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The Future of Audio Amplification
This month's Stereophile has the Cary and the Cambridge integrated back to back reviewed.  The Cambridge received an outstanding Atkinson review and quite good listening review.  We know what the Cary received. 
A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital..
Well, I really liked recording to DCC because it sounded so much better than CDs.  I think it is a lot closer to analog sound than most digital solid state device recordings (computer, recording devices).  My own DCC recordings sounded similar to ... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
Which LP are you talking about the Ramsey Lewis or the Mitropolous?  Both are stereo, great stereo at that on CD.  Stereo Columbia orchestral recordings are particularly peculiar sounding, bright and thin relative to Living Stereo, Living Presence... 
The Future of Audio Amplification
Plasma TV has a tube like sensitivity in warmth, color and engaging the viewer. I’ve moved on to top of the line LCD TVs with higher resolution and brightness, a solid state like sensitivity. OLED TV is similar to a combination of the two prior te... 
Sound Quality of red book CDs vs.streaming
kahlenz You must be kidding I hope. Classical and jazz sound are acceptable to hear with compressed sound? That’s utter nonsense. Classical and jazz are especially critical to hear (and enjoy) with a full panoply of dynamics, both micro and macro.... 
A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital..
You’re correct, I spent $6K on my CD player and $28K on my analog set-up. I won’t spend more than $20K on CD playback but I will spend up to $40K or $50K for LP playback.Until you’ve heard my system or my friends systems who have near SOTA CD play... 
Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open.
I had the Acoustat Xs back in the early 80s.  They sounded very good with their built in high voltage amps (dangerous things).  However, they looked like coffins (my late wife's terms) and had lost all its highs above the speaker height, about 4' ... 
Can you live with your current speaker until you die?
skhkong78  Thanks about the upgrading components.  Once I placed the Signature IIIs in my living room, it was mated to a voltage regulated (non-ultralinear) redesigned Dynaco ST70 with tremendous bass and original Mullard EL34 output tubes.  Also,... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
I agree with spatialking that mono LPs can be breathtakingly great sounding (I have many jazz LPs that prove that), I also despair at the inferior sound of many LPs, especially minor labels who cheaped out on the vinyl and/or mastering or major la... 
A very good ENGINEERING explanation of why analog can not be as good as digital..
LPs were a compromise development as well.  78s could have killed the sound quality of LPs (note the high end pressings at 45 rpm) but marketing/listening considerations won out.   Edison invented a 6 minute 10" and a 10 minute 12" 78 rpm record i... 
How important is it for you to attain a holographic image?
geoffkait, d2girls, oregonpapa Rhythm/pace is numero uno. One can have music with one note repeated in a rhythm/cadence. It can be acoustically dead or alive. But music is based on time first, then frequency/harmonics and then dynamics.  All the o... 
Big speakers in small room at moderate volume levels
Or Vicoustic panels or Synergistic Research HFTs for room treatment.  I eliminated all my diffusing/absorbing 2X4 and other panels in a 25X20X9.5 room with 32 HFTs of various types, mostly placed as instructed.  Worked great on a big room.  Probab... 
Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open.
ramtubes   I poorly wrote that line about the EAR 912-  My pre-amp has subminiature tubes rated for 100,000 hours, the EAR 912 can use 7DJ8s or 6DJ8s rated for 10,000 hours as you stated.  My old EAR 864 NOS 12AX7s and 12AU7s only lasted about 3,0... 
Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K)
I've only purchased speakers used.  For high end after I turned 25, the Acoustat Xs, Acoustat 2&2s, Martin Logan Quests, Martin Logan Monolith IIIs and for the past 20 years, Legacy Focus and Signature IIIs.  The Legacy speakers were a bargain... 
Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD
Despite my rather large collection, I rarely paid more than $25 for a record, 78 or CD.  Most of my collection was acquired between $1 and $10 each.  I listen every day for 1 to 2 hours.  That's my wealth, having the time after working, etc., to l...