Recent content by fancynapkin

I don't know how many people consider a 20,000 dollar amp conventional...

Negative feedback in SS amps reduces distortion and noise, lowers output impedance, increases input impedance, strengthens gain control and is implemented quite effectively in modern amplifier designs without many consequences, and for much cheaper than a nice tube amp. People like tube amps...

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Using old shit has its appeals, its true for everything. If obsolete means something is no longer in use, than the word really holds no meaning. Tubes are technologically inferior, assigning comforting adjectives to their sound doesnt change that fact. I don't really care if people like or...

They are obsolete. Transistors do the exact same thing better in every way, minus the subjective factors. Its got nothing to do with their popularity.

Most people can't really relate to graphs unless they are heavy into this hobby, hence why we need words like "warmth" or "gritty" as descriptors. I am pretty skeptical of reviews based on total empiricism, because none of us have the exact same hearing. But, generally if something measures...

Ive heard plenty, and Ive built a millet hybrid tube headphone amp. I prefer that type of sound only with smaller jazz groups, where the added warmth doesnt muddy anything up. Either way, spending a hefty amount of cash on an amp is worthless unless you have the speakers to match. and...

Cool, you can make loud noises.

Did it make laugh at how much money you wasted on overpriced hifi equipment? The IASCA isn't judging how accurate your stereo is, they are measuring how much it pleases the judges. You can call it an "SQ show" all you want, but it doesnt make it so. Someone once said, "the reproduction of...

I mean, there isn't really an argument, tube amps have more distortion than their solid state counter parts. There are reasons why tubes are obsolete. Heres a good article thats sure to piss off a few: http://www.theaudiocritic.com/downloads/article_1.pdf 10 biggest lies in audio. yes, tube...

ha, okay. My power cables cost more than your car.

That might be neccessary if your room was a cathedral. How shitty does it sound?

Personally I would build a well established design rather than throw a few a drivers together with a prefab crossover. Without a well matching crossover, the expensive drivers won't know what to do with the sound. Building a crossover isn't difficult either -...

Wheres the link to the article? The way they're demonizing the military leads me to believe its from a very liberal anti-american source. Either way, we have this thing called "innocent until proven guility". Why not extend that courtesy to the brave men and women in the armed forces? If this...

alright lets see here: 1. D.A.R.E no longer exists 2. Guess which presidency got rid of it? GEORGE W. BUSH. As for your idea, It wouldnt be feasible, youd have to reform the way we record and produce music, plus no stereo would work, since recordings have different numbers of instruments...