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| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? I can't believe there is even a debate about this. It is well known that driving a speaker that has a variable impedance curve that dips below 4 ohms with an amp that cannot produce the appropriate current at the low impedances will change the fr... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Also recognize there are some things that are either unmeasurable or not yet measured. The words of Daniel Von Recklinghausen come to mind. They apply directly to this conversation. As I mentioned, something is driving LP sales. If the digital ... | |
| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? The REGA Osiris integrated amp is one of these exceptions. While it is a beefy hi-current and high WPC amp that doesn’t fully double down, it still has LOTS of current because of its high-end build and design. This is provided by those four Sanke... | |
| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? Let me ask it this way. I've repeatedly read that some speakers, notably Maggies, thrive on high current amps. @northman It really doesn't work that way. What is important is if the amp can drive the load with its rated power. If it can't obv... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? digital is more accurate. There can be no doubt about this. It is superior in every and all measurable parameters. This says nothing about "sounding better." Beauty is in the ear of the beholder. Something is keeping current LP sales on the r... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage Fritz Loudspeakers could suit. Well built, good bass extension, reasonably priced, very spacious. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Amplifier design and amplifier performance has been dictated by the limitations of loudspeakers. There is no perfect amplifier because there is no perfect loudspeaker. [snip] Think of an amp as a complimentary solution to a problem elsewhere i... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing You have side-stepped your bold declaration that tube amps, the entire category bar none, are on their way out. @fsonicsmith That was not my intent. To my understanding I've not side-stepped this issue at all: IMO power tubes are on life suppo... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Hereby Resolved These Resolutions: Resolved The best cartridge will be the one that matches the tonearm in use, in this case the Triplanar, since the ability of the tonearm to track the cartridge is paramount to the cartridge, which is penultimat... | |
| Balance control? @paulgardner This does not sound like a cartridge problem. You switched the leads and came up with nothing conclusive- this suggests the problem is something else. The most likely problem is a tube. First identify the phono section tubes in your ... | |
| Technics SU-G700 and Acoustats ? Yes, but what about the reactive load of the Acoustat? Surely that makes a difference what with it being a class D amp. It better not! The main danger you might run into would be the amp oscillating due to the capacitive load. I would expect Te... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing You may have already covered these issues earlier in this thread, but could you please explain a little more about the following two issues with regard to your Class D amps? 1. I noticed that the switching frequency for your amp is 500 kHz while... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? ^^ Yes. The difference between sensitivity and efficiency specs is poorly understood. You have to do math to convert from one to the other unless the speaker impedance is 8 Ohms. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? But to my ears, there are digital problems too, often larger than the analog problems (even if the gap has narrowed). 😁 If digital were really that much better there would be no discussion about cartridges, tonearms, where you bought that... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? The question: what is high sensitivity? Yes I agree. For real high sensitivity let say 98dB and up it is an issue. My Classic Audio Loudspeakers are 98dB and flat to 20Hz. They employ dual 15" woofers as well as field coils to reduce distortion... |