What an awesome bunch of fabulous Americans, doing what they do best: thinking outside the box, getting along, creating fantastic new products and loving what they do!!! Happy birthday to all of us!!!
Shoot... This has to be the most watchable and handsome gaggle of Geeks articulating electronic/audio engineering on the internet. Great work on vid, the soundtrack, and being present. Huzzah!
Is the m905 an active preamplifier or a passive one? I'm looking for a high-performance preamplifier to use in a music system with a Bryston power amplifier and loudspeakers and a friend recommended the m905 for it's enormous versatility and audio quality. Can m905 be a complete replacement for a conventional (hi-fi) preamplifier? Thanks!
Looks like a great unit. But the remote looks like it is made for right handed persons. If you control the volume with the left hand you can't read the screen. Because your hand is in front of the screen
We appreciate your comment. The designer Michael Grace is left handed! The volume knob is set far enough away from the screen so that you can easily the volume with your left hand and still see the screen. Unless you are reaching for the remote from the side. But really, it works fine for either persons of any dexterity.
Why won't you make class A... class AB has crossover distortion, albeit lower than class b...but class a has NO cross over distortion, and not at the cost of reducing power for the speaker(s)
Misconceptions about “Class A“ operation - In the early days of solid state power amplifiers, class B push-pull output stages were prone to crossover distortion, which was particularly bad sounding. By changing the operation mode to class A, designers were able to eliminate this crossover distortion, but at the expense of dramatically higher power consumption and lower available power for the speaker. But subsequent advancements in output stage topology resulted in class AB mode, which dramatically reduced crossover distortion without the power requirements of class A operation. In regards to low level electronics, such as microphone preamplifiers, class A or AB is essentially irrelevant in determining over all sound quality, as these are not power amplifiers. Modern low-level high speed integrated amplifiers are free from the problems of primitive solid state power amplifiers because they do not employ large geometry power transistors, and are not required to drive low impedance loudspeakers. Other design elements such as capacitor type, resistor quality, power supply grounding and circuit board layout combine to have a much greater net effect on sound quality - much more so than whether or not a design operates in class A or class AB mode.
What an awesome bunch of fabulous Americans, doing what they do best: thinking outside the box, getting along, creating fantastic new products and loving what they do!!! Happy birthday to all of us!!!
Jusr installed an M905 (DAC) into my studio. This is really next level of Monitoring, imaging, clarity, performance, etc. Incredible.
Shoot... This has to be the most watchable and handsome gaggle of Geeks articulating electronic/audio engineering on the internet. Great work on vid, the soundtrack, and being present. Huzzah!
you gotta love these guys and the product. fantastic job once again!
Hey all, can anyone help me understand how to setup the dedicated subwoofer out crossover settings for the monitors? Is it even possible?
Is the m905 an active preamplifier or a passive one? I'm looking for a high-performance preamplifier to use in a music system with a Bryston power amplifier and loudspeakers and a friend recommended the m905 for it's enormous versatility and audio quality. Can m905 be a complete replacement for a conventional (hi-fi) preamplifier? Thanks!
Looks like a great unit. But the remote looks like it is made for right handed persons. If you control the volume with the left hand you can't read the screen. Because your hand is in front of the screen
We appreciate your comment. The designer Michael Grace is left handed! The volume knob is set far enough away from the screen so that you can easily the volume with your left hand and still see the screen. Unless you are reaching for the remote from the side. But really, it works fine for either persons of any dexterity.
Do you guys have a smaller unit for home studio that don’t want all these monitors options but still a clean transparent sound ??
Why won't you make class A... class AB has crossover distortion, albeit lower than class b...but class a has NO cross over distortion, and not at the cost of reducing power for the speaker(s)
have a look: www.gracedesign.com/support/whitepaper08.pdf
@@egrace69 Great read!!
Misconceptions about “Class A“ operation - In the early days of solid state power
amplifiers, class B push-pull output stages were prone to crossover distortion, which was
particularly bad sounding. By changing the operation mode to class A, designers were able to
eliminate this crossover distortion, but at the expense of dramatically higher power consumption
and lower available power for the speaker. But subsequent advancements in output stage
topology resulted in class AB mode, which dramatically reduced crossover distortion without
the power requirements of class A operation.
In regards to low level electronics, such as microphone preamplifiers, class A or AB is essentially
irrelevant in determining over all sound quality, as these are not power amplifiers.
Modern low-level high speed integrated amplifiers are free from the problems of primitive
solid state power amplifiers because they do not employ large geometry power transistors,
and are not required to drive low impedance loudspeakers. Other design elements such as
capacitor type, resistor quality, power supply grounding and circuit board layout combine to
have a much greater net effect on sound quality - much more so than whether or not a design
operates in class A or class AB mode.
You guys sell this for more than the monitor itself. This is ridiculous