audioman58
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| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so One important thing I forgot to mention ,Coda Audio all worked together with Nelson Pass, with the classic Threshold company until the 1990s solid well thought out audio engineering .Compare Anything even seperates $5-6k each against this integra... | |
| Looking for a ‘’No braine’r Integrated amplifier under 7500 or so I just bought this from Coda ,I heard a earlier model ,and the new one is better , even the preamp section is on a separate bosrd and can be upgraded in the future. It has 3 options highest power 400-800 wpc then 2 more options I bough5 option 1 t... | |
| The guru on fuses: To simplify this ,the resistive index on a steel fuse is about 18 copper ,silver 75,77 ,4 x less resistance it’s like a 1 inch pipe vs a 1/4 inch pipe the energy runs much smoother ,muchis much lower low lever distortions ,these can be seen clearl... | |
| The Belles Aria Signature Integrated Amplifier Wine glaring weakness ,knowing electronics very well. Everything in a standard volume attenuator goes through it .. if you have a $25 alps pot it is just a carbon coated piece of plastic ,no getting around that . Any good preamp section is either ... | |
| Living in Japan. Any opinions on amplifiers? Luxman is a excellent brand almost 100 years in Audio.very well respected world wide. | |
| Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier? cayin 80 class A hybrid amp,preamp very nice sound for under $2800 beats most at over $4k | |
| Ribbon Tweeters and Animal Hair My cat doesnot go near the speaker , sonicly your music always sounds better without a grill , just put the grill on after your donelistening , some people take a bit of Ammonia on a piece of paper near the speaker ,they don’t like that. | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? That’s insane ,if you can afford a custom built Audio roomand $1000s for Sonus or other brands fine but 90% of Audiophiles try to smartly damp there room ,first reflection , bass ,corner panels, Equipment isolation, vibrations, you can truly get y... | |
| Audio Lessons Learned - post your best advice for the newer members! WPC ratings ,as well as , ratings in Loudspeakersmany Amplifiers may say 150wpc for example but at full 20 hz to 20 kHz , many start distorting way before, as well as suck at low impedance levels, many Highquality amplifiers like Hegel for insta... | |
| Two subwoofers for two channel music listening Not all subs have speaker hook ups , Svs has rca as well as other .I use level level with very good line out adapters from amplifier binding posts to line out adapters, that have rca sub outs to subwoofer in, noticably more accurate then preamp ... | |
| Putting weights on speakers? I have been having Mass loading custom made tops for my speakers for years made of polished Granite exactly to the shape of the speaker , I put a bit of blutac on top of the speaker and placed the beautiful polished. granite on top not only doe... | |
| PSVANE 12Au7 12At7 12Ax7 "-T MKII" 2020 production run of small signal/driver tubes I agree the new are series is very well balanced better then most out there .I have the 12ax7the only tubes much better are the Old Amperex 1950s D gettertubes which are 4x the cost the old SH Siemens Halsey early 60 s have exceptional detail and... | |
| Killer used integrated for Not possible , | |
| Craigslist Fraud It’s pretty obvious who the scammers are . I post in my ads on CLI will consider reasonable offers only, no checks m Cash only ,,pickup only if interested please leave me a phone number I can confirm, Thank you if they can’t comply not worth de... | |
| Gain Matching - need advice By using xlr interconnects your db output is 2 x as much ,the volume pot on the Joule also seems to be much less , with speakers this efficient did the dealer give you a 30day audition for comparability ? You should try a pr of rca interconnec... |