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The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"!
Gain has nothing to do with power.  The 5.5 has more gain than the AGD (26db versus 23db) so plays louder with the same volume setting.    
Vacuum Tube preamp with my KRELL KAV 250a, a no no......WHY?
Ralph, Does your direct coupled preamp put out a DC surge when it turns on? If someone has their direct coupled solid state amp on and you turn on your preamp.....could it blow up the amp? Long ago, I had heard that your preamps could blow up thi... 
My Caladan Impressons
My "Beyond Caladan" speaker images really well off angle but does have some height limitation. However, you could expand what I am doing by stacking 4 mid/tweets on top of each other, essentially making a 32 inch planar line source mounted above t... 
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
Thank you....yes, I usually spend more time editing.......just did this in another post where I made one paragraph into 4......and it was much easier to read. You don’t need a drug to know that every second is a miracle beyond words. You have 70 ... 
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
Come on......in the current climate.....you mention that?  For what purpose did you state that fact?  Why would anyone care?  You, obviously do.  Notice your CAPS?  Everyone did.   All attitudes (from the souls point of view) need to eventually b... 
Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw?
Pretty shallow for someone so "deep".  All humans breathe the same air.  There is only one race.....the human race.....well, besides the ETs and angels......Countries are man made illusions. Ownership is a joke.....we are all one and stewards of t... 
Best Class D GaNFET Amp Comparison. Who to invite?
This amp has been promised for 3 years.......is it really finally shipping? If I order one today......what exact day will I receive it? This will need to be A/Bed with the new $11.5K AGD mono GaN amps, the Orchard dual mono stereo GaN amps with W... 
My Caladan Impressons
Thank you, Steve for some perspective. Some have been saying that the Caladan is the best speaker Clayton has designed. This never made sense to me since the Spatial X4 uses a big dipole AMT tweeter crossed over around the same frequency, much bet... 
Could Class D really be that good?
More about the DACs I made..........29 reviews....all raves.  The Millennium 2 had a self designed all fet IV stage....direct coupled. http://www.audioreview.com/brand/digital-sources/electronic-visionary-systems.html    
Could Class D really be that good?
The reason someone in 2003 would say that is we all wanted hi rez....and the only hi rez then was SACD and DVD-A.....and you then needed an SACD player as Sony would not allow digital out of the DSD signal. So, I started modding SACD players.....b... 
Could Class D really be that good?
How you view the world is a reflection of how you view yourself. The universe is your mirror. More and more I love what I see. I don’t always like it......but even the likes/dislikes are fading in the sunshine of your eternal love. It just feels s... 
Could Class D really be that good?
riccitone, What is your direct experience with the Nilai amp that makes you state what you did? Did you compare it directly to stock or modified Purifi, high powered Purifi, NCX500, Orchard, LSA, Peachtree, ICE and Pascal?  I did mods to a Nilai ... 
Could Class D really be that good?
The one with the truth is the one with the truth. Does not matter what the backround is of a person. By the way, I have manufactured DACs, amps, and passive preamps.....see EVS Millennium DACs on Audio review....had my passive preamp rated class A... 
Could Class D really be that good?
asctim, I hereby assign you to the task you want me to do. You surely want your name in lights because you talk about it. Please, get to work now.....please try to prove the unprovable.....good luck. Love grows by attention to love. Give everyon... 
Could Class D really be that good?
Ralph, Prove it. Show us the measurements and the correlating listening tests.....you cannot. You just have Myths that you make up. Yes, it is not published because it does not exist. The only thing tricky is your mind here......you cannot fool an...