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| How much "more" for how much more $ ? While there are far too many variables involved to be able to generalize meaningfully, I would say that the extra $9K will often go towards a larger cabinet, perhaps more drivers, and perhaps a larger woofer or woofers. All of which will mean deep... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Major Armstrong, the inventor of FM radio.Also the inventor of the superheterodyne method of radio reception (used in nearly all modern tuners, radios, and tv's). And in the early days of radio, the inventor of regeneration and super-regeneration.... | |
| Moscode 401HR vs Pass Labs X150.5 The Infinity Kappa 8's were commonly referred to as "amp killers," although not quite to the same extent as the even more notorious Kappa 9's.If you don't mind looking at a Julian Hirsch review, on the second of the pages linked to below see the l... | |
| toroidal power transformers? Although this two-part article is arguably somewhat biased, it does a pretty good job of describing the tradeoffs that are involved between the leading types of power transformers:http://bryston.com/newsletters/84_files/vol8is4.htmlhttp://bryston.... | |
| directional cables? Simply-q: To understand why I use the term "net," you need to understand why I use it with the term "drift.""Drift" is used to distinguish from "movement." With no current flowing there is still movement. The electrons in the wire are moving about... | |
| directional cables? Herman, I'm inspired to continue just a bit longer by this comment:Almarg: Are you saying that they drift back and forth over a very short distance within the cable, as I indicated in my post yesterday? Meaning that a specific electron near the so... | |
| directional cables? Simply_q, could you clarify what you mean when you say that electrons drift under ac conditions? Are you saying that they drift back and forth over a very short distance within the cable, as I indicated in my post yesterday? Meaning that a specifi... | |
| directional cables? I thought my post yesterday reconciled the different points of view here, with two of the protagonists expressing agreement, and the other one not expressing any disagreement. Guess I was wrong, although I don't quite understand why.Best regards,-... | |
| directional cables? Hi guys,I think that in both this thread and the "speaker cable life span" thread a lot of the disagreement may be resulting from differing interpretations of the words "drift" and "flow."If ac is applied to a cable, a given electron will "move" (... | |
| The Hub: History of Dynaco part 1 We will eventually look into Hegeman's career, from HK to HAPI. Anybody remember that one?Yes! Although I've never seen one in person. Peter Aczel reviewed several incarnations of the HAPI preamp in "The Audio Critic" volume 1 nos. 5 & 6, and ... | |
| Class "D" amp? I do not have a clue. Do you? Spectron: DC offset can harm your tweeter, depending on the tweeter design and degree of DC OffsetSimon, can you clarify why that would be? I would expect any reasonable amount of dc offset to be blocked from reaching the tweeter by the capacitor(... | |
| What's your best audio "find" A mint pair of Marantz Model 9s with original boxes, manual and performance cards for $2500. Nice, Ron!During the same period in the early 90's that I mentioned in my previous post, I also found (through local classified ads) near mint pairs of Ma... | |
| What's your best audio "find" In the early 1990's I purchased a pair of large vintage Tannoy speakers at a tag sale, for $20. I sold them shortly afterwards for $1500, which was about what they were worth at the time. Their main value was in the drivers, not the primitively de... | |
| 4 Ohm Load Mike,You're welcome. Keep in mind that boosting the bass, via tone controls or an equalizer, will dramatically increase the power demands on the amplifier, also increasing the likelihood that an underpowered amplifier will clip. Although if the bo... | |
| 4 Ohm Load Hi Magfan,Your point about the importance of phase angle is certainly a good one. However, the specific issue I was addressing, the possibility that amplifier clipping caused by the relatively low sensitivity of the speaker coupled with the low po... |