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burnabyguitar liked murphybridget's post in the thread Romance from Grand Sonata for Guitar and Violin (Niccolò Paganini).

Thanks for sharing this fascinating work into Paganini's Grand Sonata! It's incredible how composers like Paganini continue to inspire...

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Sight Reading Scarlatti Sonata in A Major, K 208

Sonata in A Major K 208 Composer: Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) wrote 555 solo...

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Hodges liked murphybridget's post in the thread Matching optimum power of amplifiers with those of speakers.

I completely agree—having a massive amplifier for home use often isn't necessary. It's all about having enough reserve power to handle...

Arkless Electronics replied to the thread A straw poll on valve hybrid equipment.

With all due respect Serge... you're hardly the typical hi fi punter (nor I!). Unfortunately the typical punter knows very little about...

Sergeauckland replied to the thread A straw poll on valve hybrid equipment.

Regardless of whether it has valves in it or not, it's the technical performance that would get me interested, or not. If it has valves,...

Arkless Electronics replied to the thread Do I buy one of these, OR treat my g/f to a Michelin * meal?!.

The high impedance makes them rather low (by headphone standards!) in voltage sensitivity, hence such cans are often not well suited to...

maddogc replied to the thread Do I buy one of these, OR treat my g/f to a Michelin * meal?!.

Thank you Arkless, I had thought being high ohms (470) that would mean they would be hard to drive! The whole reason that I went down...

Hodges replied to the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

Thanks, I'll have a look - see!

Hodges liked Arkless Electronics's post in the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

There is rather more to current dumping than it at first appears. If you visit the worldradiohistory.com site you can find all the past...

Arkless Electronics replied to the thread A straw poll on valve hybrid equipment.

It seems I've discovered the least controversial topic in hi fi.... I guess if no one even has an opinion on the matter then that's...

Arkless Electronics replied to the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

There is rather more to current dumping than it at first appears. If you visit the worldradiohistory.com site you can find all the past...

murphybridget replied to the thread Romance from Grand Sonata for Guitar and Violin (Niccolò Paganini).

Thanks for sharing this fascinating work into Paganini's Grand Sonata! It's incredible how composers like Paganini continue to inspire...

Hodges replied to the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

Sorry, if that is the implication as it was not intentional. However, I am enjoying this. It is really great to keep the old - grey...

Sergeauckland liked Arg's post in the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

It does run at full power all the time. I am talking about power consumption, not power output. I'm obviously not talking about power...

Sergeauckland liked Arkless Electronics's post in the thread Quad 909 Technical details..

Where to start with correcting most of that..... nah lifes too short but I'll just say that it has nothing to do with being direct...