atmasphere
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| Solid states more accurate than tubes? but then those easy to drive/efficient speakers themselves are not the most accurate things to listen to. This is highly debatable! Many of the Wilson speakers made in the last 20 years are very easy to drive. An easy load to drive has a serious a... | |
| what is your opinion ? as far I know everything copy of copy nothing is original even in terms of Audio engineering J.Futterman came up Design of with OTL amps rather talented E.engineers improve or re create their own design@sabih Just FWIW, the OTL we make is not a... | |
| Do the best audio designers put their ears before the numbers. Subjectively speaking, most of our hearing can’t be measured in a way that tells us how something will sound. So if we can’t measure our hearing to correlate with the numbers ( measurements) used by manufacturer’s of audio components, why are t... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active Are you the guys who do OTL amps?Do you do “ just” phono pre’s ? We do the OTL amps, but so far have avoided stand alone phono sections as we are convinced that they work better when they are integrated into the same chassis as the line stage, thi... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Since when?. Everything the same the cartridge self quality level performance is an makes a difference.Apparently since tonearms have been available that are adjustable enough that they can really get the cartridge to track properly. | |
| what is your opinion ? Maybe Ralph may want to comment on how the 3C24 would match with your Altecs.I think it might work rather well but the design of the output transformer would be paramount, as this tube likes to run at some pretty high voltages! This requires a hig... | |
| Phono Preamp. With transformer or fully active @intactaudio I don't see you commenting about the transformer loading in your post. I know that this bit is problematic: If you take a 2Ω cart and use a SUT designed for 40Ω, the LF extension will be down into and past record warp and tonearm res... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry The big deal you're going to find is that if the tonearm properly tracks the cartridge, then the choice of cartridge is far less important than people make it out. By 'properly track' I mean that no matter what is in the grooves, the music is alwa... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration The Triplanar is one of the most adjustable tonearms made. Its bearings are several grades harder than those used in the SME arms. So it has very low 'sticktion' as well.I operate a small LP mastering operation; the Triplanar is the only arm I've ... | |
| Tube Amps and Friendly Speakers - Back Impedance You may say, ... hey my amp is not supposed to be a tone control. Why should I settle for an amp whose output changes with FR and speaker impedance?One should keep in mind also that the human ear assigns a tonality to all forms of distortion. I... | |
| what is your opinion ? I run horn speakers and I've run SETs on them many times. But I prefer an OTL on them as it has obviously wider bandwidth, lower distortion, greater detail, etc. No going back. | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? Many people take the brightness of traditional solid state as detail but in fact most of the time its simply distortion. If the amp is truly low distortion at all frequencies then it will be more detailed but also relaxed.If we are talking about p... | |
| Solid states more accurate than tubes? The problem here is what solid state amp vs what tube amp.And this has everything to do with Gain Bandwidth Product, which is a factor that can limit how much feedback an amplifier has. For this reason, IMO traditional solid state amps are not mor... | |
| what is your opinion ? Altecs have controlled directivity in the mids and highs. Your panel speakers need to use the wall behind them to work properly- that needs to be about 5 feet minimum and you can’t have side walls too close or the reflections will mess with the so... | |
| Power Management Options:Opinions Solicited One thing you might want to consider is that if the Halcro preamp prefers to be plugged in directly into the wall, the conditioner that you compared it with is really not doing you any favors.You could have the outlets mounted on the floor rather ... |