kosst_amojan
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| Best sound in old late 70s early 80s receivers @rrog Marantz has never been owned by Sony. Marantz was owned by Superscope from 1964 to 1980 and by Phillips until 2001. They’re currently a property of D&M Holdings. As far as Marantz goes, the 2270 gets all kinds of love, but I’m skeptical ... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? I'd agree with that too. | |
| should I go with the rega brio or schiit vidar I'd takes two Schiits. If you like them you don't have to give two Schiits back. Might even take another Schiit and stack that Schiit up. You could do worse than a big pile of Schiit. If I hadn't built my Pass I'd probably be elbo deep in Schiit. | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 The F6 is most definitely not typical of modern solid state amps. The transformer strongly contributes to the character of it's sound. The most "normal" of the First Watt line are the Aleph J and the F5. No transformers. No current sources. No pos... | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? I'm going to build a pre-amp. It will have no balance control. It won't even have pots. It will sound very good. | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 I like a nice restored vintage component. I like working on them to a point. I've got issues with old gear though. First, folks ask WAY too much for it these days.Second, condition and reliability are significant concerns. The third issue is repai... | |
| Goldenear Reference Vs. Focal Sopra #2.....pocket the $5k difference and don't look back? @gdhal Not only do I listen to live Dead, I've seen them live too. They play big Meyer Sound rigs that don't go below 30Hz so I don't know what you're talking about. | |
| Amps will not hold bias. What do you mean not holding bias? What's it doing? | |
| Simple copper speaker terminal jumpers? Lost my originals. Home Depot and hobby shops sell sheets of copper. You can cut it with scissors. | |
| Can cables of any cost and quality provide bass response missing in my B&W speakers? The guy's problem is clearly that the speakers aren't capable of doing what he wants. I can't believe people are recommending wires that probably cost as much as the speakers to cure a deficiency in the basic design of the speakers. It wouldn't ma... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? Very few amps billed as a class AB amp exhibits a bias of 5-7% of it's total power unless it's specifically touted as being a high bias variation. A typical class AB bias is more like .005 to .01 watts; just barely enough to push the devices into ... | |
| HOW TO POSITION 2 PAIRS OF SPEAKER FOR ALTERNATE LISTENING The place where the second pair will have the least impact is behind the first pair. Turntables. I know of one shop that employed this solution before they moved. | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 Did I just read somebody saying all SS amps sound the same??? | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? @atmasphere You really have no argument from me on any of those points. A while back Nelson Pass wrote an article stating something to the effect that amplifiers largely a solved problem and are as much exercises in art as they are science. There ... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? I'm not sure I've ever seen any transformer coupled amp show damping over 100 into 8 ohm. I'm also not convinced that the drawbacks of feedback are so bad it should be completely avoided. I feel like thats a knee jerk reaction like many people hav... |