atmasphere
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| A pitch too High! what do you mean by 'load' them? The link you gave me is way beyond what I can comprehend.@terrible "loading" of a cartridge is where a resistance is placed in parallel with the output of the cartridge; IOW from the signal to ground. Many phono p... | |
| Class A amps If I did some mudslinging please provide an example. You might review your last sentence and consider what is really happening.Now regarding that crossover distortion thing, most solid state amps of traditional design are class AB. By 'most of the... | |
| Class A amps So no examples then. The simple fact is you can't find any, or I'm sure you would have presented them. Res ipsa loquitur | |
| A pitch too High! For the record, we use a Grado (wood body, low output) here at Atma-Sphere. I've run Grado cartridges many times off and on over the years. For test purposes when mastering LPs, I use a Grado Gold mounted to a Technics SL1200 to see if a regular c... | |
| Class A amps When a class-a/b amp leaves it’s biased level of class-a and enters class-B then there is cross over distortion.This statement is false. Crossover distortion is a phenomena that occurs at the zero crossing point of the waveform. There is distortio... | |
| Tube dampener questions Dampeners should not be applied to power tubes. They will reduce the tube's ability to get rid of heat, shortening the life of the tube.For small signal tubes like the 6SN7, 12Aseries and the like, dampers can be helpful. They do not detract from ... | |
| Class A amps Folks, just so you know, one reason there is class AB is so that there will be no crossover distortion, as opposed to class B where this is a problem (and usually class B amps are not intended for hifi operation on this account). The amp is biased... | |
| A pitch too High! @terrible I think something else might be afoot. Its well known that the cartridge will have an electrical resonance; if a MM high output cartridge the inductance of the cartridge will be high enough that the resonance may well be inside the audi... | |
| Preamp Opinion I have always owned solid state before and am a little leery of tube maintenance.Its no big deal. Not much to it- the tubes can last in a preamp to well past 10,000 hours (depending on the preamp and the circuit) and they are even mounted in socke... | |
| Triplanar Users VTA @lewm If you have an older Triplanar you may not be aware that the newer ones have two scales- one coarse and the other (the one on top) fine. The coarse scale on the front makes the top dial more useful. The precision of the tower has also been ... | |
| Triplanar Users VTA @jsman Yes- if at all. You just have to play with it and see, keeping in mind that it will be different for every LP. | |
| Why does bass have more “punch” when I stand up vs. sitting? My main speakers are flat to 20Hz. A standing wave is in the room with them- no bass at the listening chair, which I can't move (and if I did, the bass isn't in the middle, its to the side...). So I installed two subs (both are Swarm subs made by ... | |
| Should I replace capacitors in an old but working amp? Its easier to service out a functioning amp. Harder when they failed because the maintenance was not performed. | |
| Power conditioner some say yes and some say no. The audio companies have invented a component for people to waste their money.Ha! Mostly true- the PSAudio is the only one that actually seems to work. As I probably mentioned earlier in this thread, Elgar made the best we've seen- and they got ou... | |
| Triplanar Users VTA @jsman If you start with the arm tube level (parallel with the LP surface) **and** the cartridge is set to the recommended tracking weight, if the cantilever isn't defective then you will be at the 92 degree 'rake angle'. But the thing is, LPs are... |