atmasphere
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| How important is the pre-amp? Transformers on the other hand, where resistors have problems transformers have benefits. There is a reason after all why we use them all over the place for isolation and power conditioning. You solve one problem; you introduce others. Then it... | |
| Tube question: any sonic difference in 6SN7 vs 6H30 vs 6H80 in the amp's signal position? BTW, Soviets made billions of them.:) a bit of hyperbole, I'm sure. | |
| SET the best? Especially when we have solid COLBALT out put trans in the mix, These powerful trans, are not cheap, I should add.:) or you could dispense with the output transformer altogether. My speakers are 97.5dB, 16 ohms and flat to 20Hz. I've yet to hear... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Do you believe it’s a point of tremendous debate that certain preamps color system sound? If so, that point of view would be surprising. One has only to look at twenty years of Audiogon preamp discussions to reach the conclusion that among many it... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Some folks like coloration certain preamps provide.This is of course a point of tremendous debate. I prefer the lack of coloration afforded when the interconnect cables cease to alter the sound of the system. You can't do that with a passive setup... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I get how power amps can make really significant changes to the sound of a system. And of course speakers have an even bigger effect. And then there is the complicated relationship between the speaker and power amp. But I wonder about pre-amps.... | |
| Are all amps being built wrong? Ralph, thanks for the info. I recall that many years ago you explained that global NF creates temporal intermodular (TIM) distortion because of the infinitesimally small amount of time that it takes for the signal (after phase inversion) to lo... | |
| SET the best? So this is a mono set? I assume you recommend your tube pre, or is that coming soon too? @bjesien We've been making preamps since 1989- the MP-1 was the first balanced line preamp made for home audio.Intrigued. Could you please point me in the dir... | |
| Are most tube preamps ‘ultra linear’? Single ended amps are not so obviously the purest thing around. They are low power with lots of second order harmonic distortion. They react with reactive speaker loads so their output is not flat. And they are non-linear. They compress the neg... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? It appears that I can't be wrong with QS monoblocks and I need to get at least 100 WPC amps.@iYes you can go wrong but not due to the quality. Again, unless you are nearfield or in a smaller room, 100 watts on a speaker that's only 87dB in an aver... | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? I need to drive 87dB speaker, so the power has to be at least 80Watts.Unless you are nearfield or have a smaller room, you'll need more power than that! But to your OP question: 'Yes'. | |
| Thoughts on moving from a 1200G to Sota Saphire or above 2. Dynamics: Everything sounded smaller and controlled in 1200G compared to the other TTs. The explosive dynamics were missing. The SP10mk2 was better. The idlers were simply in a different league. My previous TT was a Platine Verdier and that ... | |
| Are all amps being built wrong? Does that type of feedback create the same distortion as the type of NF used in solid state amps or is the distortion still there but tamed to some extent? @bifwynne It does not seem to but I've not done a lot of research on the topic. But... | |
| SET the best? When is yours coming out and what’s the price point?@bjesien We're doing limited production right now. They are $5200/pair. I've not heard the SPEC amp. But I have heard class D amps that are boring; I know what you're talking about. There's as mu... | |
| SET the best? There might be a revolution in the making…There is. Its now possible to make class D amps that are just as smooth as the best tube amps (whatever you have in mind what that might be) and even more detailed (owing to lower distortion). |