earthbound
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| tube suggestions/ brand new to tubes I rolled a lot with my Aric amp and Aric pre amp. I used Vintage Tube Supply for nos tubes. Andy is very helpful and his selection is excellent. Be prepared to wait for your order for several months, but worth the wait. If you are buying new tubes... | |
| What happens when you stop letting streaming apps pick your music? I always play an album from my playlist and when it ends, the algorithm plays different artists. Sometimes I listen to a few and if I like a song, save it to a playlist where I put bands I’d like to explore more. Since I started streaming, I’ve di... | |
| How many watts do you really need? As mentioned earlier, depends on the listener. I had a class set amp with 8 watts pushing 92db speakers. Sounded great but I felt it lacked ooomph when playing certain genres of music. I then picked up a class ab 20 watt amp pushing 98db speakers,... | |
| Best bang for the buck Orchard Audio Starkrimson Monoblock 25 amps. Absolutely is on par with my 5x the price tube amp. Different but equally satisfying. Highly recommend. | |
| Sonny Rollins has passed Saxophone Colossus is one of my favorites and was an album that helped start my jazz journey 40 years ago. RIP | |
| Amir of ASR admitted 1 cable sounded better than the other. NOT CLICKBAIT These threads, countless over the years, always go no where but can be a fun read. I think most understand that measurements have their place, can’t measure all aspects of sounds and that our ears/brain aren’t always reliable. Reliability doesn’t ... | |
| Where to get advice on a new system build It’s come a long way. Certainly worth a listen. I went in not expecting to be thrilled and was quite surprised, especially considering the price of some of the amps. I got the mono blocks with the added op amp buffer, so you can actually chip roll... | |
| Where to get advice on a new system build For budget friendly, class d has really made great strides the last few years. I’ve had several expensive tube amps, 2 over 10k, and my Orchard Audio Starkrimson mono blocks hang right with them. They should be paired carefully with a softer sound... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? So, I purchased the Orchard Audio Starkrimson 25 monoblocks with the optional buffer added. I’ve always thought that I was sensitive to the highs and had sensitive hearing. Must have been application because the highs on the 25’s are spectacular. ... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? @hilde45 I just received my first class d mono blocks to demo, Orchard Audio Starkrimson 25’s. They 150 watts into 8 ohms. I’ve only listened to tubes the last 5 years, an el34 push pull, 300b set and currently a Western Electric 124 6l6 push pu... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? Thanks for getting back to me @rhale64. I will probably inquire more about it if I decide to purchase the amps. I’m not comfortable opening up Leo’s gear. The Sparkos is well regarded and will give me a great idea of how Leo’s Class d amps sound. ... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? @rhale64 I do get the buffer with the Sparkos opamp. Never heard Class d before and won’t have another opamp to compare it to. Will it be possible for me to listen to what Leo had in it originally and then use the Sparkos? Not sure how it works. | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? Thanks for the information. I was just speculating as to why this recent trend towards GanFET | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? Will GanFET be cheaper to achieve the same sonic goals? | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? The bass flow or flowering makes me think of poorer damping. I think back to some of the subwoofers I’ve owned. Some had that big, flowing or looser bass. Then I got a cervo driven Velodyne where the bass was a quick, deep thump and it was over. Q... |