Buy something like these Meridian Active speakers.
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?spkrfull1249068137/Meridian-DSP-6000-digital-spea
They last listed for $27,000.00 a pair and were rated A+++ by
stereophile 8 years in a row. An absolute bargain at $3000.00. I already
have a pair
darrenyeats;431432 Wrote:
Passive loudspeakers (which are most loudspeakers in audiophile land)
tend to vary a lot in terms of how difficult they are to drive and in
terms of complexity of load.
A speaker with a complex, difficult load e.g. Wilson Audio stuff will
need a class A or
Howard Passman;431157 Wrote:
Judging from your user name you have at least two really bad habits :-)
Howard
Shuttershock was a tounge-in-cheek handle I gave myself on Flickr --
based entirely on the quality of the photos I was taking at the time.
Better think of a new identity.
Thanks.
ShutterShock;431188 Wrote:
Shuttershock was a tounge-in-cheek handle I gave myself on Flickr --
based entirely on the quality of the photos I was taking at the time.
Better think of a new identity.
Thanks.
Tim
I figured you had the camera bug. As bad as the music bug...
--
Howard
I'm no audiophile and I sure as h*ll don't use gear like you are talking
about.
But even on lesser equipment (period technics amp and Jensen speakers,
SB3, no DAC or anything fancy) the quality of AAC vs flac is utterly
discernible even to chump ears. And I mean very discernible, not
'perhaps,
Dingostrategy;431219 Wrote:
the quality of AAC vs flac is utterly discernible even to chump ears.
And I mean very discernible, not 'perhaps, maybe'. Obvious 'mushiness'
in complex passages, and other effects chumps like me don't have the
words for. But if it bothers me, for sure it will
With a milestone birthday around the corner, I'm seriously considering
buying a Transporter with a Bryston 2BSST (squared) amp. Speakers TBD.
The bulk of my music collection is made up of truly lossless flac
files. There is, however, a reasonable amount of iTunes Plus music (256
AAC) in my
My opinion is that you've got the purchasing decisions in the wrong
order. Start with the speakers and pick the amp according to that. You
may even decide the very best speakers within your budget are active
speakers which means you will not need a separate amp (or more channels
of your chosen
