koestner
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| Class D - A Fork in the Road Ralph, yes that's why I started this thread. I was hoping someone had compared both types and had an opinion. However the only answers I got back were 1. They're very similar, and 2. You have to do this yourself. That's probably the only 2 true an... | |
| Class D - A Fork in the Road Well that can of course be true when comparing say a 300B tube amp and a decent SS amp. Those harmonic distortions give the amps their signature sound, but in the case of these 2 types of Class D (GaNFET and Purifi Eigentakt) where each of the amp... | |
| Class D - A Fork in the Road OK, so I've come to the conclusion from all the responses that it's not the type of tech, but rather the implementation of the design. So that would mean to me that they're pretty much the same sounding if designed by competent people. | |
| Class D - A Fork in the Road I have the McIntosh MA352 which is an integrated with a tube pre and a SS amp. You see, I like to listen for a little while about 4 different times of the day. This would require me powering up and down throughout the day, or just leaving it on fo... | |
| Class D - A Fork in the Road I want to power my Ref 3A NEFES II speakers. I don't need one of those mega watt jobs, but I do need a great sounding one. | |
| Can anyone with good headphones take a listen? It doesn't have to be close to you. I was once hearing a radio station when I switched the preamp to phono and turned up the volume with no record playing. The radio station was nowhere near my home. | |
| Anyone in this hobby lonely like me and wish they could “hang” with a fellow audiophile? I got my sister-in-law to sit and listen to 1 song. While the song was playing she got up and looked behind the equipment rack in the center. I asked what she needed, and her reply was, where is the speaker that I hear her (Adell) coming from? | |
| Can anyone with good headphones take a listen? OK, I was just making a small joke, but I think Jeff is on to something. It is most likely a stray signal making its way very slightly into the cables. | |
| High current amp search Anyone interested in knowing their speaker's impedance curve should just get one of those devices from Parts Express. For about $100 you can measure the curves of as many speakers as you like. You just need a computer with a USB port. Having this ... | |
| Can anyone with good headphones take a listen? Well, we needed this just before Halloween. | |
| Anyone in this hobby lonely like me and wish they could “hang” with a fellow audiophile? Oh, the Space Coast Audio web site is SCASaudio.org if interested. | |
| Anyone in this hobby lonely like me and wish they could “hang” with a fellow audiophile? The Space Coast Audio Society meets monthly at member's homes. It's a no fee club that has been going for over 20 years or more. Check them out. | |
| XLR "Y" Splitter with no cable Well, @barrysandy was correct. PAD sent me to The Cable Co. where they have a listed price of $810 for a pair. So, while they do exist, the search continues. | |
| Need Opinions for Streamer/DAC [One Box - Not Separates] Budget Approx. $ 5,000 Well, I think the TEAC UD-701N has a somewhat different DAC from the Esoteric, and not the same power supply. Although people have said it has about 85% of the sound quality. It's a good piece, just don't think it will match the Esoteric with a le... | |
| The death of ultra hiend audio @kerrybh You have summed it up perfectly! My cable guy, a young man in his 20's, installed my TV stuff one day. Upon exiting he passed my audio system and remarked, "What is all this stuff?" Upon explaining that it was my stereo that I had been ... |