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| Great Overall Career Arc -- Group/Solo Judith Durham (The Seekers)If two people count as a group, certainly Paul Simon should be mentioned.And depending on how one defines "great" these might be included:Kim Carnes (The New Christy Minstrels)Kenny Rogers (The New Christy Minstrels)Ben ... | |
| Stainless Steel Binding posts on speakers? I agree with Kijanki. A resistance of 0.0002 ohms or thereabouts is negligible compared to the other resistances in the path, including the speaker cables.I would imagine that IF the use of stainless steel has any consequences at all, they would r... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? 06-16-13: Csontos"So... is it usual for an amp not to open up until you start pushing it?"I don't know how "usual" it may be, Peter, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if is an effect that is present to an audibly significant degree with many a... | |
| Speaker advice? I'd be cautious with regard to the Elan 10, Margot, for the same reason I cited with respect to the LS50. I couldn't find an impedance curve for the Elan 10, but its nominal impedance rating is 4 ohms, and impedance curves I found for some other E... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? While curves like those can provide some insight into the characteristics of a particular amplifier that is being reviewed, I'm not sure that they help to answer David's question.As I interpreted it he was asking if optimal power RATINGS could be ... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? 06-15-13: David12To change the subject, do you think different amp technologies, or circuits, have a sweet spot in terms of rated output? I'd be hesitant to generalize, David, at least without having a very large empirical database, that would mos... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR I second all of Onemug's comments.The 5 hour recommendation has to be somewhat arbitary, even for the specific Sophia tube, because to the extent that an optimal figure may be definable for any specific tube, the figure will vary depending on its ... | |
| Speaker advice? While I have no particular familiarity with any of those components, I suspect that both of the amplifiers you mentioned, like many in their price class, will not perform at their best when driving speakers having impedances that are low, or that ... | |
| Music Server now bane of my existence I haven't taken the time to read through this thread, as Kijanki has probably already said pretty much anything I would have.But I noticed cloud storage being mentioned earlier as a possible means of backup, and I just want to point out that it sh... | |
| Do amps have a sweet spot? The increase in SPL by increasing the voltage by 3 dB will always be less than 3 dB due to the speaker not being 100% efficient (it has losses).If the speaker is being operated at volume levels that are not high enough to cause it to behave in a s... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass While I realize that you've indicated the boominess is present even at low volume levels, have you considered the possibility that at least part of the problem might be microphonics involving your source component(s), or possibly even both of the ... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? Hi Ralph,The manual for the V12, which appears to be very similar to the OP's V12R except for differences in the input section, indicates that it is a zero feedback design. (The manual for the V12R is silent on that question, though). Also, JA's o... | |
| Speaker cables: $3000 or $380. What do you get?? While I have no experience with $3000 or other expensive speaker cables, from a technical standpoint the response by John (Jmcgrogan2), which I know is based on a great deal of experience, makes perfect sense to me.I would add that given the syste... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? Hi Bruce,That all sounds generally correct, but I'll add some qualifications:1)Re the last paragraph, yes a 1.2 db fluctuation is pretty minor in comparison to room effects, and in your case I suspect is nothing to worry about. More generally, how... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? Bruce, thanks very much for your comments. Charles and Hifitime as well. Here are my comments on some of what has been said:06-10-13: BifwynneThe ability of a tube amp to drive a speaker with wide impedance fluctuations with tight output regulatio... |