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    Re: To clock or not to clock?

    Have you tried using the AES/EBU connection between your units? This offers a superior connection than coax or optical - it's the professional standard.

    Personally I leave USB (a computer...
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    Re: Sound

    Yep! It's easier for "bread and butter" dealers to stock and sell skinny speakers with 6 or 7" bass drivers that buyers hope will provide good bass. A couple of months later, they return to the...
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    Re: Sound

    "My speakers are Ascension Artisans with 12" woofers 200 rms @6 ohms and 90dB efficiency. These were one-offs built by Edward at Adelaide Speaker Company. No need for a sub! Beautiful sound."
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    Re: Sound

    I've snipped a couple of your sentences only

    I wonder if you are listening as you should.

    You mention outdoor concerts but what you listen to at home will normally have been recoded in a...
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    Re: Sound

    Less costly perhaps, buy new speakers! ;)
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    Re: Handling Heavy Amps

    I don't believe in this day and age you need to consider these monsters! There are many excellent amps that are so much lighter and easier to handle.

    You mention the AHB2 - I had one for a while...
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    Re: Benchmark ABH2 Mono Block Consideration

    As I suggested elsewhere, don't worry about any particular technology and keep an open mind. Listen and decide on what you hear, not what you read or what others think about a particular technology....
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    Re: Gallium Nitride Class D Amplifiers

    Yes, I have the Atma-Sphere Class D monos too. I'm very pleased with them after previously using SET tube amps. No regrets in switching.

    For me, the "Class" of an amp or whether it's tube or ss...
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    Re: Benchmark ABH2 Mono Block Consideration

    The AHB2 is not Class D according to Benchmark - see

    The AHB2 - A Radical Approach to Audio Power Amplification - Benchmark Media Systems

    So no "sideways move". The OP was asking about the...
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    Re: Benchmark ABH2 Mono Block Consideration

    I must say, I can't see any good reason for thinking that bridging is of real benefit unless a single amp is lacking in output power. Using 2 stereo amps may offer a benefit if the system can be...
  11. Re: How well does your home stereo handle pipe organ music?

    Well, to tell you the truth I hadn't heard of the forum you mentioned, but I took a quick look. You can't deny it has an AV name and there's no 2-Channel or Stereo specific forum sub-heading.

    No...
  12. Re: How well does your home stereo handle pipe organ music?

    Not sure if that site is good for anyone to ask about 2-channel music as I think the OP is. That's an AV forum so the discussion will revolve around multi-channel systems and everyone will be...
  13. Re: How well does your home stereo handle pipe organ music?

    A less cumbersome suggestion - buy a CD of that piece of music and play it on your CD player. No need to rip and no need to buy a download from Amazon.

    Organ music is not currently a popular...
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    Re: Harbeth NLE - going active

    Those Harbeths spotted at the Bristol Show, I believe yesterday. Crazy prices, although Harbeth do great sounding speakers.

    I'm not going this year - it's not a great shows with few high end...
  15. Re: How well does your home stereo handle pipe organ music?

    I don't think you can expect modest speakers to reproduce organ music well.

    You need plenty of bass-producing drivers, particularly for the piece you mention. My own 100 Kg speakers have twin...
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    Re: Quest for a New Speaker

    I can only suggest you reconsider floor-standing speakers. Unless you move home (when help is normally on hand anyway) these speakers are often easier to deal with than stand-mounts. Moving...
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    Re: Too Much Music

    I've been thinking of changing my streamer and Auralic Altair is in my shortlist, so I was interested to read your post, particularly regarding the control app's "radio" feature.

    This is the only...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    Yes, it's another subject that gets some people hot and bothered, but there are high voltage cables (normally unscreened) inside a DAC or amp enclosure and these people don't seem to get overly...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    No, the amplifier, being a circuit to amplify the incoming signal, doesn't need an AC voltage. Most (not all) amplifiers share an enclosure with a power supply that does nothing but convert the high...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    In order to keep things neat, the Duelund 12 gauge speaker cable and the Belden screened power cable for the AG's amps are enclosed in a cable-tidy sleeve. Nothing fancy but exceptionally good...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    But is that so? The power cables delivers 110/240 volts AC - that would kill any amp. Luckily the amp never sees this - all it wants is just a few DC volts.
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    Has anyone here claimed that power cables do nothing? Certainly I haven't and as previously stated have upgraded from standard cheap cables to ones made from first-class Belden screened cable. I've...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    The difference between power cables (please let's not call them PCs as this can be Personal Computers or Power Conditioners or other PC things!) and interconnects and speakers cables is that the...
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    Re: The Smith Chart and...Power Cords

    I'd be there in a flash were it not for the thousands of miles between us. The cable and other similar audiophile tweak demos I've seen at audio shows have been generally underwhelming to the extent...
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    Re: Too Much Music

    PS - The OP has gone very quiet - we've not heard from him since his first post. Let's hope he's fully engrossed in exploring new music in the many ways we've been suggesting.
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