atmasphere
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| Passive vs Active...Again! Just a side note, I had some Martin Logan Spires in a very similar style room, that was much larger with little acoustic treatments and they sounded pretty good. But in this house I don’t have the room to pull the speakers 3 feet of the back wall... | |
| McIntosh- Sweetest, Smoothest sounding Solid State ? Who cares? Transparent is the goal. It is, but if the amp is not smooth that is an indication of distortion. Its hardly being transparent at that point. This is only slightly off topic, but what sonic coloration does an autotransformer imp... | |
| SET the best? how would you describe the sound of a 845 tube? You can’t- any more than you could a 300b or type 45, because the output transformer and the individual tube’s match to it plays such a critical role. People often say the tube has a certain soun... | |
| CUTTING DOWN A TONEARM CABLE I read/feared tales of ideal length for tonearm cables - something to do with capacitance @lohanimal A good tonearm cable will be low capacitance. But I would not be concerned about shortening one, because when you reduce the capacitance (which... | |
| Sub for single-driver desktop speakers I've played with single driver speakers a lot, but not had them be as satisfying as a 2-way or 3-way, depending on the size of the speaker. To really get the sub to blend its a good idea to keep its output below 80Hz. Otherwise it starts to attra... | |
| SET the best? I can't imagine any benefits from class D for high sensitivity speaker. I can!! Low noise so low its hard to hear even with your head in the mouth of the horn- and greater detail/better 'focus' so images in the rear of the sound stage are easie... | |
| SET the best? There are so few threads focused on SET amps....Is it too much to ask that the AGD and GAN and Class D discussions be moved to their own thread or one of many already in existence? @david_ten There are also a good number of SET threads. The com... | |
| SET the best? It pointed out that “all” other current GaN based amps use existing modules with chips that are currently used in non Audio devises like power chargers. @mglik If he's getting semiconductor devices made for him I can see that happening. Usually... | |
| SET the best? The GaN module used is the only such chip developed specifically for Audio. AGD has just come out with a stereo amp called the Tempo. It uses a aluminum chassis cut from a solid billet. It is a more conventional design without the “tube” but uti... | |
| Doge 8 Clarity: 12AT7 replacement for phono stage I just received my Doge 8 Charity 2022 Special Edition. It has Brimar 6060 and TAD 7025 tubes I’m using the MC phono stage with a Rega Apheta 2. I also have a bad hiss. This is my first tube gear Iv got a lot of good info from this forum. Is it r... | |
| Humm from phono but not dc or aux ? Hey guys, would anything change if I connect phono pre to pre amp with balanced cables I do have that capability ? Quite possibly. The cartridge is a balanced source to start with- if you have a balanced input on the phono section you've got a ... | |
| Turntables thump when turning off? I was thinking it's probably not a fault of one of the tables. I have a VPI classic 3, a Rega RP 8 that is brand new and an old Dunlop Systemdek IIX and they all do it and with two different phono preamps and various amps and preamps. Now that... | |
| Humm from phono but not dc or aux ? Some cartridges are prone to humming. Grado has a history of this. @mijostyn To my understanding this has to do with the use of a Grado in a Rega turntable and its caused by the fact that Rega doesn't ground the motor. If you add a wire to grou... | |
| SET the best? All I was trying to say is that the 845 hasa good reputation for delivering the goods. My tech points in the 845 direction for what he feels will give me best bang. He also likes most other SET tubes. Liking a tube is very different from how ... | |
| Higher powered but efficient amp with the imaging of a Pass XA-25? @markmuse If I were in your situation, I would first talk to Duke at Audiokinesis and get a set of his Swarm subs. They would allow you to have proper bass anywhere in the room. The Swarm is 4 subs so as to break up standing waves that otherwise c... |