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| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables Thanks for the nice words, gentlemen.Charles, yes, I assumed that "Alet" was either an auto-correct thing or a typo. Although that happens to be the name of a river in France. For the record, in my case Al is short for Alfred.Regarding your comm... | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables First, I wish to extend my sincere sympathies to Bob and his family for their loss.Second, I wish to repeat the concluding comment of my first post in this thread, dated 2/11/2017: “… based on the experiences that have been reported in this thread... | |
| Tube vs Solid State OK, good luck Lalit. Regarding the McIntosh possibilities you mentioned, be sure to keep the following potential impedance compatibility issues in mind:The MEN220 has an input impedance of 10K, balanced or unbalanced, which will result in deep ba... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design BTW, Ozzie, I suspect that the X350.5 spec of "40 watts peak" for the point at which it leaves class A operation is equivalent to only 20 watts based on the usual conventions for defining amplifier power (corresponding to volts x amps with each de... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Hi Ozzy,I wouldn’t infer too much from that 600 watt number. The amp only operates in class A up to "40 watts peak," and beyond that output power level its AC draw will presumably vary with the dynamics of the music. Also, given the amp’s power ra... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design The M-60 is spec’d as consuming 300 watts per monoblock, and since it operates in class A it will draw that amount of AC power all the time (when it is being operated, of course). And it will convert all of that power into heat, except for the amo... | |
| Cerious Technologies NEW Graphene Cables LAK 2-14-2017 I think it’s [prioritization of power cord upgrades among different kinds of components] a matter of system synergy and probably other technical aspects of equipment that I’m not capible of explaining but I’m hoping other more knowle... | |
| Tube vs Solid State You’re welcome! A minor correction to my previous post: The width of my room is 13.5 feet, not 12 feet. Length is 22 feet as previously stated.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Tube vs Solid State That’s an interesting point, Lalit. The sensitivity of our ears to deep bass frequencies, relative to their sensitivity to higher frequencies, will of course be less at relatively low volume levels than at higher volume levels, per the Fletcher-Mu... | |
| power rating The maximum power capability of a tube amp will usually be somewhat different when a 6 ohm load is connected to its 8 ohm tap, compared to when an 8 ohm load is connected to its 8 ohm tap. How much different, and whether that difference results in... | |
| Tube vs Solid State Thanks for chiming in, Ralph.Regarding the earlier discussion of the LS36.5’s output impedance, after researching a little further I see that its outputs are transformer coupled, rather than capacitor coupled. And as previously stated its output i... | |
| Tube vs Solid State George, while that would be a good suggestion in many applications, if my speculation about the LS36.5's output impedance at low frequencies is correct the 10K input impedance of the Schiit is likely to be a problem. Also, it only provides unbala... | |
| Tube vs Solid State "My suggestion is that you consider trying your existing amps in a passive vertical biamp configuration...."Al, thank you for your feedback. I have already tried this, while I gain bit of better separation in mid’s and high’s, the bottom falls out... | |
| Tube vs Solid State Not only are your speakers vicious (and tube-unfriendly) loads, as George points out above, but in the bridged mode you are using your amps will "see" speaker impedances equal to half of the already very low values he cited. Which can't be good f... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Hi Ozzy,I took a look at the photos in your system description thread, and also at the very comprehensive technical info provided at the Aurum Cantus siteMy first comment is that it looks like you’ve done an extremely impressive job of assembling ... |