atmasphere
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| Looking for my Final Pair!! Looking for my Final Pair!!You know that's funny right? because audiophiles.But seriously I've been running the Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T3 for the last 22 years and while I did get them updated, I've felt no desire to replace them. They a... | |
| Class-D Audio USA have just released their new GaN amp at the CES Technics with the SE-R1 have advanced it more than anyone, others to me have just gone sideways.That credit legitimately goes to Bruno Putzeys. | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? two of these op-amps are to buffer the signal to the tape output and level control, the remaining four for the two balanced outputs. These integrated circuits are specified as delivering high output with low noise. "Could we deduct something fr... | |
| Merlin VSM MME Master BAM Modification Oh of course, im on touch with him. Just wondering what people do. I do want to change slightly the tonal balance, so im curious.This speaker was designed to work with amps that had a fairly high output impedance. That might be why you’re having a... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? I might be off here, but class A amps don’t drive lower impedance speakers very well either. Most class A amps aren’t stable into 2 ohm loads. Krell being one Of the exceptions.The class of operation has nothing to do with what load impedance th... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? Will that configuration really make a big difference? @rlb61 Did you notice a difference in the mains between not having the sub hooked up and all, and having it connected but its volume turned all the way down? If there is no difference then your... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? You would run dual balanced outputs, one set to your main power amp. The other set would go to the ISO MAX units (left and right channels). Only at that point would you use RCA connections, between the ISO MAX units and your sub. So the ISO MAX un... | |
| Cons of using main XLR/Balanced outs for subwoofer? @cardani If the RCA outputs are in parallel with the balanced outputs on your preamp then what you describe makes sense. If it were me I'd be using the Jensen ISO MAX subwoofer transformers to do the conversion and not use the RCA outputs of the ... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? Are class A amplifiers significantly harder to engineer, or they are about the same but only bring some of the well-known things (heat) with them simply because of class?Also, how does efficiency of class-A amplifiers compare with other classes ... | |
| VINYL SUCKS! I mostly agree with him- just a couple of beefs:Who dusts records that way? So much easier to simply leave the LP on the platter and let it do the spinning, unless the turntable is so yukky it stops turning with this sort of use.He is incorrect ab... | |
| Horn speakers , high efficiency but not “shouty” I challenge you to A/B your horns with any model of Magnepan speakers and see if you still want the horns. Listen especially to voices and "quiet" instruments.I've been doing this for several decades now. I like the Maggies if you have the righ... | |
| Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?” Different resistors, capacitors, wires endow amplifiers with unique and often predictable coloration/qualities. Do these components vary in their distortion/phase attributes in predictable/measurable ways? Yes. Its also predictable that if a p... | |
| Are there any preamps that can work with 2 amps and a sub woofer? Are there any preamps that can work with 2 amps and a sub woofer?Sure. Its not the number of outputs on the preamp, its whether the preamp can drive the combined impedance of all the amp inputs in parallel. Since your main amps have balanced input... | |
| Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ? In solid state amps only a handful and in tube only a handful also they are incredibly difficult to make and unreliable due to heat generation because of the 10 percent efficiency. So most of the makers if not all stopped making them. This stat... | |
| 845/211 tube amplifiers with kef reference 5? Am curious, how about push-pull 845 amplifiers in monoblock configuration? Eg 50w class A, each channel driven by 2 845 or 211 tubes? Would those be sufficient to drive the kef reference 5? If the amp uses feedback you'd probably be alright. The... |