atmasphere
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| The two most common mistakes are bass and treble Inefficient and low impedance speakers are IMO/IME a mistake. All amps make more distortion playing into lower impedance. If you want the amp to sound smoother and more detailed, set it up to drive a higher impedance. Inefficient speakers need rea... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? The sound of ANY amplifier is better without ANY distortions whatsoever. (Sure some distortions are not AS bad as others.)So long as very little distortion is NOT attained by using means that create other problems areas EG: like masses of feedba... | |
| Atmasphere mp1 mk3.3 with phono too many tubes on the phono section (10 tubes total ), no way it can handle .20v low mc, even when the manufacture claims that it has a total of 78db gain, both chassis are the flimsiest designs, the power supply parts are from surplus ( not a sin... | |
| Can someone please explain How do you not know it’s actually in the recording? In my case I was there when the recording was made. What you mean when you say (whether it’s a speaker or amp or preamp) it’s darker or warmer or softer or leans to the brighter side of neutral... | |
| Reccomend a good preamp for me. @ejlif The problem you have is that you need to drive long cables. That means that all passive control systems are out. It also means single-ended preamps are out.You need a balanced line preamp, and further, one that can drive long cables. You mi... | |
| Popping & crackling please help!☹️ Its not your power amp section or speakers- the volume control tells you that.Is it on all functions or only phono? | |
| OHMs law on S.E.T. Amps What I wanna know is why It's always referred to as "an" SET amp instead of "a" SET amp? "S" is a consonant! Sheesh :)I refer to an SET by saying 'ESS EEE TEE'. If mentioned any other way its usually 'single-ended triode'. I hear 'set' far less of... | |
| 30 foot long Balanced Cables to Balanced/RCA Adapters into Amp's Stereo RCA inputs? @elliottbnewcombjr You'll want something to convert from balanced to single-ended at the other end of that 30 and especially 50 foot cable. If you simply install an RCA connector at the output end, the entire connection will be single-ended. You c... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? So, with less than capable speakers and headphones class AB can sound better ? It can sound better even with great speakers! The sound of any amplifier is always about what distortion it makes, and what distortion it doesn't. You can prevent cross... | |
| Need help with a 6AS7 Headphone Amp For some reason the hum completely disappeared. You had a ground loop. They can seem quite tricky and mysterious. Probably what was happening is the way it was grounded had something to do with the gain stages in the preamp- that they were obtain... | |
| Atmasphere mp1 mk3.3 with phono according to the manufacture they stated JJ for the preamp section (6sn7) and for the phono section they recommend the Shugan from China. Anyone with accurate info. This is correct. With any high performance product using tubes, the tubes have ... | |
| OHMs law on S.E.T. Amps why do SET tube amps output wattage decrease with lower impedance loads (speakers) in comparison to SS amps wattage output staying the same or even increasing with lower impedance loads?@sdguyer87 The short answer is that an SET has a high outp... | |
| Tube Amp Repair/Service - Minneapolis/St. Paul - ? @brian_stabingerWe've been doing repairs on the side but we're a bit busy at the moment. If you've not sorted this out by summer check with us. | |
| Need help with a 6AS7 Headphone Amp @steventrusDoing this sort of thing without an oscilloscope is really difficult!But you can use a DVM to help you. Put it on the AC scale (not DC) and see what you measure when you connect its probes to the plus and minus outputs of the filament s... | |
| "Mytek Empire monoblock power amps, with GaN based technology." Our preamps can drive 10K ohms no worries. Our MP-1 and MP-3 can driver 600 ohms no worries. Having said that a 10K input impedance will exclude ARC preamps and a good number of other tube units as well as sources if a passive volume system is use... |