mrtennis
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| Anyone recommend a neutral tube amp? there is no neutral amplifier. a well-trained listener can detect coloration after auditioning an amplifier for some period of time, with a variety of recordings.my experience with my mac 275 indicates that the amp has e very minimal coloration. | |
| What is the best 2-way Magnepan ever made ? i owned tympani 1 bs, my friend had tympany 1ds and has mg3s. i have heard 3.6s and 20.1s .personally, i prefer the tympany 1ds over all other magnepan speakers. they were listenable for hours without fatigue. the newer magnepans are a bit top hea... | |
| What am I missing using a 20 year old CD player?? a better question might be:"what am i missing using a current cd player" ?both questions are rather ambiguous, or at best could be answered positively or negatively.the idea is to audition cd players, comparing them to the sonographe. if a player ... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables my personal experience points to the source as having a significant affect upon the performance of a stereo system.thus, the signal from a cd player passes through 2 interconnects and a preamp before it reaches the amplifier.it is this link that h... | |
| A hard look at the effect of cables hi shadorne. there are two cable interfaces that you may be overlooking, namely the source to preamp and the preamp to amp. what about transport to dac. and what about line cords ?ihave personally observed affects of line cords with respect to the... | |
| What to replace DQ-10s with? i have been told that jon dahlquist used quad esl 57 as his reference when designing the dq 10.having owned the quads and listened to the dq 10s many times, i would say there are significant differences between them. thus it would seem that if you... | |
| sound quality from CD to CD cable preference is subjective. i am using maple audio whisper. | |
| sound quality from CD to CD hi kendavid:the 20 bit original lector is a bit more forgiving of "harsh" sounding recordings. i would surmise that you are auditioning a 24 bit lector which is more reolving and hence less euphonic.you may decide to change your interconnect cable... | |
| Philosophy used in assembling your system? listening preference is primary.i prefera very vintage tube sound and panel speakers.i select the speaker and then the amp, pre, cd player and acbles to create the spectral balance i am trying to achieve.a lot of auditioning is necessary to get wh... | |
| Why so expensive?? i believe wisdom audio manufacturers a stereo system including amplifiers and speakers costing about 1 million.how many cars can you buy for 1 million dollars (excluding taxes) ?i think bill gates and warren buffet can order several pairs without ... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view hi ralph:the recording was made in a den at a friend's house. the purpose of the recording was to make a comparison between the timbre of the cymbal and the timbre reproduced by a stereo system using the cymbal recording as the source.i would hope... | |
| the paradox of accurate speakers hi nrchy:accurate is defined as input=output, where input is the recording and output is that which is produced by the speaker. you are correct in that perfection does not exist. the sound of an instrument reproduced by a stereo system is timbrall... | |
| is RMAF worth a trip if i weren't attending the ces, i would go to the rmaf.there are manufacturers who attend ces who do not exhibit at the rmaf. | |
| the paradox of accurate speakers from what i understand, the term accuracy is independent of experience. objective data is furnished, criteria is devised and judgments ensue.when experience speakers and stereo systems, those which are designated accuracy may be differntiated by s... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view on sunday i attended a chamber music concert of a string quartet at my local library.what i heard was not remotely similiar to the sound of any stereo system. |