atmasphere
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| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Are you implying a new design, new build?@sonetduo Nelson Pass had some made but then the semiconductor house went belly up. Unlike the Sony and Yamaha devices, you can actually kinda sorta find the Tokin devices... So that's about as close to '... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? There is a Japanese company making some decently high powered ones, can’t remember their name. @teo_audio If you are talking about 'VFETs' (Static Induction Transistors or SITs, are the exact same thing as VFETs FWIW...) then the name is Tokin. Bu... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? Ideally, a power amp should be able to deliver twice as much power at half the impedance. The way it can achieve this is if:This statement is false, on account of the fact that list following it is not what is needed. What is important here is tha... | |
| Reliability of brand Amplifier: Mcintosh MC2200, (it is old, I know, 1976 vintage)@sengr If your amp really is that old, if its not had the power supplies refurbished recently then you will want to get that done if you want that amp to run reliably. It will also sound... | |
| The Battle between Stiffness And Damping Of The Speaker Enclosures! In the 6moons review on page 4, they said they used a 300B amp with only 8 watts and it worked just fine and their room is not small.If the specs are correct, then this was entirely inappropriate use of an SET, since it would have been making a l... | |
| The Battle between Stiffness And Damping Of The Speaker Enclosures! Some say these Volya Bouquet Loudspeakers could be one of the very best on the market right now.. Seems unlikely. With rated sensitivity at 86dB, and impedance of 4 ohms, when you work out the math the efficiency is 83dB. That is a speaker that ne... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? what I want to know is what one hears with a 17 Hz bass response like the talons? How is that better than a speaker with a bass of 23 Hz? This is coming from the perspective that there is not that much recorded material able to provide 17 Hz. ... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry And is it also fair to see a boom as similar to the functions of a tone arm since it has also inside of the boom wires that carry the music’s electric signal from the mic to the recording magnetic tape? Right here is where the analogy falls apa... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Even Rega is a good tonearm and has not VTA adjustment.As long as you use their cartridge. Otherwise its problematic. Good luck if you want to use a different turntable or platter pad (as they affect the sound as well). Now, we can have a great c... | |
| End of the World system If the town had a high end shop, then there's likely a bike shop too. I'd stop there first- and make sure I had an air pump and some decent panniers. And find some bear spray. | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? The last time I heard one was a year and a few months ago. It seemed well- set up; the system in which is was playing sounded very good!When was the last time you heard a new SL1200G; especially, when was the last time you heard one with an upgra... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Although I do agree with others here that the stylus and cartridge maybe more important than the tone arm WHEN mechanically reproducing sound from vinyl.@tyray Dave Slagle recently sent an article to me by Peter Moncreif, who did some testing on... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers I’ve listened to several full range driver speakers and all have compromises. Either they are soft, or lack bass, or have whizzer cone artifacts. The Cube Audio Nenuphar look interesting with a 10" woofer and 3 whizzers. PHY has introduced a 6" dr... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? If your amp puts out 150 watts into 8 ohms and 200 into 4 ohms, it will drive your speakers just fine if you only need 100 watts into the 4 ohm frequencies to drive them as loud as you want to listen to them.Is that right, @atmasphere ?It is- an... | |
| My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJl_4IsQJ2g |