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Re: comparing amplifiers [message #10808 is a reply to message #10806]

Sun, 05 December 2004 10:45

Manualblock
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Wayne and Bill; Amps and pre-amps are funny in that they are portable and easy to build so therefor everyone tries out many different amps and everyone has an opinion. Lugging big speakers around ain't happening and CD's are still mostly buy and play items. Vinyll is tricky to set-up so not portable and too many variables too get right. That leaves the amps.
Trying different caps and resistors and wire and chokes make a noticeable difference in sound. Is it better? Usually just different;.."Flavors".
I don't know about you guys but I am only trying for the best sound I can get for the money I have. Playing with amps and pre-amps is fun but in the final analysis the best bang for the dollar comes from room treatment in my humble opinion. Then your front end. Then the speakers. Listening to the super Decware set-up made me realise that the infatuation with low cost alternative amplifiers is a dead end. It seems they can only go so far towards good sound, when I and others take a pair of Eiclones and they sound better than a fully tricked out Dec, I have to question where and how to proceed.
Now these chip amps come out and they sound damned good; almost as good and in some ways better than a pair of Bottlehead Paramours that run 600$ I now have to question the wisdom of spending on the amps when that extra 500$ could buy me a Audio Technika ML 150 cartridge that makes a huge difference in the ultimate musicality of the whole system. And still have 250$ left over.
Thats just me theorizing; the Banshee reference I used stems from the old Irish myth that says anytime the screams of the Banshee are heard in the village someone will die within a fortnight. The death knell for cheap tube amps in the form of a chip.

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		comparing amplifiers By: Manualblock on Sat, 04 December 2004 10:00
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Wayne Parham on Sat, 04 December 2004 15:29
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Manualblock on Sun, 05 December 2004 10:45
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: colinhester on Sun, 05 December 2004 12:15
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 05 December 2004 12:30
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Manualblock on Sun, 05 December 2004 15:32
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 05 December 2004 21:16
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Manualblock on Mon, 06 December 2004 06:39
		Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: colinhester on Mon, 06 December 2004 11:01
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: Manualblock on Mon, 06 December 2004 12:54
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: colinhester on Mon, 06 December 2004 14:06
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: Manualblock on Tue, 07 December 2004 05:53
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: colinhester on Tue, 07 December 2004 08:28
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: Manualblock on Tue, 07 December 2004 16:23
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 11:51
		Re: Carver's Pro Tripath Amp By: thetubeguy1954 on Thu, 09 December 2004 15:33
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 06 December 2004 14:08
		Re: comparing amplifiers By: Manualblock on Sun, 05 December 2004 17:18
		Re:Building kits is like cooking from a recipe By: BillEpstein on Sun, 05 December 2004 03:44
		Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Wed, 08 December 2004 13:52
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: Manualblock on Wed, 08 December 2004 18:38
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Wed, 08 December 2004 21:02
		An alternate take By: DRCope on Thu, 09 December 2004 09:13
		Re: An alternate take By: Manualblock on Thu, 09 December 2004 11:52
		Re: An alternate take By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 14:06
		Re: An alternate take By: DRCope on Thu, 09 December 2004 14:21
		Re: An alternate take By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 09 December 2004 16:14
		Re: An alternate take By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 09 December 2004 16:11
		Re: An alternate take By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 19:56
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Thu, 09 December 2004 15:14
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 20:09
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 08:22
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Fri, 10 December 2004 09:18
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 11:22
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Fri, 10 December 2004 14:40
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 15:16
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Sat, 11 December 2004 07:54
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Sat, 11 December 2004 14:36
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Sat, 11 December 2004 17:48
		another iimigrant... By: PakProtector on Sun, 19 December 2004 07:16
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: Steve on Sun, 23 January 2005 10:12
		"good but not great" By: johnf on Mon, 13 December 2004 20:57
		good until.... By: PakProtector on Sat, 12 February 2005 05:16

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