atmasphere
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| Tubes? I am elated you have found a truely pistonic set of drivers from 20-33k. Another lap around the Mulberry....at least it is with somebody i deeply respectperhaps it’s definitional, but i think of breakup as signal going one way, cone or parts of co... | |
| Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control Looking for a phono preamp that has volume control. I've gone digital and sold my preamp. I don't want to convert the analog to digital and play it thru my DAC. And I miss my records. So I'm looking suggestions, preferably tube phono preamp wit... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? But even this Ralph is null and void also, when the equipment has regulated supplies, as many "directional fusers" claim differences in fuse direction on their preamps and source equipment with regulated supplies. As for them blowing for no rea... | |
| AnyFM tuner mechanics out there? I took a look at the wheel, and there are 2 springs. 1 is extended and the 2nd, not so much. @tablejockey This is a pretty common setup. I suspect as you work it back and forth, the spring tension will equalize and it should be fine. | |
| What tube pre-amps pair well with Pass amps? May I respectfully ask for the names of some pre-amps that meet AES48? Well ours do of course. Also Backert Labs, if you get the version with an output transformer to do the balanced output. Most preamps that use an output transformer in that man... | |
| Power Conditioners @puffball08 Nice! Sola has managed a nice improvement on where they were with this 20 years ago! 3% THD seems to be the number; A good power conditioner should be able to do about 0.5% THD (Elgar was getting this with their conditioners 35-40 year... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? a completely new multi-stage high voltage treatment process for the lowest noise floorNoise floor in a fuse? That is probably the thing that has to be explained. We've seen some fuses that have a Teflon or similar sleeve around the fuse element, p... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question I'm hoping for folks to compare:well matched amplification and speaker -- with TUBESvs.well matched amplification and speaker -- with SOLID STATEIf other factors are responsible for a sonic difference, then I do not have an answer to my question.T... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? I guess I'm just interested in what they are doing to that cheap SIBA fuse to make it sound so good? They are probably polishing the contacts, if the fuse is made by someone else. They might even be sending them out after that for silver plating.... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question In my experience it’s all about matching the amp and speakers.^^ This!If your speaker is of reasonable impedance in the bass (8 ohms or higher) then its no worries making bass. Some tube amps (like SETs) do have trouble making bass impact due to p... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. The Rohloff hubs are very cool but heavy. @mijostyn If you run belt drive its as light as any other system unless you run a single speed... | |
| Vinyl cut from a digital source is nothing but a vinyl cd. Digital audio suffers from dynamic compression for the fake loudness wars and vinyl cut from digital audio is for the most part unlistenable because of the dynamic compression. The only reason the record company would add dynamic compression to... | |
| AnyFM tuner mechanics out there? There is a spring located on the actual wheel that is on the tuning capacitor shaft. Is it loose or does it have tension on it? It should be stretched out to be about 3/4 of the distance between totally loose and the limits imposed by the wheel. T... | |
| Power Conditioners Yes, because the waveform is not sinusoidal. So a lot of higher harmonics will be present that are rarely on the AC line. Electronics tend to be fairly sensitive to the 5th harmonic (300Hz in the US) which is much greater when a ferro-resonant dev... | |
| Tubes? - sure you can get higher output but at what cost ? $33,000? The first breakup in my system occurs at 35Khz. The speakers are 98dB and 16 ohms, go flat to 20Hz. Classic Audio Loudspeakers Project T-3.3 |