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| Back To Static! @mijostyn I've used a carbon fiber dust brush that is tied to my grounded steel equipment stand via a wire riveted to the brush. I can't say how effective it really is but I don't get pops and noise from static.But it occurs to me that if I can g... | |
| Subwoofer adjustment for each recording Some recordings have a lot of bass. Sometimes when you go to clubs and hear music live, there's a lot of bass. Other times, other recordings, there isn't. I like to play the recording and have it sound like it was made. | |
| Speakers for triode tube amps If you are looking at using a triode tube amp, you might want to read this article- it will help you sort out what you are looking for:http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/resources-paradigms-in-amplifier-design.htmlFWIW most of the speakers mentioned on... | |
| Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what? So, it seems you have heard Bakoon. How would you describe them? Current drive?Speaking of tintinabulation, I get that fully with AGD. I was referring to the post above mine rather than the amp. Not many people use 'tintinabulation' these days :) ... | |
| What preamp with your GaN power amp? I'm using my Atma-Sphere MP-1 with mine since the amp accepts balanced inputs. | |
| Fourier Amplifiers What Is The History and How Reliable Happen to be considering a pair of Fourier Panthere amplifiers and am wondering what the history is on them. Supposedly these are some of the last production models and are more reliable than previous versions. Do yourself a favor and stay away fr... | |
| Help me diagnose a terrible new noise from my tube amp!!! One other way motorboating can occur is if the coupling caps are a larger value than they should be. If they exceed the frequency poles in the power supply, the amp will be able to modulate the supply and the result can be a low frequency oscillat... | |
| Point to Point vs Circuit Board Some may not but some may. Many times we played beat the proto...This is why I was careful to use the word 'properly'. | |
| Help me diagnose a terrible new noise from my tube amp!!! Now, for context, I replaced the coupling caps on both of these monoblocks a week ago (with caps to designers spec) and I may have screwed up the soldering somehow. But I played these amps for several days at normal bias without any issue unti... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 tube rolling I was most surprised that this was the failed tube, as it was a new tube, with less than 30 hours on it, and it was a modern Tung Sol 6SN7 GTB. . . so it appears that currently Ralph’s suggestion to stay away from the Russian 6SN7’s seems to be... | |
| Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what? However what is missing is the decay,the harmonics, the shimmer,the lilt,the atmosphere,the musical feel,the tintinabulation.Lovely. This property is not the perview of any particular technology IME. | |
| Point to Point vs Circuit Board We use hand wiring for our tube power amps. But we use circuit boards for our preamps. This is because in a preamp you have to control stray capacitance much more carefully and consistency is important. Preamps (especially if a phono section is in... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? I don't think that is a good guess. Ease of heatsinking? Have you seen the tiny heatsinks that people use on the GaN's.Look how tiny the heatsinks are on this new Orchard 250 watt into 8 ohm module are:https://orchardaudio.com/starkrimson-ultra-... | |
| Best turntable and arm under 10k? For that kind of money you can have a Triplanar on a Technics SL1200G. One of the most trackable arms made on one of the most speed stable turntables made. | |
| Class D amps seem poised to take over. Then what? You can certainly get plenty of body and warmth out of SS amps.It may not be typical for the breed but SS amps like that are not hard to find.Most of the Nelson Pass amps,Audio Flight,Electrocompaniet,Usher,Sugden,Dartzeel and many more.And Bak... |