atmasphere
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| Are Pre-Amps necessary? Sure balanced has it’s place in over 3mt interconnect runs, for noise cancelation only, below that there is no need for it.This statement is false both audibly and measurably. The benefit of balanced operation is there even if the cable is only si... | |
| Why do amplifiers sound different? Its important to keep in mind that no speaker is actually flat. And for that matter, they have fallen well behind amplifiers with the idea that they are 'voltage driven'. So the simple fact remains that to get the most out of any amplifier or any ... | |
| A little tube magic? I would love to run a tube power amp but nervous about running 50+ hours a week. How long do most power tubes last? @brylandgoodmanUsually the driver/voltage amplifier tubes will last 3-4 times longer than the power tubes. But a lot depends on how... | |
| Bi-Amp Woofers with Class D? I am starting to think that rather than bi-amping I should considerbuying two REL T7 powered subs.I don't bi-amp; my front speakers go flat down to 20Hz. I use the two subs to break up the standing waves in the room. | |
| Why do amplifiers sound different? Actually it isn't. Most speakers are designed around the idea that they are 'voltage driven' which is shorthand for saying that the amp driving them will put out the same voltage regardless of the impedance of the load. In this way, the speaker an... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? The one that sounds closest to a piece of wire is the best, that’s the "direct" next best is the "passive", then the "active". As we all know from the existence of the high end cable industry, sounding like a 'piece of wire' might not be the way t... | |
| HiFi vs MidFi “I’d be curious to hear feedback on what constitutes HiFi vs. MidFi across various components.”Perception?No- intention, more than anything else. | |
| Class D Purifi Eigentakt / Mark Levinson 333 / Benchmark AHB2 - Listening & Conclusion Class D amplifiers have improved a lot of the years but Class D Amps are still no match to good design Class AB Amp.in term of sound quality and dynamic handlingThis is not a conclusion you can draw due to the small sample size of 'one'. Its onl... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers But when you consider AER/Vox/Festrex all 3 big WBer labs employ whizzers.They must have tested with and w/o whizzers.To me its not important whizzer or no whizzer, only the acutal sound matters to me. Still waiting for your imput as to the TB 214... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Now I have long interconnects (balanced) between pre and power so I can see that I need something to drive that cable.I don't know of a preamp that cost only $1000 that supports the balanced standard. Since you are driving long cables what you mig... | |
| Bi-Amp Woofers with Class D? Works good.My speakers are full range to 20Hz but because there are standing waves in the room, no bass at the listening chair. I installed 2 extra subs, asymmetrically placed in the room, to break up the standing waves. They are driven by a class... | |
| Best replacements for KT99A tubes? @_rossbower The guitar industry is really what drives pentode power tube production. It does not want anything other than KT88s because there are so many vintage Marshalls around and guitar players on the road want to be able to find a tube if one... | |
| Why so many tubes? One would think after 117 years of evolution (1904, invention of the vacuum tube) and with only 4 other components involved (R, C, L, transformer) engineers would have reached the optimal configuration for a tube amplifier by now.But there’s an... | |
| Bought mono blocks, now spkr cables too long So maybe its a message to those destined for monos. A mono plus is shorter cables.It is. The advantage of monoblocks is short speaker cables- so you get more impact and greater resolution without adding brightness. | |
| HiFi vs MidFi They will swear to their almighty guru huckster that $10,000.00 vinyl rigs with $1000.00 vacuum cleaning machines sounds more organic & real than a $1500.00 digital rig despite SNAP CRACKLE POP still clearly dominating the sound..@freediver... |