atmasphere
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| Power regenerator vs conditioner Maybe newer PS Audio regenerators are much better, I don't know. Anyone compared ?Yes. The new ones seem considerably better. We could not run our gear on the older ones but we can now and they help out!Now those German things look serious and the... | |
| Bass Vs speaker efficiency Is it possible that their reasoning has less to do with cost (they can always pass on the cost) or precision (I’m sure they have the manufacturing prowess to address precision), but maybe they feel that less efficient speakers bring something t... | |
| Other Rectifier tubes Alternative for 5AR4 No. I mean that in your amp that quality won't make a difference. Cathode stripping is a phenomena of indirectly heated power tubes. Your power tubes are directly heated (the filament is the cathode literally) so cathode stripping is impossible. | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony I wonder if something about the circuit in my preamp is especially sensitive to microphonic tubes.@drewh1 It probably is. If that is the case, you have to handpick the tubes for low microphonics. Its a good idea to specify that to the supplier; if... | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? But during my test, I notice that it is not the case. I don’t know if its my system act differently or not. The problem is that your gear doesn't support the balanced line standard, also known as AES48. This means that the interconnect cables will... | |
| 845/211 tube amplifiers with kef reference 5? @thegreenman Unless you are in a small room there is simply now way any SET is going to do that speaker justice and the other way 'round. Don't do it! Your speakers need a bit of power, being rated at 90dB. KEF rates the speaker at 8 ohms, but th... | |
| Need preamp suggestion Do you need balanced operation? Phono section? | |
| Power regenerator vs conditioner I have owned passive conditioners, active conditioners, balanced transformers and regenerative conditioners. They all offer benefits. They do not sound identical.The best conditioner we've run into so far are the Elgar conditioners, where were m... | |
| Other Rectifier tubes Alternative for 5AR4 The reason I asked is that I have a Musical Paradise DAC which states that I can roll all those different tubes. In a DAC the current draw will be minimal (most rectifiers can handle the output section of an amplifier) so a wider variety of tubes ... | |
| Bass Vs speaker efficiency why do companies continue to make speakers below 89-88db? Is it just a conspiracy to sell mega-bucks amplifiers? Also, for some reason I have never met a high sensitivity speaker that I like. I listened to a bunch of Klipsch Heritage speakers (e... | |
| 6SN7 variants circa 2019 - tone, longevity, reliability, value The Shugung tube is NOS at this point. Production might happen again; the factory burned in August of 2019 and I heard they are looking for a new facility.The JJ tube has proven to be a good sub. | |
| Other Rectifier tubes Alternative for 5AR4 Its not an issue in this case since you have directly heated cathodes, but the 5AR4 also has a controlled warmup time to prevent cathode stripping. At any rate there aren't any good subs for it. | |
| Bass Vs speaker efficiency Am I wrong to think tight bass is a clean bass without being boomy?Clearly its a word that has different definitions with different people. | |
| NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or Agony NOS Tubes - Ecstasy or AgonyYes :)@drewh1 We use a lot of 6SN7s in our circuits both in preamps and amps. The Shugang tube is a copy of the Phillips JAN tube made in the late 1970s and early 80s and sounds almost the same. The Shugang factory bur... | |
| Best cost no object tube phono @rauliruegas Al (almarg) and Roger (ramtubes) have both passed on, RIP. |