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| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! RIAA,Good interesting points you make. I am always interested in what people in the trenches think, but I believe it is more meaningful to say what sonic characteristics the people are referring to, rather than to say that X beats Y. What does "... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Thanks for your comments about the Plinius vs Block. It appears that the superior overall resolution of the Block outweighs its comparatively less sparkle in HF. Then the Lux preamp with its tone controls to boost the HF sparkle may give you ... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! bill_k, I didn’t know that about how class A amps dissipate more power when idling vs playing. What are the technical reasons, and why the opposite is true of Class AB? Thanks. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC, Just curious. Since you just said you like sizzle, how does the Plinius rate against the Block for sizzle and sparkle? I get the impression from you that Block assets are fullness, roundness, dynamics, especially for bass/midrange. Maybe Pl... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! lemonhaze,Thanks for your last post. I take your valid points to heart. Your posts were interesting, and I have learned from all of you. I shall remember your apt term, and apologize again for being an insultant at times. Nobody is going to au... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! OK, my book here is now ending, except I will occasionally offer a brief thanks to anyone presenting interesting info in a dignified manner. I apologize if I have offended anyone disagreeing with me, but even in those cases valid points were made... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! mikepaul,If the Elements at over $10K are significantly superior to my $2K Mytek, I will happily spend the money. I can certainly afford the $38K flagship Element 118, but if the $12K model 114 is 98% as good, which is implied by the statements o... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! RIAA,You are generally ignorant of, and refuse to acknowledge, the reality of general house sound. For example, a mellow tube amp will not make any speaker sound brighter and faster than a fast Boulder amp driving that same speaker. That applie... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! +10 for kahlenz's post and also the acknowledgement of that by ron17. | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! dep14,Excellent posts about how your priorities determine the best speaker for you. If I listened to more rock than classical, I would totally agree that my choices would match yours. That is not God speaking, but just an acknowledgement that yo... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! ricred1,You're generally right about these things. "Overpriced" is a relative term which implies that there is some much cheaper item that performs as well or better than the expensive one, according to whatever criteria you use. Of course, ther... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! spinaker01 and 4425,If you can’t see the value of my posts, that is your loss. If you mock my recommendations of cheap stuff like zip cord, Emotiva, Rane, that just shows your closed mind. One day, WC will realize that a lot of high end audio is a... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! Mrdecibel,Now you are being nasty, as you were with techno_dude. Number 1, any consultant should be mindful of a client's finances in recommending items. Financial advisors often steer clients into investments they have a personal business relati... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! techno_dude,Ignore those personal criticisms, and just get the great high value stuff I suggested above. We agree that an audio system should have exciting sound. In addition, either no.18 plain zip cord or the thin wires of Mapleshade would cre... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! WC,Just as I suspected about the Block. If your initial listening impressions are confirmed tomorrow, full and rounded mids means that HF are psychoacoustically rolled off as the midrange takes prominence. Probably similar in character to ARC tube... |