atmasphere
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| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 But ... it takes many tubes, it would add to the cost. I am not sure how expensive are the tubes ... @gte357s the power tubes are about 27.00 each. In a lot of cases a full set of them for our amps is less than one tube for some SETs!You will n... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume @tenorisWhy are you using a preamp? Your amplifier is an integrated amp. If its for the phono, use the tape output of the ARC instead of the main out- problem solved. | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. Atma-Sphere, I will never ride a bike with anything but Campy on it. That Jap stuff is cheap overweight crap. It only worked better if you did not know how to shift. My current bike is a Specialized S works Diverge with Campy Super Record 12 s... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry please post your favorite tonearms, except for Triplanar and SMEFWIW while I had the SME5 for some years, It's not one of my faves, although the 12" seems to be pretty nice. The 4-point arms from Kuzma have worked well for me. The problem here is ... | |
| Is idler drive better than belt drive or direct drive? What is important is that the turntable have a robust drive that does not slow down when the stylus lands in the groove and the like. So the motor should have a bit of torque! You'll find that the most respected machines have this quality and this... | |
| Need highly transparent detailed amp---how does Pass XA25 compare to Gamut D100/D200 MKIII @lcherepkai If you like the sound of tubes, but really want solid state then my first recommendation is for a Pass Labs amp. | |
| Reliability of brand I have read it typically cost around $300 to do a service and recap. Is that an accurate estimate.Most of the Macs we've seen have come in around that number to rebuild the power supplies and otherwise sort the amp out. So to me, yes, that's a rea... | |
| A 300B single end triode and Tannoy Devons To use an SET effectively, you need to not run it above about 20-25% of full power- this will keep distortion down that will otherwise cause the amp to sound 'dynamic' due to how the distortion interacts with the human ear. To do this in most room... | |
| Speaker hiss from power amp Interesting since I thought the point of using balanced interconnects was to reduce noise. Reducing artifact from the cables and reduction of ground loops are why.I suspect George is right; that this amp uses an additional circuit for the balance... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Hm, a turntable manufacturer thinks the arm is more important, a cartridge manufacturer think the cartridge is more important. Never mind that in the latter's explanation, he lists a number of reasons the arm is a lot more important than he sugges... | |
| Need highly transparent detailed amp---how does Pass XA25 compare to Gamut D100/D200 MKIII @lcherepkai 45 watts is a lot of power for an SET! Its very difficult to get good bandwidth in an SET with that sort of power, but its pretty easy with a more conventional Push-pull amplifier, and the power tubes are often much less expensive! Ou... | |
| How deadly is transformer hummm... Would 248F handle the temperatures within the ampNo worries.Oh, I will include this marvelous detail about the amp's design: "The transformers are made with grain orientated steel and impregnated with a special anti vibration varnish. Also the c... | |
| Need highly transparent detailed amp---how does Pass XA25 compare to Gamut D100/D200 MKIII Giving up on the SET amps. I don't want to replace another expensive tube and the heat from 805 tubes is a warm weather deal breaker. Considering the Pass XA25 @lcherepkai That's a big leap. The heat of tube amplifiers comes mostly from the c... | |
| Soundstage, layering and tube differences Do some tubes resolve the actual recorded room acoustics better or is it a matter of harmonic distortion giving the illusion of soundstaging and 3 dimensionality??Yes. They are lower distortion, sometimes due to geometry being a bit lower distor... | |
| How deadly is transformer hummm... @mrdecibel We had some very large EI core transformers on our MA-2 amplifier. One of them made a bit of humming. That was fixed by isomeric mounting; after that it was dead silent. The trick is not allowing the transformer or its mounting hardwar... |