atmasphere
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| Neutral Sounding Tube Amps - what gives? I'm just curious to see if I'm missing something.You are, if the colorations are what draw you in. In looking to avoid colorations I find unpleasant, I've been drawn to tubes because they are less likely to have the colorations of 'bright and har... | |
| SET amps Make sure you have speakers of sufficient efficiency! If you really want to get the most out of your amp, the speaker should be sufficiently efficient such that the amp is never pushed past 20-25% of full power. This will allow the distortion of t... | |
| Phono Preamp loading for Hanna EL The hana el is the bargain of the century in phono cartridges imo. Alnico magnets, excellent tracker, low output moving coil, and beautiful to look at, all for $475. I’m sure the SL and the ML are fantastic as well, but to me this el is the tre... | |
| seeking ‘HORN’ ideas apart from Klipshc Lascalla @blindjim Didn't I meet you this last February in our room at the Tampa audio show? We were playing the Classic Audio Loudspeakers, one of two models- the Hartsfield reproduction, which is 16 ohms and about 105dB, or the T-1 which is 16 ohms but ... | |
| AR Sp8 possible breakdown These capacicitors have been recently checked and are in their correct values, also in case that is the reason for the problem; Wouldn’t it be present on both channels?Correct value isn't so much the issue as whether or not the caps are drawing ... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl Again, on quiet passages. It’s not a physical manifestation, it’s electrical. @last_lemming Is there any sort of digital, bluetooth or other device that can make RFI near the phono preamp or phono? I've seen cell phones induce woofer pumping as w... | |
| Phono Preamp loading for Hanna EL But it may be a little too hot or edgy on top. If so this is called ringing, only in this case its electrical, and reduced by loading the cartridge down with a lower impedance@millercarbon This statement is only true if its a high output cartr... | |
| Swarming! the swarm was going to be the room treatment. +1 This is how to think about it.Vangelis- Conquest of Paradise soundtrack (LP)Global Communication 76 14 (LP)Massive Attack 100th Window (45rpm edition)King Crimson Islands (US Atlantic white cover ed... | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world I wondered if it was possible the bass traps simply didn't have the absorption (grunt) power to transform the energy from the subs, though enough to deal with the midbass??The problem is standing waves in the room. Bass traps need to be where th... | |
| Preamp Rectifier Tube Confusion If this indeed due to a voltage increase or decrease, so be it, but it did and does change the sound.I'm sure it does! But that is the only reason they make a difference- and if its all about getting the best sound, you can do better than that b... | |
| Leave tube amps always on? His reasoning was that it uses considerable more energy to turn on/off on a regular basis. Do others agree? Uh, no. Not even other manufacturers. He should have done his math before saying something like that. Now the amps probably take about an... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl But compatibility isn’t the issue. The same equipment and rack in another room doesn’t cause pumping. @last_lemming This is an important clue! This means its clearly mechanical feedback between the woofers and the turntable. | |
| AR Sp8 possible breakdown With a preamp or any electronics this old, the first thing to attend to is getting the filter capacitors in the power supplies replaced. This should be done before looking at any other problems, as old filter capacitors can easily damage the power... | |
| yet another tube preamp recommendation thread What sort of amplifier is being used- tube or solid state, single-ended input or balanced? | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration I know is prety bad but this is not the real true issue.When your comments become unintelligible, its actually hard to tell. |