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| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. It makes sense that only putting out half the power (vs 8 ohms) with the same power supply and current could relax an amp at times, but I suspect otherwise.If you can find a solid state amplifier that makes more distortion into 16 ohms as oppos... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Problem is that speaker manufacturers never gives the whole impedance facts/measurements/charts. Tha’s why generalizations to say 8 ohm speaker spec means almost nothing. I choosed at random ( between hundred of ST measurement. ) and you can read ... | |
| Should I got full tubes or stick with hybrid amps? Am I right that the hybrid should have the warmth of the tube amps and the bass of SS? So, the best of both worlds?Brightness is caused by distortion when it comes to amplifiers. This is why so many traditional solid state amps have sounded brigh... | |
| Kuzma 4 Point Tonearm We ran the 4-point at one of the last T.H.E. Shows in Las Vegas (showing with Sound Lab) and got Best Sound at Show from Dick Olsher.I played Massive Attack and a good number of other cuts that put any system through its paces and the 4 Point hand... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Now, getting back to the amplifier factor, it is quite likely that the old version of the 845PX could have been driven more satisfactorily at midrange frequencies using a typical SS amplifier, because of the lower output impedance exhibited by ... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. I can't understand why you and any one else speak of 16 ohm, 8 ohm or 4 ohm speakers when the speaker impedance is not flat , it changes over its frequency range.Simply put, a nominally 16 ohm rated speaker will be higher impedance than a nomin... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. and used cable with plenty of conductor to do the job. @atmasphere by plenty you mean AWG correct? Yes. Bad editing. @elliotnewcombjr The level controls are there to allow you to adjust the speaker to your amplifier's voltage response. But to mai... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. I am not sure that generalization (16 ohms = lower amplifier distortion) would apply to every variety of solid state amplifier.@lewm If you know of one that actually has lower distortion into 4 ohms as opposed to higher impedances I'd love to know... | |
| V-Cap CuTF .22 on Gain Tubes-- Primaluna Dialogue HP Integrated This has been my experience as well- the V-Cap copper foil part is excellent and I've yet to encounter any annoying characteristics in it.I would have no concerns other than space in placing them in any output section. | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. My amp has 4, 8, and 16 taps. If my speakers are 4, what strain, if any, on any of my amp tubes will that have? If you put the speaker on the 4 ohm tap, none, but the output transformer will likely be losing some performance- they can often lose a... | |
| Technics SU-R1000 a new Class-D GaN Technology integrated They must have listened to what Cyrill Hammer designer of Soulution Audio had to say about Class-DGuessing not. Some of the numbers on the site you linked don't make sense. | |
| Wally Wally Wally @lewm Exactly- has someone started making his products again?? | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. They don't. It does change the sound and in making it more lean and etchy it can seem to be more detailed. Its not. This isn't how it works.What's going on is how the amp interfaces with the speaker, how the amp behaves when its driving a higher ... | |
| Tube Amp soundstage lots of feedback kills image depth, easy test with an SPL meter, genius ( mindful designer ) Roger Modjeski designed RM-9 with variable feedback :-) ears are requiredA bit of a correction here- feedback, properly implemented, does not kill imag... | |
| Need advice replacing my preamp When i tested Atma-Pre-amp to a SET amplifier Cables made a diffrent.Balanced and single-ended operation are mutually incompatible- its either one or the other. Single-ended systems are sensitive to the cable- that's always going to happen! |