atmasphere
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| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? These record grooves by the way, they are at right angles to each other which means each side is 45 degrees to vertical, which means Ralph is wrong all the vibrational energy is not in the plane of the platter. When I made this comment I was ... | |
| Cary V-12 blowing capacitors "Its pure speculation, but adding the new components could have stressed out the older UCC’s. I don’t know for sure, but it’s quite possible. The original power transformer that was in it had a direct short and could have caused the UCC’s to st... | |
| Drummers! Which amps do you use for best Timing & Dynamics? The problem is that I have not heard a high efficiency speaker that sounds good. More efficiency usually means more coloration, thinner and unstable sound. Horns do not image well and the sound seems to originate from behind the speakers.That s... | |
| Speakers for triode tube amps The budget is 10k, and they cannot be floorstanders. @samuelg Well that limits things. At this point my recommendation would be a monitor sized speaker like the ZU Omen Bookshelf, and get yourself a set of Swarm subs to handle the bass. This will ... | |
| I don't have sibilance problems, are my speakers dull? I’m now kind of curious, exactly what kind of gear and recordings bring this problem out? Its a distortion problem. If you have a problem with the setup of your phono cartridge (or its suspension is shot) you can get sibilance. Another way this ca... | |
| Power conditioner some say yes and some say no. I worked for Roger Modjeski for several years. He was always of the opinion that if you designed the power supply of a component properly then additional power conditioning would not be needed. In his system he used an inexpensive power strip, ... | |
| Drummers! Which amps do you use for best Timing & Dynamics? I have the impression that amps which double into 4 ohm, have zero negative feedback and have high idle power consumption are the best for high current low volume performance.Actually what you're looking for is the right distortion signature. If... | |
| Cary V-12 blowing capacitors It looks like a filter capacitor failed (the one with the screw terminals). If this was replaced earlier, I would expect that it is covered by warranty. If it was not replaced earlier, one would question why they replaced some coupling caps and no... | |
| GaN by GaN Class-D with SMP complete for $940, ready to go just put in a box. Shouldn't you listen to this evaluation board before encouraging people to buy it? There is a chance it might not live up to your expectations. The board design might be intended more as a demonstration of power efficiency rather than sound qua... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? If the arm tube is not damped you're going to have problems! But decoupling the cartridge from the arm will not be a solution in that it will be akin to placing a bandaid over a rash that won't go away. The platter supports the LP; in theory at le... | |
| Cartridge ISOLATION; What Say You? another comment in the article: reviewer mentioned a layer of isolation under the tonearm base (he tried blu-tac). Also against my 'instinct'.Your instinct is correct. The arm must be as rigidly coupled to the plinth as possible, and the cartridg... | |
| Anybody else waiting for GaN and Purify to have a baby? I thought these eval boards were not optimized for audio? At least the first generation one.In any case, I doubt these boards possess the design magic and proprietary GaN's that AGD has.@art_boston They are meant to be for audio, but also to allow... | |
| How long does Class A have? It doesn’t really matter whether it’s science or propaganda; the non-believers will always find an exit-clause that aligns with their politics. ^^ This. As in audio, its almost impossible to be truly objective. Any climate scientists that disagr... | |
| How long does Class A have? ""The List" - Scientists who Publicly Disagree with the Current Consensus on Climate Change - Electroverse"Pretty short list compared to the thousands who say otherwise! Apparently the electroverse site is not regarded as much more than a haven fo... | |
| Calling out spatial audio m3 sapphire owners! I've heard the Spatial do a really nice soundstage at shows. Apparently its also a fairly easy load to drive as well, since most of our customers using the Spatials are using our S-30 amplifier. |