atmasphere
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| 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... | |
| The smoothest amp you've heard? from a sonic perspective "smooth" doesn't present itself as something I am attempting to ascertain, or looking for in a amp? I have listened to many amps, I never recall saying "that amp is so smooth". I'm not trying to sound disrespectful. I t... | |
| Tube Power vs Solid State Power @flasd Distortion at clipping is why this myth persists. Simply put, tubes can overload quite gracefully while transistors cannot. So you can have the musical waveform briefly overload a tube amp and you may not notice. But you will if that happen... | |
| Picking an Open Baffle speaker for 2w SET amp - plus bonus question !?! Zero feedback? Feedback is the act of taking the output voltage, attenuating it and applying it back to the input, out of phase with the incoming signal, so it can act as a correction voltage. SETs usually do not use it because they rely on the li... | |
| Picking an Open Baffle speaker for 2w SET amp - plus bonus question !?! Not suggesting by any stretch that this is a good pairing, but from everything I have read so far and what I am experiencing with the Gallo 3.1, those Betsy or Lii Audio 8" drivers with 94dB - 97dB efficiency + my REL sub(s) should be PLENTY se... | |
| Observation: Passion vs Obsession Music has been around as long as there have been humans. Flutes seem to have been invented tens of thousands of years ago. Drums long before that. I started my journey with piano lessons when I was 3 1/2. I also had a small suitcase record player ... | |
| Picking an Open Baffle speaker for 2w SET amp - plus bonus question !?! @nkphoto Just so you are not going into this blind, 2 watts will simply not be enough power for Tangbands. I recommend you look into a subwoofer at least. I recently found an M&K sub on Craigslist for $150.00; if you are patient, you can find... |