atmasphere
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| Table and arm combos in 13k range We've installed Triplanar arms (even the 12") on the Technics SL1200G, which makes for a state of the art machine. If you don't go for the 12" arm you'll have a budget for nice cartridge too. | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Why do you have the right to claim ownership of the DBA concept by using a proprietary name like swarm?’ I decline to engage with Kenjit. No worries- he tends to troll this forum (or did until recently). A couple of threads of his got pulled down ... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl If you run a power cord from a different room (hopefully one not on the same circuit breaker) for the preamp, does it still do it? | |
| Plinius noise with balanced cables OK. If you plug in the balanced cables, but don't have anything at the other end, do you get the noise? | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice To be clear, I am talking about "bliss" and "sound" versus "blisss" and "ssound".I get it. Do you have another source besides CD? If no this could be a digital problem... is it in both channels?? | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 Dr. Floyd Toole showed that the total room energy of the speaker says a lot about how it will be perceived in many rooms- this moreso than on axis and off-axis response (both of which also have to be smooth...). It would be interesting to see how ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I’m guessing that AR didn’t believe there was a market for a more expensive model, given that the AR turntable was all about outstanding value for money. In fact it would take decades before it could be beaten on that score.I not sure I agree w... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 The one fly in the ointment with all these anecdotes is no-one is talking about the amplification and its a huge variable with both of these speakers. One thing I've noticed at shows is when the room sounds good or bad, the speakers get the credit... | |
| The best speakers over 50K The Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-1 falls into this category. Its easy to drive (98dB and 16 ohms) is very fast, smooth and detailed; owing a lot to its field-coil powered midrange driver, which is a beryllium diaphragm with a Kapton surround... | |
| What's your favorite boutique speaker maker Audiokinesis. Duke is a great guy (probably best-known for his Swarm subwoofers). His regular speakers have always been a good combination of performance batting far out of his price points. Easy to drive and good on making bass for the size of th... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl Thanks! Is this affected by the volume control? | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Regarding the sibilance- that really shouldn't be showing up at all, even on a new speaker (it might be bright until it breaks in, but sibilance suggests something wrong). Does it do this on all sources? | |
| Tube amp bias adjustment advice but I asked my GF and she said it sounds balanced when seated in the middle.Yikes! Do you notice any hearing loss in other situations? | |
| Plinius noise with balanced cables It might be that Plinius is using an additional circuit to convert from balanced to single-ended. This is a common practice (not one I'm in love with...). If the opamp associated with the conversion has gone noisy, that would certainly explain wh... | |
| Cassis Grounding Solution A customer of mine had Tara Labs cables. I'm familiar with them.Our preamp was the first balanced line preamp offered for home audio use. Put another way, we introduced balanced line operation to high end audio, way back in 1989. If you follow al... |