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| Atmasphere amps trustable? "Retro" would be a much more apt term for the look of Ralph’s amplifiers than "weird." And they are intentionally designed with a retro appearance, partly as a matter of aesthetics, and partly (as I recall Ralph stating here in a past thread) beca... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Geoffkait 8-3-2016 6:58 am edt To be fair - and correct - the technically experienced here have been saying either that fuses ARE directional or that fuses MIGHT BE directional. Not sure whom that might be. In any event, in the opinion of this tec... | |
| Pass Xa30.5 Bridge Mode Not sure it’s possible to do that with a fully balanced differential amp such as the XA30.5, at least without risking damage to the amp. And even if it were possible I don’t think it would provide any benefit. In the case of an amp having unbalanc... | |
| What is more accurate: magnetic anti-skating, or barrel weight attached a fishline? Sunnyjim 8-1-2016 2:20pm edt Thanks to all the members who responded. I never expected such an impassioned discussion over the anti-skating used on many turntables. Jim, my perception over the years has been that questions about anti-skating almos... | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND Thanks once again, Bwaslo. And thanks Charles & Derrick for the nice comments. For the record, the Kagura uses 3 db of feedback, which while of course not being an insignificant amount is much less than what is employed in many other designs... | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND Bwaslo 8-1-2016 1:36 am edtThe percent distortion spec, as usually given, should be read for the POWER level that produces it (i.e., to indicate what the manufacturer assumes is the maximum power the amp might do). This is an excellent point,... | |
| Subwoofer hunt Ghosthouse, I would expect it to be perfectly fine to connect the subs to the speaker terminals instead of the amp terminals. The only conceivable difference it might make that I can think of would be an **extremely** minor difference in the amoun... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... In general, sarcasm, exaggeration, biting criticism, parody, etc., that a reasonable person can be expected to not take as literal truth, are not considered by the courts to be defamation. However, referring to a member as "deranged" is a violatio... | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND Charles, you raise a good question about the 5% THD number. I looked into it a little, and as you can see here, near the bottom of the page, that is what the manufacturer specifies. And that set of specs is quoted in various reviews.As I’m sure yo... | |
| 5% THD to .000 THD SOUND Gdnrbob & Bombaywalla, thanks! I am in essential agreement with most of what has been said above. I would commend the following thread to the OP and anyone else who may be interested, in which I, Atmasphere, and others posted on the subject of... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Enjoy!Best regards,-- Al | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Al if I’m unable to find this CD is there an alternative good organ recording you might suggest? Yup:https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Sa%C3%ABns-Symphony-No-3-Camille/dp/B000003CSK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1469925056&sr=1-1&keywo... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Charles,Well, the works on the recording include Bach's famous "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," excerpts of works by Vivaldi and Wagner, and a piece by a 20th century American composer named Alexander Russell. The performer, Lloyd Holzgraf, I u... | |
| Recommnedations for moderately price balanced IC's, and adaptors to an RCA end Hi Jim, do XLR to XLR IC's "insignificantly" reduce RF noise carried by RCA cables. resulting in blacker grounds and improved clarity and transparency?? There's no universal answer, as it depends on many component, cable, system, and setup d... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Interesting stories, Wolfie. Redding is a beautiful town, of course. I'm not far from there, as I mentioned.Re the mention by the other gentlemen of "For Duke," I don't have that recording but I do have another M&K Realtime direct-to-disc re... |