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| Audiophiles and nostalgia, I have a 73 De Tomaso Pantera with many serious performance mods. It's fast and handles great but crude by comparison to new performance cars. Sometimes it makes me feel young, sometimes it makes me feel old. Nostalgia, reality? | |
| Discussion of Class D Amps Application & Experiences @falconquest As a manufacturer of class-D and hybrid class-D amplifiers I suggest that auditioning is important. Buy only what sounds good to you. Many brands use the same OEM boards and power supplies. Some just stuff them in a fancy box and oth... | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? I must add, Frank is very accommodating and can configure his amps to your needs. I never met him in person but communicating through email was never a problem. I would not hesitate buying more amps from Triode Lab. | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? @joeinid The Triode amps we use are the 2A3M Canadian with a few upgrades. The upgraded including Hashimoto 2A3 power transformer, Teflon sockets, Cardas binding posts and better caps. I guess they are somewhere between the 2A3M Canadian and the... | |
| Triode Lab 2A3S - Any Insights? We have a small group of low power SET tube amps to use for demonstrating our speakers. The amps are designed for 45, 2A3, 300B, EL84 and GM70 tubes. The 2A3 tube amps are Triode Lab monoblocks. The 45 amps and Triode Lab 2A3 amps are our preferre... | |
| AND A Happy Easter to you Yogiboy and to all who celebrate.Later this afternoon my wife and I will celebrate Easter with some of our family members using Voom.Peace and health to all | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? clio09, Thanks for your detailed description of the subject OTLs.The OTL amp(s) will be used to power just our towers which play down to 120 Hz. The speakers have powered woofers. Do you think the "better low frequencies" of the M60 fall below ... | |
| How do you sort your LPs? I have over 3500 LPs at this point. I occasionally find duplicates and forgotten music. A less random arrangement would likely be better. It is fun to rediscover music though. | |
| How do you sort your LPs? Just like almost everything else in audio there seems to be a diverse set of opinions, methods or philosophies applied to LP sorting. Who would of guessed that :) Thanks for the good ideas.I like the idea of having an area or section to queue LPs.... | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? clio09, Do you mind elaborating on what you found different between the Atma-Sphere S-30 and M60s? How would you describe the Music Reference OTLs? Just curious.An OTL will likely make it into my arsenal. Haven't called Andy yet but he is on the ... | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? The Joule Electra OTLs were very nice sounding amps but too finicky for the showroom. Maybe the set we had needed repair. The biasing system was not consistent. I never experienced loud pops from faulty tube sockets but had read about it. The cont... | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? Larry, I believe I understand your description of "phasey". My 45 amps are a simple SET using one 45 tube (1.5 watts) and silver hybrid transformers. Our speakers are very dynamic so the mesh plate EML might be a nice matchThe only OTL amps I've... | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? Larry, Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I like a wide open soundstage, "phasey" not so much. I don't know if you can answer this but even a hunch will help. Is the "phasey" sound characteristic of mesh plate EML tubes or could something else be ... | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? Larry, Now that you mention it, It's very possible that some of (or maybe all) the NOS tubes I bought aren't but just tested within new specs. They came in factory boxes with what appears to be period correct wrapping. I was told they were NOS. ... | |
| How do you sort your LPs? Thanks to all for your suggestions and opinions.I have a decent size (to me) collection of LPs. Most of them are originals, meaning I bought them new when they were first released, and are in great condition. I still buy LPs so the collection is s... |