Recent content by gadawg

Are you trying to pass off a totally subjective opinion as an objective fact? An equally invalid statement could read Class D offers the least value and is unlikely to beat anything even for 2x3 times more money! LOL Cheers! George

Well the title of the thread states switched to class D or get left behind? That insinuates very strongly that is the class of choice which for me at least it is not. That doesn't mean it isn't for someone else but i certainly dont' feel left behind. Cheers! George

I'm running the Statement 452IQ's with the Statement Linestage. I did try some of the RCA 6SN7's and I thought the Sophia Electric were very similar. To be clear I like the RCA's a tiny bit better but stuggled to find 2 matched quads with zero noise. The 6SN7s need to match very closely in these...

I couldn't find their list but the Onix you list I believe is the only SACD transport today that does I2S at all. Its a shame really because brands like MSB and Lampizator which have no transports don't have a great option for SACD playback. I'm not sure that the Onix transport will be...

Why does it matter if it’s Class A, AB, D or tube (triode, Ultralinear, OTL) if it sounds good to you? No one is getting left behind by choosing any of these classes of amps as none of them are taking over any time soon … so sit back with your favorite beverage and tunes and enjoy which ever...

Yeah but the Jays Audio transport doesn’t do SACD and I think I read the PS Audio transport is now sold out maybe not to be replenished?? So are there any other transports out there that would make I2S relevant for DACs that could use that as an input for potential SACD playback? George

Not sure if you’ve done any tube rolling with your VAC gear but in my setup I tried out the Amperex Bugle Boys with Halo getters from the early 60’s (6DJ8’s) and was blown away at the improvement over the stock EHX’s that came with the statement pre. On the amplifier side I stayed with the Gold...

Yes … Now that I am on the NOS bandwagon those tubes will be spared break-in of other components. That said I have managed to gather quite the collection of my favorite NOS tubes but don’t want to waste them regardless. George

I've been responding to the original notion many posts up by a manufacturer that all aspects of audio component performance can be measured now as the science of measurement has advanced greatly over years past. While I agree we can probably measure much more than we did decades ago .. I think...

Neither of those would be an answer to my question ... Here is what I'm asking for ... Do you think measurement 100% describes complete and total performance of an component? Yes/No :cool: Cheers! George

Where? Again if measurements are 100% correct ... price by definition cannot come into play, else by definition something that wasn't measured is making the more expensive amps better which supports my argument which is simply measurement cannot 100% describe performance. Do you think...

So which measurements convey the size of the soundstage? The width/depth? The amount of space and air between instruments? The layering? The tonal density?Those are some of the things that many of us treasure in our high end systems so I'd like to know which measurements 100% describe those...

Why? If you can 100% determine performance by specifications like posted above what do the dollars have to do with it? ;)

I'm still not sure I buy this 100%. Take for instance Brand A solid state monoblock amp that sells for around $10k ea. and compare that to a Tube based monblock amp that sells for around $80k ea. I owned both and while the SS amp's specifications are better in every way by a wide margin ... I...

I'm not saying that measurements haven't advanced and for designers measurements certainly have an import role during the design prototyping process, but from a user perspective the measurements that are published today are basically meaningless per my previous statement. I also think that its...