atmasphere
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| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp Why bog things down with a low impedance speaker? In a bedroom system it won't matter so much. | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps i am curious to know what you believe to be the source/reason/technical underpinning behind top level tube gear being able to generally (exceptions exist of course) provide a greater sense of air and vast imaging (size, depth in particular) - com... | |
| Dustcover Blues I don’t know whether the SS SG phono stages account for this but I’d be surprised if they don’t incorporate some corrective filtering in the 500 to 2000Hz region. @lewm The last time I heard one, it had no eq. The claim was that it didn't need ... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass I'm told the Room Perfect in the Lyngdorf makes setting up 4 subs much easier, but I've heard that crap before... time will tell. I'm sure it would. You can't fix a standing wave cancellation using room correction. The correction will tell the ... | |
| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp Thanks...the system will be a second floor bedroom, that is around 19 X 15, with standard 8 ft ceilings. In a bedroom system your speakers will be fine if you have the space unless you really plan to blast. I would think an amp with 15-20 watts... | |
| Tube Vs. SS Preamps What is "fatigue free" ? @vinowino Its a lack of audible higher ordered harmonics (which, if audible, are perceived by the ear as harshness and brightness) and also low intermodulation distortion; intermodulations also contribute to harshness a... | |
| Tonearm for Technics SP-15 OTHER ARMS with VTA on the FLY that fit on the SP15? Triplanar would be an obvious choice and would suit the SP-15 nicely. They originated the adjustable-on-the-fly VTA tower design used by VPI, Durand and others. Triplanar | |
| Dustcover Blues RIAA EQ is +20dB at the bottom, -20dB at the top. SG does not require this so the statement is true. @millercarbon Not really... The problem is that by the time you get to 20KHz you're not going to be 20dB down. Please look at the actual RIA... | |
| Dustcover Blues Because of the way this works it requires no RIAA equalization. One of its many advantages over the conventional approach. @mijostyn @millercarbon This statement is false. While it is true that the cartridge has an output that seems to compleme... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Or it the Swarm only effective scattered around the room? @mglik If your mains make bass, I'd place the Swarms to the side or rear of the room. They are only a foot square and if the driver is facing the wall (and the sub is only 2 inches or so... | |
| Moving away from inefficient/low impedance speaker in order to move to a Tube Amp @fjn04 How big is the room in which this speaker is being used? If you are planning a lower powered tube amp and need to fill a larger space, the Harbeths won’t do the job. They are 6 Ohms, and Sensitivity is rated 86dB, meaning their Efficiency ... | |
| Amp hum. Touching the amp or pre amp changes the volume of the hum. That isn't a tube. That's some sort of ground problem; apparently its affected by heat. Does it do it on all inputs to the preamp? Since its in the right channel only, power cords and... | |
| TL074 vs.TL084? @kakwu Generally speaking the older the opamp design, the less gain you can get out of it before it starts to have a 'sound'. Even with modern opamps the Gain Bandwidth Product they have makes it dicey asking for more than 20dB. With these older d... | |
| Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass Finally Learned: Subs serve much larger role than adding more low bass My GF commented on how the addition of the subs really helped out the tonal balance in the high end- how the system became more relaxed. | |
| ProAc Response 2: CJ CAV45, Cary SEI 300B, or Cary Rocket 88? @leahy back in the early 90s when that speaker was made we sold a lot of our M-60 amplifiers for use on them- it was the most popular speaker used with that amp at the time. That amp made/makes 60 watts. Unless you are really serious about low lev... |