atmasphere
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| Best Tube amp match for Dunlavy SC 4A speakers? What tap are you using with the ARC amps? | |
| Question regarding subwoofers If you can tell where the woofer is, its crossed over too high as @millercarbon points out. If it does not make any output above 80Hz it won't attract attention to itself. Your Acoustats go lower than that with ease, so this should be a simple mat... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux What is wrong with electricity? If it were not for electricity we would not be having this conversation. I think you lightly dismiss digital storage. With digital storage backups are always a necessity. :) My objection is having to use electricity... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 Apparently the 35wpc Naim 32.5/110 that I was using was not ideal.How do OTL amps fair with the wide impedance curve imposed on the amps by the speakers?The issue with most ESLs is that they are very unlike box speakers, so the usual 'voltage driv... | |
| Do you use a Subwoofer when listening to stereo? I find it rather comical that people can say phase is not an issue. Wire one of your speakers 180 degrees out of phase and what happens to the bass. @mijostynGenerally speaking, if you have a DBA setup, two of the subs will be in front and in ph... | |
| In praise of the ESL-57 The old ESL57s were a very good compromise. They play bass better than most people think; its important to get the right kind of amp on them to do that. They have a fairly high impedance in the bass and many amps won't make power into that impedan... | |
| Nakamichi 700 - need advice Be forewarned- if buying a 700, the record head is a known failure issue. If its bad, its really hard to find a replacement! I would not purchase one at any price if it cannot be demonstrated that the record head works. Otherwise you can find all ... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux As for tape degradation, the SSS (sticky shed syndrome) was a major problem on Ampex 406/407, 456/457, scotch 226/227, and a few others. After Quantegy stated they had fixed the binder problem I bought 4 new cases of 456 with the new and improv... | |
| Best Speaker for classical music Your taste in music will have nothing to do with the speaker, since what makes it good for classical will also make it good for rock, metal, jazz, folk and so on. This is because its impossible to make a speaker favor a certain genre; if someone i... | |
| Do you use a Subwoofer when listening to stereo? it is not fine to run satellites full range while adding subs for three reasons. First is you miss the opportunity to lower distortion and increase head room significantly in the satellites. Second is you make integration much more difficult. Y... | |
| What heat sink compound to use in a Musical Fidelity A1? The usual mistake is to apply too much, which is less effective and makes a mess. | |
| Amplifier warm up You can't take any good system seriously for the first 1/2 hour or so! | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Atmasphere, what is wrong with digital signal processing assuming it is used correctly? I know it is easy to screw things up, done correctly.Its easy to screw up is all! I prefer a minimalist approach, using as little as I can. The more DSP gets ... | |
| Have speakers really improved within the last 20 years?? why are you fellow goner’s (or me) even responding to this clown anymore. He’s a broken record.The thing to do is to report this thread as trolling. If everyone does that the thread goes away. This has happened to several other threads by the same... | |
| Phonostage, preamp or amp? Of all tubes power tubes are probably the least reliable.My suggestion is start with a tube phono section if it is to be a stand-alone from the line stage (which IMO is a bad idea but that is a topic for another thread). This might sound a bit odd... |