atmasphere
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| Most desirable vacuum tubes for SET amps The best sounding SETs are the ones with the least amount of power. This is due entirely to the output transformer- the differences people talk about between the various tubes has more to do with the output transformer than the tubes themselves. O... | |
| Any electronic geniuses here? Here are a few other technical issues.Don't worry about the load on the cartridge. That is really only for the benefit of the phono section (ask if you need explanation). But you do have to worry about ringing from the transformer itself. If the t... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl Does it do it without the arm on the LP surface- if you just touch the sylus, can you set it off into pumping?If no, then the problem is simply that the turntable suspension, in tandem with a mismatch between the arm and cartridge, is the culprit. | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice I need to hook up the turntable and have not done that yet.Do that and try something with vocals. | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Can you get parts for older lathes and keep them running at spec? Is a high quality modern turntable quieter than a lathe?With my lathe its helpful knowing a machinist :) No worries keeping it at spec. I think the Technics SP10 Mk3 is in the sam... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive By the way, most of the vintage lathes are worm drive.Furthermore, DC motors have zero torque at constant speed.@dover These two statements are false. I own a Scully lathe which is typical of what was used to make many older recordings. Its not w... | |
| Table and arm combos in 13k range We've installed Triplanar arms (even the 12") on the Technics SL1200G, which makes for a state of the art machine. If you don't go for the 12" arm you'll have a budget for nice cartridge too. | |
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world Why do you have the right to claim ownership of the DBA concept by using a proprietary name like swarm?’ I decline to engage with Kenjit. No worries- he tends to troll this forum (or did until recently). A couple of threads of his got pulled down ... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl If you run a power cord from a different room (hopefully one not on the same circuit breaker) for the preamp, does it still do it? | |
| Plinius noise with balanced cables OK. If you plug in the balanced cables, but don't have anything at the other end, do you get the noise? | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice To be clear, I am talking about "bliss" and "sound" versus "blisss" and "ssound".I get it. Do you have another source besides CD? If no this could be a digital problem... is it in both channels?? | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 Dr. Floyd Toole showed that the total room energy of the speaker says a lot about how it will be perceived in many rooms- this moreso than on axis and off-axis response (both of which also have to be smooth...). It would be interesting to see how ... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive I’m guessing that AR didn’t believe there was a market for a more expensive model, given that the AR turntable was all about outstanding value for money. In fact it would take decades before it could be beaten on that score.I not sure I agree w... | |
| Devore Fidelity Orangutan O/96 The one fly in the ointment with all these anecdotes is no-one is talking about the amplification and its a huge variable with both of these speakers. One thing I've noticed at shows is when the room sounds good or bad, the speakers get the credit... | |
| The best speakers over 50K The Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-1 falls into this category. Its easy to drive (98dB and 16 ohms) is very fast, smooth and detailed; owing a lot to its field-coil powered midrange driver, which is a beryllium diaphragm with a Kapton surround... |