atmasphere
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| The speaker/amplification wars continue Triode mode can not produce slam when needed, as in Elliott Carter vocal work, Whats Next operetta.Yes, you need enough power and this is probably true of your amps but not of all triode amps :) But if you have enough power from a triode amp there... | |
| How do you know if you need to add a sub (without auditioning one, I mean)? Thanks for the responses so far. Is there a consensus as to how much one needs to spend to get a decent sub that really makes a difference? I’m not saying I want to spend the bare minimum, I’m just interested in a basic parameter.There are plen... | |
| Issue with dynamic range database Is vinyl sometimes mastered with greater dynamic range than digital releases of the same album though? Many people believe that is the case.This is certainly true; we always try to get the file with the least amount of DSP (other than normalizati... | |
| Preamp advice needed Well of course we make the MP-1 and MP-3 which are both balanced and with balanced phono sections if you want. The MP-1 has the distinction of historically being the first balanced line preamp made for home audio. You don't see them coming up used... | |
| The speaker/amplification wars continue I would guess each has tube has their pluses over the other. That is correct. Triodes makes less power but are more linear (allowing them to sound better). Pentodes wired in triode (that switch to which you referred) aren't the same thing! Triode... | |
| Issue with dynamic range database It is not something you can modify so, who cares?So how you can draw such conclusion - dynamic meter is false? Steve didn't check to see how the loading was affecting the playback- in this case a high output MM cartridge was used. If you don't loa... | |
| "not about the $, its about what does it take to engineer a machine that becomes invisible I completely understand why many listeners prefer and seek out the rich harmonic distortion of tube amps and similar gear that doesn’t perform so well on a test bench. The problem here is that most solid state amps make harmonic distortion too- ... | |
| The speaker/amplification wars continue ith respect to tube types in pushpull amps, I tend to like 6L6, KT66, EL34, and EL84 tubes over the likes of 6550, KT88, KT120 and KT150 tubes. You might consider what push pull *triode* amps can do. Triodes are a lot more linear than pentodes ... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading Perhaps the Pass is one of those phono stages that's not that sensitive to loading. Yes. Nelson knows what he's doing. | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading However I suppose it could also be an option for the customer who needs to tame their systems tendency towards brightness. At least that was an early finding I had with some different components. ThanksIts not always an option to seek out a pho... | |
| The speaker/amplification wars continue @mozartfan While I am also a fan of easy to drive speakers, regardless of your conclusion I really should point something out. The Defy 7 is a rather large amplifier and a 211 SET is not. In a nutshell if you want to know how PP does against SET, ... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? Within very generous tolerances, humans are insensitive to phase shifts. He also points out that in a normal room sound is reflected many times from objects at multiple distances resulting in enormous amounts of phase shifts that dwarf the far ... | |
| Running LOMC with MM (47K) loading You load the cartridge to what sounds good to you on your system and every system is different it is not a band aid but a load as you like itIts a band-aid in the sense that if the phono preamp doesn't have a problem with RFI injected at its inpu... | |
| Nakamichi RX-505 and some nice tapes for it The failure mode is the head winding fails. So the playing surface can be just fine. | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? But the way human ears INTERPRET and PERCEIVE the sound experience in a specific room with specific gear is different for each of us... It is the reason why in the publicity of the marketing of electronical equalizer company recommend it to mak... |