atmasphere
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| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” i have had good well respected horn speakers, and also heard some very very tip top horn systemsApparently not the tippy top yet, or something to that effect :)Many systems can be shouty; this is caused by distortion. You don't need horns for that... | |
| Low-sensitivity speakers — What's special about them? Low-sensitivity speakers — What's special about them?I regard this is the wrong question - better to ask what is special about high sensitivity speakers. I don't find anything special about low sensitivity as thermal compression is a common proble... | |
| Best sub for music, when I went to buy my first sub, the rule of thumb was, “you only need one, bass isn’t directional”. That didn’t feel right to me. At 80Hz the waveform is about 14 feet long. This means that in most rooms within a couple of iterations of the cycle... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 tube rolling Have your customers mentioned to you what changing out the stock 6AS7G tubes for either the Russian 6H13C or the Chinese (I assume ShuGuang) tubes do differently, for better or worse? Actually the stock tubes **are** either the Russian or Chines... | |
| Topping A90 failure issues. Should I try a 3rd A90? The Topping DACs are excellent bargains in high end audio and good examples of how high end audio is not about price but intention. | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. AtmasphereI have recordings with bass drums that don’t just shake walls, but knock things off the bookshelves. This sadly is not one of them. I don't thing any recording of Canto would. The score does not have any section where the bass drum is a ... | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? The room is the most important.After that its making sure you have a good source. Seriously- if your source(s) aren't doing the job right it won't matter how good your amps and speakers are- they can't make up for lost or distorted signal downstream! | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING Tubes cannot have frequency extension like a transistor. ROTFLMAO... this statement is laughably false. Had a pair of your OTL's running the top of my Vandersteen 4a's. Nice amps, but they were NOT a neutral sounding amp and DID NOT HAVE the air... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 tube rolling @drbondMy advice is to stay away from the 6080s on these amps! They are not built to the same spec as 6AS7Gs. The 6080 typically has a smaller grid heatsink and since the amp is biased in class A2, the grid can warp at higher power levels, causing... | |
| SET vs Push-Pull (Line Magnetic vs Primaluna) @mabonn Forget it. Your speakers are not efficient enough to allow you to really hear what an SET is really all about. Almost any SET should not be driven past 20-25% of full power if you want to hear what they do in their best light; on top of t... | |
| Need definitions of: Dark; Warm; and Bright Saying that tubes may be warmer and S.S. may be most of the times brighter dont push us way much along the road...Actually it does if you understand that this phenomena is entirely the result of distortion- the tubes make the lower harmonics which... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. I agree that tape has a different sound than digital, but most of the difference between the two formats comes through when recording and not as much when playing back. A digital recording of a tape recording will very much sound like tape and ... | |
| LYRA DELOS CARTRIDGE TOO BRIGHT, THIN AND SHRILL SOUNDING There is the problem. I would not recommend this cartridge to anyone unless you have tubes which roll of highs and add body and warmth to the sound. We spec our all-tube phono section to 100KHz. Tubes can go much higher; color TVs in the old day... | |
| I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp? If the system has 20Hz to 20KHz bandwidth you're not losing any audible harmonics. So if it seems that you are, something else is afoot, and that something else is distortion. So yes. For example a thinner, less 'fleshed out' sound might be becaus... | |
| I’m also worried about how much of the harmonics in the music is LOST by the amp? High end audio design is both science and art.Yes. The trick is to design for the ear rather than the spec sheet. They are not the same :)The spec sheet emphasizes low distortion, But it turns out that the ear will be less sensitive to distortion ... |