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| KLH model 9 electrostatic Speakers Today You would use a High power Class A amp with a lot of heat sink or an Atma-Sphere amp.M60's would be perfect!How much power is the atmasphere M60?@While the power of the M-60 is fine (about 60 to 80 watts) the high frequency impedance will c... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. Since someone got their panties in a twist over my last comment, I will just quietly enjoy the misinformation being spread here. Carry on.@secretguy If you had a post removed, its not just that someone got upset. The moderators don't care about... | |
| preamp vs amp: relative effect on sound? There are too many variables. You can't lump all solid state in the same basket; some are harsh and bright no matter what you do. The brightness and harshness is the result of distortion; the ear assigns a tonality to all forms of distortion. In t... | |
| SET vs OTL I have used a Graaf Gm20 for about 10 years before upgrading to a Wavac Ec300b some 10 years ago. In short, there is no going back: while the Graaf had twice the stated output power, making that power useful was challenging: using autoformers t... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget Don't worry about if the speaker is good for classical. What makes a speaker good will be equal for jazz, classical, rock or what have you. No-one's figured out a way to make electronics (including speakers) better for a particular genre. This is ... | |
| Shorting Amplifier Output That might be reasonable depending on what a new one might cost. | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Ralph, glad to hear about the beta production and perception of their sound. Any guidance you can provide on expected timeline to market, mono/stereo, power, estimated price range for your class D?The Beta production amps are monoblock, 100 w in... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Anything anybody does with tubes is simply slow and very colored.Nonsense! The output section of our amps is 600V/uV. Most solid state amps aren't that fast. We've been working on our own class D project for the last 4 years which is now in Beta p... | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? That they can keep the whole mess quiet is more amazement.A fair amount of feedback is used. Its not for linearity so much as to insure channel separation. My Westerex setup uses 30dB. | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Most of the amps listed here will sound fine at low volume. But if you want to blast they’ll get painful. The mark of a good system is one that sounds smooth and detailed (not brightness masquerading as detail) even at high volume. The problem is ... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. Is there a national show that highlights valve amps?No. Seems to me in the US, AXPONA and the RMAF as your best shots. | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? @lewm I have to admit its an assumption on my part that people are playing LPs have have something other than a steady tone :) | |
| why did my record player slow down, speed up, then go back to normal? I actually went to play a record today, and I had to press the (electronic) buttons multiple times before it did its function. There was no speed swell, though.I am thinking that the buttons are corroded. I put myself through engineering school ... | |
| Tubes for Magnepan’s. why ,because they take a lot of current to drive then tube donot have the current on demand that good solid state brings , when you have a speaker goingPower (watts) is equal to voltage times current. If the amp can make the power then it also has... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt Circuit refinements are rare, and the effect on sonic end points that the given amplifier circuitry that is new can deliver -- is highly debatable at best. This statement is incorrect.The thing that's been plaguing amplifier design for the last 60... |