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What amps do Electrical Engineers own...why?
Role of Specs in purchasing decisions of EE========================I agree with Almarg. The poor specs indicate the amplifier which probably will perform poorly in one or another areas of the amplifier performance. On the contrary, good specs indi... 
Sound of transformers in preamps?
To degradations of sound quality using transformers in signal path (of preamp or output stages of DAC's) are well described by Athmospere. I will add also mismatch impedance effect on the sound. If your output sstage is passive and transform based... 
Hypex Ncore NC400
Hello Dan,Yes, we do claim distortion cancelation when our stereo amp, Musician III is used in fully balanced monoblock configuration.There is no any proprietary design. None what so ever. Any (transistor) stereo amp can be configured the same int... 
Spectron vs Parasound vs Cary vs ?
Efficiency of most class D amplifiers are among the specs if not at amplifier manufacturing web site hen at original vendor e.g. B&O web site.For example, our amplifier, Musician III has efficiency of 92%.Efficiency has nothing to do with the ... 
Bi-amping spectron musician II w/Gallo ref 3.1
Hi,I spoke recently with people from Gallo Acoustic regarding Gallo Reference 3.5 and bi-ampling.As I was explained, Ref 3.5 lower binding posts lead to passive woofer and signal there first must not have hi-freq components. It means that if you w... 
Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better??
"If we are to compare apples to apples, I recommend that the class D amp have the same power as the class A amp it is compared to. I think anyone will see at that point the difference in authority."Brilliant! Brilliant idea. I am all for it ! My s... 
Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better??
"..lack of authority that class D brings to the party is obvious "What about vehicles with internal combusion engines ???Once I drove Yugo and its was horrible !!!!!!! Friend recommended Ferrari but I said "Thanks but no, I know how they drive!"Th... 
Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better??
Hi Athmosphere:Your caveat #1 negates your point, largely. If its non-OTL tube amp then if power is needed I HEAR distortions I can't tolerate. So for easily driven speakers when low power is needed I also prefer tube.For OTL, the power is not a b... 
Gallo Reference 3.5 Speakers. Now Looking For Amp
Bhpedalpusher:Just for your information: Mr. Gallo has developed his "3.5" speakers using our Musician III Mk2 amplifier.Good LuckSimon 
APL NWO Owners
Jfz: Yes, "Diamond" power cords are amazing, its true. I simply never A/B them with Purist LE. Elrod cables are one of the best in the world, no question about it. If you buy them you cannot make an mistake.Simon 
APL NWO Owners
Denon1: I use latest Purist Audio generation (Praesto Revision): Purist LE power cord and Ferox Dominus interconnects. Power cord is very, very good but interconnects are simply exceptionalGood LuckSimon 
APL NWO Owners
My unit does not have tube output but it is passive tranformer-based one and I love it. I use Joule-Electra LA-300ME tube preamp and the combination drives me literally nut so good it is. I can't imagine anything better (except LA-450 of course)I ... 
Server for APL Modified Esoteric
Hello Vicks,I also have very similar Alex "NWO-Mj" SACD Player with digital input and I was trying to find server for it.Spectron Audio is in the final stages of design of such server and in about three weeks I think we will be ready for the produ... 
Spectron MIII mk II owner's question.
Hello,CuTF is excellent cap and I did rather extensive evaluation which VH Audio posted on their web site:http://v-cap.com/simon-thatcher.phpThe problem with these caps is one - price. So, we do not advertise it. I firmly believe that if platform ... 
bridging integrated amplifier
" Connecting both channels together will almost certainly destroy your receiver."Depending on some other factors but this is how our stereo amp work in fully balanced monoblock mod and no amplifiers were destroyed yet but I would not bet against h...