Audio post
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"Trevor Wilson" wrote:
"MiNe 109" wrote in message
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On another group, someone who says he's a reviewer posted some blind
items representing audio bargains. I couldn't figure them all out so I
thought I'd present them here to get the discussion going.
1. "great performing MOSFET 150+ Watt/channel stereo power amp for
$200"
**"great sounding MOSFET" is an oxymoron (unless the amp happens to be
mostly operating in Class A).
Split the difference between 'performing' and 'sounding'! I wouldn't be
surprised if the amp powers up.
2. "fine sounding 65 Watt/channel KT88 tube amp that is a dual mono
design, with 5 pairs of line-level inputs, separate power
supplies(including separate power transformers!) and ceramic tube
sockets and all hand wired, gorgeously finished for under $700"
**More Chinese crap with crap output transformers. Ho hum.
3. "marvelous tube preamp that's circuit-wise a virtual copy of the
famous Marantz 7 for about $250"
**Chinese? Again?
Malaysian. Maybe a kit.
4. "quiet, FET preamp (and a copy of an older Nelson Pass design)
with a decent phono stage for $200"
**Uh-huh.
5. "24-bit/96KHz DAC that perform superbly for @$100"
**That's hardly rocket science.
I have one in my $150 receiver.
Me and Mr google have some guesses:
1. There have been many mentions of a cheap Behringer amp with a street
price like that but I don't know if it has MOSFETs. A500 Reference?
**Pretty certain Behringers are BJTs. Not certain though.
2. That's the price of half a PrimaLuna Prologue 2.
3. Mr google maybe scores one, Octave-Electronics M7i.
4. Nada.
5. One-third of the MF V-DAC.
That's casual knowledge and twenty minutes of computer time. Have fun!
**It was fun for me.
Thanks for playing.
Stephen
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