almarg
Responses from almarg
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? Thanks for your very informative posts, Kosst. I’ve learned some things from them about my own XA25 that I didn’t know previously.Regarding the references in one of your posts to "average volume," others should keep in mind that what matters with ... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Hi Ozzy,I’ve never adjusted the gain on my HDP-5 via the Control Panel, and I believe that increasing the gain via the Control Panel would reduce the headroom that is available for frequency response boosts that may be introduced for purposes of s... | |
| Movies employing music in a great way. Lots of good comments above. Among the recommendations I am familiar with I would particularly second "The Last Picture Show" (a great film even apart from the music), "American Graffiti," and "The Blues Brothers." Regarding the latter, although I... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. @Daveyf, thanks for providing the additional info.Sounds good re the connections of the REL sub. You have NOT made the mistake I’ve seen more than a few members here describe having made, in which the ground wires of REL subs have been connected t... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. @Daveyf, what model are the speakers and what model is the sub? Also... I also have a REL sub hooked up to the amp, it is left, right and ground at the amp, as both the amp and the REL are balanced designs. I presume you are using a three-wire cab... | |
| Pass labs xa25 amp and BW 804 d3? While the XA25 is rated at 25 watts into 8 ohms and 50 watts into 4 ohms, John Atkinson's measurements that were reported in Stereophile indicated that it is capable of providing 80 and 130 watts into those impedances, respectively. A lot of that... | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 @boschpants, you can do what Imhififan suggested even though the Kinki is an integrated amp. You just have to determine a setting of the Kinki's volume control which allows you to use the volume control of the AVR or pre-pro in a reasonable part ... | |
| PLEASE match Advice Pass Labs X350.5 (20k) to Hovland HP-100 (2500ohms) Miss-match ??? @Analogluvr, while there are of course ways of designing a tube-based line-level output stage to provide low impedance without using coupling capacitors (for example transformer coupling, or Atma-Sphere’s patented differential output circuit which... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Ted Russell Kamp. An example of his music, which is mostly in the country, Southern rock, and Americana genres:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nvUoT0HnPMOne wouldn’t necessarily guess from his music that he grew up in an affluent suburb of New Yo... | |
| PLEASE match Advice Pass Labs X350.5 (20k) to Hovland HP-100 (2500ohms) Miss-match ??? Hi Analogluvr,I believe you are referring to the following statement by the OP in the last of his posts dated 10-7-2017: My buddy told wanting tubes try and find a tube amp that can both get the desired output impedance and preferably one without ... | |
| Pop Sound in my speakers when driven loud from studio recorded CD sources. ... the effect is more pronounced with recordings on CD that are more compressed, which generally you want to listen to louder to give the sound more ’presence’ in the room. As you also pointed out, the more ’spacious’ recordings, within my system... | |
| Pop Sound in my speakers when driven loud from studio recorded CD sources. Al, Thanks for reviewing your original response. Most here seem to think that the amp is clipping. Is that what you are describing by saying....No. What I was referring to in the post I deleted was clipping of the "small signal" circuitry in the r... | |
| Pop Sound in my speakers when driven loud from studio recorded CD sources. Almarg, if you are out there I would like to know your full response. Not sure why it didn’t get posted here. I deleted my post a couple of minutes after I submitted it, because when I composed it I hadn’t noticed your statements to the effect tha... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker Kijanki 12-11-2018 I have short fuse (electrical term :) ) recently, since I completely lost hearing in the right ear few months ago (replaced by loud white noise - so much for Benchmark's fantastic S/N ratio). Ouch! I'm of course very sorry ... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. gpgr4blu 12-12-2018: I have enjoyed posts by Ralph and Ramtubes on this forum. They are both highly qualified as designers and manufacturers. They both provide answers to technical questions about gear. Sometimes, they include opinions based on th... |