Quote: Yes.   The two main questions to ask yourself when auditioning a new amp will be... Does it sound better? Is it loud enough with some volume control rotation to spare?   Simples     

  Quote: Regarding...   Your point 1) If the amp can deliver the required current then higher voltage swing = more volume. Distortion depends upon many aspects, not just voltage swing from the amp.   Your point 2) More swing (volume) does not directly / automatically improve...

Hello dBs, I've not read all of the VoltSecond information, but what I did read seems generally fine, so you may have possibly misinterpreted some stuff?   Maybe I misunderstand but it seems that in your request to Electra-Print you asked for a transformer capable of handling DC (i.e...

Blind testing beer... I like the sound of that!   I get the feeling that after a few it's not really going to matter...   

  Quote:   Don't just dangle that and then walk off !   Guessing hat on: separate rails per channel, negative supply, with positive ground? Current sources on input and output followers feed to negative rail hence high PSRR ???   C'mon, one more clue?      

Some things you might want to check out when considering home building interconnection cables...   Capacitance Microphonic signal generation Shielding from airborne electromagnetic interfearance Temperature effects Physical protection from chafe, crush and cut   The vast majority...

Quote: I am pleased to hear it, as that was the clear and simple message in my reply to the question raised by Br777. I do not understand the subsequent reaction from yourself or Steve Eddy.   Never mind.  

Quote: Yes, that was the whole point. 

Quote: Kevin, I am sure you will agree that is just opinion and not fact.   My point was / is that good cheap amps have previously existed. I am not detracting from the work of Schiit, just stating fact to help someone who asked a question.

Quote: Yes, I think you may well be right about overseas manufacture. (But that may just reinforce my point about them being 'marked down' for not being local to your neck of the woods). Actually my main point was that good cheap amps have already existed, and Schiit are not the first...

Quote:   They did. The Creek OBH 11se was made some years ago. However they sold it via dealers and hence dealer and distributor margins pushed up the price to over $300.   The amp was fine, but suffered because of simple prejudice. It was viewed negatively because it was not...

Quote:   Yes, that was one of my underlying points. I didn't want to say it explicitly as I hoped that it would actually dawn on those chasing square waves that it's a $250 amp not a $10,000 Krell or whatever.   (However if anyone would like to illuminate how square waves relate to...

That's an interesting article / presentation, especially the bit about the speaker choice. I suspect a lot of 'audiophiles' would automatically choose the Martin Logan simply on magazine status endorsement. This reinforces the view that we should divorce ourselves from aesthetics, close our...

Quote: Please explain. Perhaps you could start another thread so we don't side-track this one. Thanks.  

Quote: Please understand that any positive review is indeed promotion or endorsement of some type. The more experienced the reviewer, the more serious the review will be taken, the more promotional and endorsing the review becomes. (You may not see it that way, and that is OK, so be...