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| 3D lifelike sound and impeccable measurements - mutually exclusive??? are there components (specifically amps/preamps and integrateds) are out there that combine great measurements and in your mind also have that organic immersive sound that really helps many of us get more emotionally involved in the music or ar... | |
| Class D for a Tube Lover There is no class d amp that will sound like a class A or tubed amp, sorry.The issue here is distortion- it is distortion that causes tube amps to sound 'warm' and 'lush' and its distortion that causes traditional solid state amps to sound 'bright... | |
| Looking for my Final Pair!! @m-db While I've had no desire to replace the speakers, that is because I've not heard anything better. But I did get them updated in that time- dual woofers, new crossover and field coil drivers.@roxy54 If you don't have some goat meat handy its ... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? I will add that my experiences suggest that what one hears from the typical audience perspective can be quite different than what one hears from the performance band stand. That's certainly true! | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? As a personal aside, as a young man, for several years I attended musical events almost every night of the week, most of which were unamplified. To this day I find that while tube amps can sound pretty, they don’t sound like the live performan... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? @mapman FWIW we are beta testing our class D amps right now. If we don't run into any emissions issues we expect they will begin production later this spring. | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? if the increased ratio of second and/or third order harmonics in tube equipment masks the higher order harmonics, are you also saying that the frequency response of tube amps in the highest audible frequencies is NOT lower than that of SS amps, bu... | |
| Shorting Amplifier Output I don't want to drop it off anywhere that isn't a preferred dealer or repair shop for Unison Research.You're not going to find one of those on every block of even in every town. Unless there is really something peculiar going on, any competent tec... | |
| Is the appeal to euphonic distortion learned? I don't think its learned.The presence of enough 2nd or 3rd (both are treated by the ear the same way) masks the presence of the higher ordered harmonics. This is common in tube equipment but not so much in solid state equipment, although Nelson P... | |
| Repair questions Would it make sense to just order some cheap fuses from Amazon to use during testing/repairing?A customer of ours recently did that and even though the ad was for slow blow fuses he got fast blow instead and blew most of them before we sorted it o... | |
| Preamp recommendation; ≤ $5k Surprised no one mentioned it but if you want truly balanced and differential with the balanced standard (not just a single ended preamp with an XLR connection) I can't think anything better than atmasphere mp-3It supports the balanced standard... | |
| Repair questions Keep in mind that tube equipment uses slow-blow fuses. If fast blow fuses are installed the amp will blow them instantly. | |
| Preamp sending amp into protect If the amp is stereo, yes, since the protection relay is common to both channels. | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? Question/clarification...since the ISO-Max transformer has a single ended input and a single ended output, are you using something like this Neutrik adapter to go from preamp balanced out to transformer rca input?No.The Jensen ISO-MAX can be su... | |
| Wide Bandwidth Amplifiers Problems So you are saying don't fall for the claim wide bandwidth is bad? Wide bandwidth is used to maintain phase relationships within the audio passband. To do this they have to go from 2Hz to 200,000Hz; 1/10th the lowest frequency and 10X the highest f... |