that true? It is understandable he does not post here but does he post elsewhere? If not, has anyone heard from him over the last four days? I hope he is well. | |
| Machina Dynamica New Dark Matter CD and Blu Ray tray treatment? "So I say it does not matter what someone says about Geoff."Does it matter what he says to others?"...it should sink deeply into each of our minds before posting some of the harsh words I so regularly read here."geoffkait, are you paying attention? | |
| How do I get a speaker with the bass slam of my el cheapo ear buds...? mtrot,I added a bit about earphones because you seem to like yours and millercarbon nicely explained what could be causing the difference you notice.You seem to have decent home equipment but have you considered a possibility that you overall actu... | |
| Bookshelf speakers for near-field (desktop) use All of the above are good choices, you will have to go and listen to them yourself.On a different note, what do you guys consider "desktop use"? As good as, for example, KEF LS50 may be, that would have to be quite a large desk. I am imagining som... | |
| How do I get a speaker with the bass slam of my el cheapo ear buds...? I would say that millercarbon's post summarizes it.However, there are earbuds and then there are earbuds. You may be surprised how some of them sound. Some have quite a legitimate bass, too. Maybe not bass of an expensive voluminous speaker in a g... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? "Is the fact that every major manufacturer and their sister is offering an integrated a sell-job by the industry?"In fact, is the fact that every major manufacturer and their sister is offering separates a sell-job by the industry that tries to se... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? "Also wonder what people think of the Parsound Halo Integrated."I have never heard one, but I noticed people mentioning it many times on other threads. If I remember correctly, it was all in a positive way. | |
| Where to hear ATC speakers audiotroy,I understand now about consumer vs. pro dealers. When I looked dealers in the area up, I did not pay attention to that. I stand corrected. Unless OP is also interested in pro items. | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? "Seems like the OP hasn’t much to say with so much positive being said about integrated amps."I think that OP got the answer he was looking for. Integrated amps seem to be liked by many and not only as a recent marketing plot by manufacturers. So ... |