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| Preamp and impedance question thats good news that I can just add the volume pots. =)If the amp is a stereo amp, then a balance control is a really good idea. If they are monoblocks and each has its own volume, you have to manually adjust the volume for each channel- that gets... | |
| Thoughts about buying a Bedini 100 The electronics rework sounds simple for a competant tech - but should it cost around $500?Given what I've experienced doing exactly this, that doesn't sound that far off. | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? which of your Atma-sphere amps would you recommend to compete with the Berning at this level and what would be MSRP on that amp. @tBy your request, The M-60, base price is about 7700/pair, but I would have them fully optioned at which point they... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article Let's assume for a moment that wire is perfect. The only problem with that is wire isn't, so the math can't be realized. The example of the constant power amplifier as a tube-amplifier with transformer taps, is in my mind no different from the vo... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? @shkong78Just to be clear, the Berning is not an OTL. 'OTL' is an acronym for 'Output TransfomerLess'; thus refers to an amplifier with neither output transformers or solid state devices in the output section and the Berning has both (see the pate... | |
| Golden Tube Audio SE-40 I bought one for $300 about 15 years ago and gave it to a friend. That seemed a pretty good deal at the time. | |
| Thoughts about buying a Bedini 100 The Bedini is a fairly simple amp- so if it works at all, then the main filter caps and the filter caps on the circuit boards should be replaced. That should take care of it if the amp is otherwise in good shape. This isn't that crazy hard to do. ... | |
| Do single output device per phase amplifiers like GamuT and Gato have technical merit This is all about distortion and not really about anything else; the argument being that single devices wwon't make as much distortion since there aren't multiple devices where some can hog current (and thus saturate more easily).Multiple devices ... | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? The problem with a loudness function is that there is no way to set it up right. The idea is based on the Fletcher-Munson curve, which is variable depending on sound pressure. So the loudness has to be variable, the problem is knowing how to set i... | |
| How does adding a second subwoofer improve your systems SQ? You are getting a just sample of what’s going on down there, you are drawing conclusions about the Roger Waters track with regards to hearing it with two L and R subs, it’s obvious. Because if you did you wouldn’t be saying what you just said.I... | |
| I can prove your room is bad Up close, do you hear a better speaker (to you) than you do sitting down. I don't. My speakers sound a lot better at the listening chair. This is on account of the fact that they are rather large, and the midrange is a horn. You need to be a bit b... | |
| What could cause this amp to fail? What does the amp do with nothing connected to its output? Does the relay click? What happens if you only hook up one channel? | |
| What could cause this amp to fail? Have you tried it on different speakers? Its entirely possible that the amp is just fine and doesn't like the load. | |
| How does adding a second subwoofer improve your systems SQ? EG: Just listen to the second last track "It’s A Miracle" on Roger Waters "Amused to Death" at the end there is a kettle drum roll that rolls around the room on the ground from right to left and back again. If you had just one sub it would ruin... | |
| I can prove your room is bad My original point was to help audiophiles figure out if the direct speaker signal was making it well enough to their seat, without tools. Your question is, literally and figuratively, orthogonal to my own. ;-) Actually its spot on. Speakers radi... |