atmasphere
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| Tubes? @tobor007 Something you might want to keep in mind is that making an amplifier work hard for a living will result in harsher less involving sound. This is simply because the amp will make more distortion.Tube amplifier power is expensive relative... | |
| Power Conditioners I’m surprised in this thread and some others no mention is made of Sola ferroresonant transformers. I don't see why- ferroresonant transformers make a fair bit of noise in their output, which should be a sine wave for best results. They are good a... | |
| adjustable "fixed" bias amps @lonetoeTechnically speaking, 'fixed bias' and 'adjustable bias' are the same thing. 'Fixed' refers to fixing the bias voltage to a particular value.Normally you set the bias to the manufacturer's spec. I suspect your amp uses the 300bs in paralle... | |
| What amp to match with Spatial Audio M3 Sapphire open back speakers So I need to stay away from amps that are picky and will highlight lesser recordings to the point of making them very hard to listen to. In short, I need a high quality yet forgiving amplifier.IOW an amp that does not editorialize when presented... | |
| Tube amp crackle noise with pre-amp volume at zero. Anytime you change something and a problem shows up, its a good bet that the thing you changed has something to do with it. | |
| What tube pre-amps pair well with Pass amps? One thing about balanced operation is that it is meant to help reduce the effect of the interconnect cable. If you've ever auditioned interconnect cables and heard a difference you know what I'm talking about. Audio engineers frequently poo-poo th... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? But how do we know that the power amp don't color the sound as well since the signal has to go through different circuits there.Simple: It does. | |
| Is idler drive better than belt drive or direct drive? @oldhvymec You can still get recording tape including cassettes- talk to the good folks at ATR. If you get some Silica Gel packets and a plastic bag, throw in the packet when you store the tape in its bag in its box. It lasts a lot longer before ... | |
| Options for ridding records of static electricity my lp12 platter is damped, it is not stock. I has a near zero mass addition that drops the residual ring out of it by probably ......4+ magnitudes in length/tail (time)Damped and near zero mass addition?? The only way I know of to do that is by ma... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? Value for money is not, it would seem, high on most high end manufacturer's list. Not to say there are not a few companies that do offer value for money, but they do seem to be the exception, and not the rule, IME. Probably a big part of this i... | |
| Options for ridding records of static electricity The Linn felt mat damps out the platter and is spec’ed for the table. While I suspect you have not really AB’ed a number of mats for the Linn, the unfortunate thing ( unfortunate, as the felt mat does incur static) is that of all the mats I hav... | |
| Options for ridding records of static electricity Felt is terrible for a mat. The only reason it gets used is for DJ stuff where it can act like a clutch- you can stop the LP but the platter continues to spin.The function of the platter pad is to damp both the LP so it does not talk back to the c... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume AR output stage circuit diagram. https://ibb.co/Chrcx4tOMG- while you are at it, jumper out R-30, C25 and C26. This will allow the feedback to include everything that occurs at the output of the preamp. I would also consider eliminating the C24 by... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 I watch that video, it is interesting. But I have a question. Is it really the speaker drawing power? I don’t think the speakers draw power, but it is the amp pushing power, right? I have a question. if we play the same music, volume knob a... | |
| Is idler drive better than belt drive or direct drive? By the way - tapes have massive droppoff in high frequency over time, not to mention bleed through ( from layer to layer ). I used to import Reference recordings - talk to Keith Johnson about tape quality, there is no decent tape made any more ... |