atmasphere
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| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? if a piece of equipment, let's say a CD player, has multiple fuses, let's say eight of them, how does the improvement go? The voltage drop across the fuse is the issue. I seriously doubt you would be able to measure or hear anything in a CDP, sinc... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The decibel reading at my chair is averaging 80 dbl with peaks at 92 dbl. @dsper50 watts should be enough unless your room is really big. Can it cover the low frequency impedance dips.Our amps are some of the most sensitive of amps to load, and e... | |
| Better Cartridge/Turntable advice for old-school Hip Hop music @hoangkhoi1207Its Impossible to build any sort of audio equipment that favors or excludes any kind of music genre- to electronics and turntables, its all just a signal. If someone found a way to favor a certain genre of music with a speaker, turnt... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration @billwojo : atmasphere started about.R.This statement is false. Res ipsa loquitur when one is willing to contradict their self in order to make someone else wrong. | |
| Ground loop feedback - cable wire issue An unusual trick that can work wonders is to flip the AC supply polarity of the offending device, in this case the preamplifier.You can only do this if the preamp employs a 2-prong AC connection! Ground loops occur when different parts of the syst... | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 It sounds “harder” and dryer. Musical instruments sound very good. I think for classical, I likely prefer SS. However, for vocal, it is not as sweet, and the sound is less holographic. The classic solid state complaint.Pass Labs makes sweeter ... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl @last_lemming Since a number of things have been tried on the 'table, I am starting to suspect the phono section might be playing a role. What kind is it?The fact that its a problem with the turntable and not the CD player rules out the line stage... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The speakers in question are Tyler Acoustics. Tyler advised me they are 8 ohm 88 dbl and should not dip below 6 ohms. @In terms of impedance this speaker is an easy load (which is good regardless of what kind of amp you have, but with tubes this i... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? @danvignau It appears you didn't read the first page of this thread:As to why the fuse makes a difference, its easy to measure. Its the AC voltage drop across the fuse. Because fuses have to heat up in order to blow. as the amp is playing peaks... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question Take something like the Benchmark AHB2 noise and distortion is below audibly of humansYes- what is happening here is that this amp has enough feedback to sort things out. This value tends to be north of about 35dB. By 'sort things out' I mean that... | |
| Best way to measure an Amp's power capability So what is the best way of telling if an amp is high currentIts also a good idea to know what is meant by 'high current'. Many manufacturers specify a current value independently of the output power of the amp, but current can't exist without volt... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? Digital quality has already surpassed analog at one quarter of the cost. One does not need to know the technology to know this is not true. The reason is simple: the period of least vinyl production was 1992-1993, which to be clear was about 27 y... | |
| What's going on with Synergistic Research fuses? Quantum TunnelingAnytime I see the word 'quantum' used in conjunction with audio I turn and run the other way as fast as I can. I say the mains itself fluctuates more than this voltage drop anyway.This is true, and is part of the reason that a sy... | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics The most popular speaker used with the M-60 amplifier for many years was the Merlin VSM. It too was 8ohms, dipping to 6 with a rated sensitivity of 89dB. So the total power is really the issue- is 60 watts enough in your room? | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question What did I give up? Distortion. Distortion is what causes solid state amps to be bright and harsh. |