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| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration You would think just looking at a tube with it's delicate appearing insides that it would be sensitive to vibration. Is this reality or lay instinct? I use a tube phono stage which uses 6922's. It is not the tiniest bit sensitive to vibration, ... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State Amplifiers So for an OTL amp, you’re in need of a 16-ohm pair of speakers which I would think is rather limiting. @goofyfoot Just so you know, this statement is false. Smaller OTLs are nice on 16 ohms but FWIW the most popular speakers for many years with o... | |
| The Intellectual People Podcast - Ethan Winer (RealTraps) Anyone that tells you he is an expert is likely not; your best course of action in such cases is to turn around and run as hard as you can. Ethan was adamant that power cords could not make a difference so I asked him (here on audiogon) if he had ... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration For a long time I had troubles with foot falls regardless of my turntable.Bought a Sound Anchors equipment stand which helped the sound a lot. But the foot falls were still a thing. Then I got anti-vibration platforms to go into the stand, one for... | |
| SET vs OTL 2. Superiority is a given or an absoluteThis is correct. IMO/IME the OP question is a bit too broad. Some OTLs sound more like SETs (like ours, due to no feedback and otherwise masked higher ordered distortion content); some sound more like tradit... | |
| SET vs OTL And this is even in systems which are super efficient and made for SETs (single drivers, Audio note speakers etc). SETs sound like "they are here" whereas push-pull sound like "we are there". At any volume and with any speaker I have heard, thi... | |
| SET vs OTL That is also one reason SETs sound more vibrant & energetic compared to Push-Pulls. Actually what is happening is how the SET makes distortion. The energetic quality is due to higher ordered harmonics showing up on the transients when you ask... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. The reason I bring up cassette is that it’s a lot more annoying to make adjustments than on reel to reel, mostly you can’t trust cassettes to give you reliable results because the azimuth is always changing.Cassette alignment is very reliable. The... | |
| KLH model 9 electrostatic Speakers Will Dynaco st 70 watt good enough power for the nines?It will run them. But the amp, as good (as a refurbished one is) will be a bit outclassed. Yes, they would absorb some power but they would cost only $40 dollars and I bet you would still get... | |
| SQ - AV processor preouts vs. stereo linestage preamp wish i never learned about stereo pre’s - ignorance is bliss.But crappy sound isn’t. +1 | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! Spend some time with them in your own system and you will understand.I think he already does :)What parts are used specifically the GaNFET which is patented. A class D self-oscillating amp will have some sort of converter to convert a square wave ... | |
| SET vs OTL That speaker seems a bit on the low side of efficiency (93dB) for an amp of only 7-10 watts! Nice speaker though. I'd be putting at least 10x more power on that unless the speaker was in a small room. This is what I know about the Tenor (we had a ... | |
| After 50 years, I have finally found my destination amps... AGD Audions! Not sure I understand. If Alberto does hold a patent on the GaNFETs, are not his modules then uniquely designed and one of a kind. (other than the “tube” enclosure) Surely this is the case for much or some central part of the design? Are you sa... | |
| Best 40 to 50k used speakers My two picks:The Sound Lab Majestic and the Classic Audio Loudspeakers T-1Set up properly they sound very similar- both are quite fast since both have power supplies to run their diaphragms (the T-1 uses field coils).You'll need more power to run ... | |
| Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people. So, many of the consumer reel to reel decks sold on the market like cassette decks were manufactured with heads that never wear down. For that reason ferrite heads for example cannot be relapped. They never develop a flat spot.This statement is... |