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| high power tube amps vs ss 05-20-13: CsontosI would venture to guess that Al, but especially Ralph believe it's not possible to arrive at life-like sound without tubes given some of their prior posts. To that end I would like very much for either/both to cite some tube amps... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Hi Bruce,I suspect that the specified damping factor of 40 for the MC-352 (actually, it is specified as "greater than 40," but I'll assume 40 for present purposes) represents the output impedance of the amp for a given output tap divided into the ... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Thanks very much, Matt. Yes, the Daedalus Ulysses, in the configuration I have that was introduced about 3 years ago which includes "all poly" crossover capacitors, is 98 db/1W/1m. It also has a very flat impedance curve, as well as high power han... | |
| Help with a system for a guy into electronic music Regarding high efficiency speakers, although it dates back three years, and addresses a wide range of price points, you may find this three-page thread to be well worth reading.Regarding auditions, keep in mind that manufacturers who sell direct m... | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question I am not sure if the SBT is G or N.It is G, per various literature Logitech had issued on it.Best regards,-- Al | |
| Squeezebox dropouts - another question Hi Matt,Good points by the others, especially about the possibility that other wireless devices may be competing for bandwidth. If you haven't already, try turning off all other devices in the house that may be wirelessly communicating with the ro... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Is the smart move to use same phase dedicated lines, BUT ask the electrician to move other house circuits to the other hot phase rail to keep the house load balanced??Hi Bruce,Most likely redistributing other loads is not worth worrying about. See... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines 05-14-13: BifwynneMy concern is whether powering my gear with different phase hots could in some way change the output phase of my gear.As Jim (Jea48) indicated, the answer is no. AC phase has nothing to do with audio signal phase. As you will rea... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp I don't mean to sound picayune, but I would once again call attention to the first of my posts dated 5-5-13 in this thread, dealing with terminology. IMO the terms "voltage amp" and "current amp" are incorrect and misleading. A "voltage amp" would... | |
| What's the best balanced pre $2000? Keep in mind that when using a tube preamp with a solid state power amp, which is what I presume is in your active speakers, impedance compatibility tends to become a particularly important issue.Many of the BAT preamps, for instance, have output ... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss 05-10-13: MattmillerEfficiency and Sensitivity are words that get confused when talking about speakers.That is true. But I don't think that the references to efficiency in several of the earlier posts represent unreasonable uses of the term.Strict... | |
| reclocking Cerrot, what matters is the jitter at the point where the data stream is converted to analog. Whether or not the data is packetized when it is transmitted from the source component to the component in which that conversion is performed has no nece... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss I second the comments that have been made by several people to the effect that the answer to the original question is speaker dependent.Winggo, I see that in a thread you started about a year and a half ago you mentioned having a pair of AR9 speak... | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT DB, again the impedances of the Velodyne components don't appear to be specified, but nevertheless I see no particular reason to suspect that the two-way split would be an issue. The SMS is solid state, meaning that there is relatively little like... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Why aren't more manufacturers making powered speakers, and why is it that people don't seem to buy them. Lots of reasons come to mind. Charles mentioned an important one. Let's say that a passive speaker is designed such that it will perform optim... |