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Exactly. I was in the pursuit, within reason of my means at the time. The Hovland group had a good run for about ten years with their first pre and power amps becoming The Absolute Sound reference pieces. They pioneered a lot of the wire technology that is used by many companies today and had...

Very true on the 30 year ownership, and congrats on that. I’ve had Vandersteen 2, 2B and now 2Ce Sig II (I think) since the inception of the speaker. About the recordings comment, agree, but my experience was that many recordings that weren’t great but acceptable to listen to, became...

The audiophile’s conundrum: finding recordings that as you say “knocks your socks off“ when played on your system. But that sound ruins you to hear anything less, having heard what we consider to be “The Holy Grail”. But the down side is an ever decreasing really good sounding music collection...

Since I’ve been on here, I haven’t heard comments concerning NAD electronics. I heard a M27 series 2 multi-ch amp in a very good system recently (big McIntosh pre pro, and front amp, B&W 802,804,805s and Atmos speaks, JL Audio dual 13 subs, a 7.2.4 configuration). The NAD held up quite nicely...

I’ve looked at D-Sonic’s detailed spec sheet again and I can’t find wpc/RMS 20-20k. The 480 I mentioned is from their power loss (consumption?) chart. I’m not picking on D-Sonic. I am looking into separates and what companies are offering. I’ll start to listen to options in the near future as...

I was looking at the specs for several amplifiers, starting with D-Sonic. They, among several others I viewed, listed their rated advertised power output at 1,000hz, not RMS 20-20k. Fro example, the model of D-Sonic referred to as having 1500wpc is actually around 480(?)wpc RMS 20-20k. I am...

John, nice read about power. My understanding (and I’m just a consumer) is that it’s all about current capability and how the power supply controls it. Iv’e been an audiophile for longer than a home theatre enthusiast. I have (no longer using) some hand made original Hovland equipment (long...