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| SET vs OTL My current SET amp has been 100% reliable since I got it over 5 years ago and is the most quiet tube amp that I have ever owned.Reliability is really important! When we went into business, it was in the face of OTLs being the least reliable kind o... | |
| Different amplifier class for different music genres? The most common myth? That might be a tiny stretch. Lets just say one of many:-) The reason I say that is because of how many times I've heard that JBL L-100s are one of the best rock speakers out there. This where there really isn't anything a sp... | |
| Different amplifier class for different music genres? So the question is: does the class of the amplifier matter or better suit the type of music you are listening to? Not at all. The quality of reproduction is what matters and that has a lot to do with execution. No-one has yet sorted out a way to ... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration If the military can make electronics that are immune to vibration so can the high end audio industry.Yup! One of the ways the military does it is vibration mitigation solutions- for example EAR makes a bituminous based extensional damping compound... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration You would think just looking at a tube with it's delicate appearing insides that it would be sensitive to vibration. Is this reality or lay instinct? I use a tube phono stage which uses 6922's. It is not the tiniest bit sensitive to vibration, ... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers So for an OTL amp, you’re in need of a 16-ohm pair of speakers which I would think is rather limiting. @goofyfoot Just so you know, this statement is false. Smaller OTLs are nice on 16 ohms but FWIW the most popular speakers for many years with o... | |
| The Intellectual People Podcast - Ethan Winer (RealTraps) Anyone that tells you he is an expert is likely not; your best course of action in such cases is to turn around and run as hard as you can. Ethan was adamant that power cords could not make a difference so I asked him (here on audiogon) if he had ... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration For a long time I had troubles with foot falls regardless of my turntable.Bought a Sound Anchors equipment stand which helped the sound a lot. But the foot falls were still a thing. Then I got anti-vibration platforms to go into the stand, one for... | |
| SET vs OTL 2. Superiority is a given or an absoluteThis is correct. IMO/IME the OP question is a bit too broad. Some OTLs sound more like SETs (like ours, due to no feedback and otherwise masked higher ordered distortion content); some sound more like tradit... | |
| SET vs OTL And this is even in systems which are super efficient and made for SETs (single drivers, Audio note speakers etc). SETs sound like "they are here" whereas push-pull sound like "we are there". At any volume and with any speaker I have heard, thi... | |
| SET vs OTL That is also one reason SETs sound more vibrant & energetic compared to Push-Pulls. Actually what is happening is how the SET makes distortion. The energetic quality is due to higher ordered harmonics showing up on the transients when you ask... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. The reason I bring up cassette is that it’s a lot more annoying to make adjustments than on reel to reel, mostly you can’t trust cassettes to give you reliable results because the azimuth is always changing.Cassette alignment is very reliable. The... | |
| KLH model 9 electrostatic Speakers Will Dynaco st 70 watt good enough power for the nines?It will run them. But the amp, as good (as a refurbished one is) will be a bit outclassed. Yes, they would absorb some power but they would cost only $40 dollars and I bet you would still get... | |
| SQ - AV processor preouts vs. stereo linestage preamp wish i never learned about stereo pre’s - ignorance is bliss.But crappy sound isn’t. +1 | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! Spend some time with them in your own system and you will understand.I think he already does :)What parts are used specifically the GaNFET which is patented. A class D self-oscillating amp will have some sort of converter to convert a square wave ... |