earthbound
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| 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... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? So what would Class AB be classified as OP? | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? Having had class a, ab and set, someone mentioned the switching rate of the ab and its affect on clarity. I will assume this isn’t always the case but may help explain what I feel is missing with my current sound. The 300b set has super clarity an... | |
| Expanding the Class D Conversation: How Would You Characterize Their Differences? Yeah just a thought for another time. I don’t want to derail this thread, which is a good one. |