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Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
Ken, welcome to the Berning Owners Club. Enjoy. 
Beyond SACD with Redbook: Price No Object
From what I understand, the Sony players use the same SACD DAC chip to output the SACD and CD signal. This could account for the improved performance some of us seem to hear in Redbook on the Sony players. I also might mention that it was reported... 
Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
Ianrmack, you are going to love that amp. You will not believe how good it sounds till you actually plug it in and listen. It will be a shock. Even after all this talk about it, you can't realize the level you are at till you hear it. Make sure th... 
Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD
Bufus, the industry is so worried about bootlegging that they are going to extreme measures. I recently read an article online about how they are having pow-wows with all the major music publishers and consumer electronics companies trying to deci... 
What's the best 7" & 8" woofers available?
Rbj, the answer to your question depends on the drivers and their crossover points. When using active crossovers, they should be used to bracket the ranges that the drivers are most suited to drive.If you use only the flattest center sections of t... 
Beyond SACD with Redbook: Price No Object
As I said on the other thread, I believe that SACD is clearly better. This is not to say that you can't get good sound out of CD, but you have to use the interpolation methods of upsampling to "enhance" the sound with mathematical "fill ins" that ... 
Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD
According to a salesman at Crutchfield, SACD car players and walkmans are coming this summer. BTW, I have experienced the opposite type of listener fatigue as the others mentioned. When I listen to SACD, I am relaxed. When I listen to even good CD... 
Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
I am a Berning owner and I can tell you right now I would love to have someone give me a set of the 75w Tenors. I have the "lowly" MicroZOTL which is only 1 watt/channel,$750, and sounds like a million bucks with high eff. spkrs. I think this amp ... 
Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD
I still think analog is better than everything so far. I don't have a turntable setup, but I used to have a very good one and I hear the difference. I think SACD is next best. I have some CDs that I think sound quite good. However, I have a differ... 
Why SACD,DVD-A are already DEAD
SACD will succeed because the companies that are producing the music want it to. The lesson has been learned by the music comapanies that if they don't copy protect their product, they can't stop "piracy". The new formats are copy protected, in th... 
Who R U?
Very cool, Frogman! You really have some fantastic talent. I'll definitely pay attention when you give a listener's evaluation about a product. Your ears must be well tuned to what real music is like. Welcome. 
Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
After checking the Kharma website, the Exquisite 1D has a 4ohm to 8ohm load, so the Normal Feedback setting on the Berning ZH270 was the correct setting for them. 
Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
The feedback switch does more than just change the amount of feedback. It also changes the output impedance of the amplifier, which can have dramatic effect on the amp's ability to drive certain loads. In the Normal Feedback mode, it has 1.8ohms o... 
Amp shootout.....Tenor 75wi verses Berning ZH270
Very interesting thread.I agree with Kris about the NOS tubes, but if the Tenors were stock, then the Berning should be also.If the Tenors had tube upgrades, then the Berning was at a disadvantage with the stock Russian tubes. I know NOS tubes mad... 
Speaker wire guage/current draw ?
According to the books I read, the depth of skin effect in copper is less that half a millimeter. That is about 20ga. Under 20ga. should make the entire wire run at the same speed with no skin effect. With a 3 meter run, I doubt you would burn the...