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| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? @david_ten Yes, David, that is a correct interpretation. Assuming, of course, that the effect Ralph has described is not overshadowed by other variables in the designs of the specific amps being compared. For example, differences in the quality ... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? @david_ten I have no experience with 211 or 845 amps, but I would speculate that in **some** cases an explanation of why **some** of those amps may sound "slow and boring" compared to 300B amps derives from something Ralph ( @atmasphere ) has poin... | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery Couple of threads have shown up lately. "Should you be an audiophile if you..." either have a certain type of gear, have a certain amount of money, or don’t make your own.I personally reject all of that. I’m here for the enthusiasts, and those w... | |
| Pick my album ... when it comes to classical, I have usually been a greatest hits listener, Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner. Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 (the "New World Symphony"), Jascha Horenstein conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chesky CD31.Out of print... | |
| ???What Are Your Favorite Small Signal Tubes(ReIssues)??? I and a number of other members here have reported fine results with the Genalex Gold Lion 12AU7 and 12AX7 reissues.Good luck. Regards,-- Al | |
| What’s the best rca “Y” adaptor? Hi dweller,I actually have a pair of those and another very similar, but I can hear the difference with and without them. With them my main speakers become muddy sounding. Hi maxwave,I have a pair of those and they made my the Acoustats sound ... | |
| What’s the best rca “Y” adaptor? I've had fine results with the Audioquest splitter linked to by @maxwave. It is also sold by Audio Advisor.However, be aware that the line-level input impedances of many and probably most powered subs are in the area of 5K to 20K or so, and ARC's... | |
| Subwoofer Causing Amp to Stay On ... neutral ... is where the voltage differential is coming from. Not sure about that. As is the case with most audio components AC neutral just goes to the primary winding of the power transformer in the amp and the subs, and nowhere else within... | |
| Subwoofer Causing Amp to Stay On OK, so the problem occurs even when the amp is in fact turned off, and is incapable of providing any power to the speakers. And it also occurs when the subs are turned off. Given that, I believe Miller's analysis is correct. If you already ha... | |
| Subwoofer Causing Amp to Stay On Some additional questions:1) Are the tubes in the amp lit up when this occurs?2) Am I correct in assuming that when you refer to turning the entire system off you are doing so by means of the front panel power switch on the P5?3) How are the delay... | |
| Time for a (reasonably priced) phono preamp... The manufacturer’s specs for your cartridge include a load capacitance recommendation of 100 pf. That is a very low number, and the capacitance of the phono cable and tonearm wiring may exceed that amount even without adding in the input capacitan... | |
| Any currently using a Classe CP-50 or 60 pre amp, or prior experience? I used a CP-60 in my main system for a number of years earlier in this decade, and I was very pleased with both its sonics (fairly neutral but just a bit on the warm side) and its build quality.Mine was the line-stage only version (i.e., it did no... | |
| Pop Sound in my speakers when driven loud from studio recorded CD sources. Hi Mike,Thanks for providing the link. I had previously found the service manual, including the schematic, at hifiengine.com, but the block diagram provided at your link is also helpful.But after looking at these documents I’m still at a loss to e... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure -70 dB puts it in the range of distortion. Agreed. Although in terms of voltage -70 db is only around 0.03%, which may or may not be audible depending in part on the particular distortion components it comprises....have you ever seen a transfer f... | |
| The Carver Amp Challenge and the 21st Century and it's Failure Ralph ( @atmasphere ), I believe Erik is correct on this, in the first part of his post just above (but see below re the second part of his post). Note the description of the null test I provided in an earlier post (dated 3-3-2019): The null test,... |