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| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Thanks, Shadorne. I subsequently found this article by Nelson Pass, which appeared in "Audio" magazine in 1977. Figures 1 and 2 enabled me to visualize what you were saying:http://www.passdiy.com/pdf/classa_amp.pdfThe article also contains the fol... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Shadorne -- Excellent thoughts, as usual, which are not commonly realized. Thanks!I'm not sure I understand, though, why Class A would run cooler when outputting signal into a load. It's tempting to think that could result from a portion of the cu... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Kijanki -- Really excellent post!As you undoubtedly recall, we discussed (and somewhat disagreed about) these matters a while back in the following thread, which discussed whether or not it is best to leave a system on all the time (although it wa... | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? Muralman -- Thanks for the good clarifications. I must say that is probably the most compelling testimonial, among a great many that I've seen, to class D excelling in high current applications.Enjoy!Regards,-- Al | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? I am familiar with Nelson Pass's very best current products. I have the pleasure of knowing a dealer who employs Pass components powering the towering Apogee Full Range speakers.There are 600.5 amps handling the huge bass panels. The XA.5 100 fine... | |
| mcintosh amps any one can explain impedance taps what does it do when you try different taps thanksI agree with the preceding responses, but to elaborate a bit further:The different taps represent different points on the secondary winding (the output side) of the output transformer. For a given ... | |
| How do I convert VHS to CD? It's dependent on the software that you have on your computer, and you might need software that you don't presently have to do it well. Basically, the left and right audio outputs of the vcr would be connected to the computer's audio line-in jack,... | |
| Where to buy power transistor in small qty? Harris spun off its semiconductor business about 10 years ago. The spun off business was initially called Intersil, resurrecting the name of an earlier semiconductor company. Intersil's power integrated circuit business was then acquired by Fairch... | |
| 2 out of 3 cats approve Mccormack over Adcom I'll bet Steve's designs have nine lives, as well!-- Al | |
| high voltage's affect on amplifier performance can voltage variation affect the performance of preamps and cd players or dacs, especially if power supplies are not "robust"?There are undoubtedly many subtle ways in which line voltage variations can have subtle effects on the sound, especially ... | |
| When did the Hi-Fi sound mature? Commcat, with all due respect, I think your position is a bit extreme, as well as being oversimplified by not differentiating between the different types of components (along the lines of what I did in my previous post in this thread). During the ... | |
| When did the Hi-Fi sound mature? I think that Shadorne makes some very valid observations with respect to the equipment that is sold to the majority of consumers (who may have vaguely heard of Bose and believe it to be the ne plus ultra), but the answer is very different with res... | |
| high voltage's affect on amplifier performance Yes, I too don't see how frequency response would be affected. I would think that power output, dynamic range, and linearity/distortion would be subtly improved on musical peaks, at the expense of slightly increased stress on tubes, capacitors, an... | |
| Simple iTunes Question Neal,My response was based on the assumption that what you wanted to do was to back up (create a duplicate copy of) all of your iTunes files (music and library), to protect against the possibility of failure of your internal hard drive, software c... | |
| Best CD What does POS mean? =8^)Given that he is a generation or so removed from the school-age crowd which uses that term while instant messaging to indicate "Parent Over Shoulder," I'm sure that he was using it to denote "Positively OutStanding"! :)Rega... |