atmasphere
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| 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 ... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume Good to know the A30 volume pot does not degrade the signal when set lower than full. I learned something. @audite84 The volume control is a 100K device. Combined with the input capacitance of the voltage amplifier tubes (which are essentially 6S... | |
| Line Stage Preamplifiers AX vs AU ^^ Yes- once you hear what they do its hard to go back to miniature tubes. | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 No tube amp is likely to have the same dramatic bass punch as a powerful SS amp will. That's not why people buy tube amps.These days most solid state amps have output impedances so low that they overdamp the loudspeaker; no speaker made needs more... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @mijostyn That 92 degree SRA thing is an approximation- an average. Any LP will actually be slightly different. Hard to know how much of it you'll actually hear. | |
| What tube amp for Harbeth 40.1 Tested on my Spatial Audio X5, the 8W one sounds more dynamic. Naturally- SETs make distortion in such a way that the distortion sounds like 'dynamics' to our ears. But I get your point- we have a lot of Harbeth owners as customers and somehow the... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume Quite often George and I disagree, but not here. @mrdecibel This 'integrated' amp does not employ a separate gain stage for a preamp section. Its a power amp circuit (a variant of the Williamson circuit) and simply has enough gain that any source... | |
| Line Stage Preamplifiers AX vs AU I was told that a 12BH7 can be used as a replacement for a 12AU7. Is that true? I've read notes about this compare, So I boughta bunch of 12BH7's, and none stood up to Tele 12AU7 as far as sonics, sound stage etc. As I mentioned above, there a... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume when I put the AR I notice a plus in terms of presence and forcefulness of the musicOK. I asked simply because with a high level signal like a CD player I would not have expected adding additional circuitry would have helped out. | |
| Line Stage Preamplifiers AX vs AU @yogiboy Yes, but you have to deal with the filament wiring, as the 12BH7 has a 12V center-tapped filament similar to a 12AU7. The 6CG7 can only be operated with 6.3V filament voltage. But the rest of the pin basing of the two tubes is the same, ... |