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| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Agree with “erniesch", his statement is 100% correct: "Never mind that just inside the wall is the cheapest copper lines the contractor could buy.” Last two feet power cable 10 or 18 AWG difference is drop in the ocean, if power lines inside ho... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? But pream has to have output stage that drives interconnect and relatively low impedance (compared to tube input inside amp) of power amplifier input. The interstage driver in integrated amplifier is much easy to design and doesn’t have to have... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? It’s so interesting that folks think they need a high quality power chord and expensive interconnects. Never mind that just inside the wall is the cheapest copper lines the contractor could buy. If you are suggesting that a power cord does not o... | |
| Unsure how to set levels to use tubes and power amp together Volume pot on pre does not have detents (would/could changing the volume pot to one with detents, give better control?)...No. You have more control when its continuously variable. I'd back off on the amp volume controls, maybe to 3 o'clock, and se... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object At least this way is more fun - but really nobody is gaining any insight from these kinds of questions & responses. I seem to recall posting on this thread earlier, but if I didn’t: defining what is meant by ’best’ is a good place to start. Th... | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Each amplification stage, capacitor and cable add distortions and noise. All those gain stages are in an integrated amp too. Usually though you have a greater chance of lower noise with separates since crosstalk and intermodulations from the other... | |
| THD vs. S/N+D The various harmonics are perceived by the ear in different ways. So THD doesn't tell the whole story, and often amps with low THD might not sound as good as an amp with higher THD. Here's some of why:The ear does two things with harmonics. One is... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive But I can't hear the sleeve bearings on my little Premotec either - not until it is connected to the platter by a belt, and then only through the playback amplification. So I think that sleeve bearings are a problem anywhere in the chain, and t... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive They had a naked motor available for admiration, and so I picked it up, put it next to my ear, and I could hear the sleeve bearings when I twisted the spindle. Once the motor is prepped for operation it might not do that. I pulled the motor out... | |
| is it possible to make digital audio sound like vintage vinyl No, you don’t. The s/n, FR, and resolution of a hi-res digital file far exceeds that which can be pressed to LP. No information is "discarded."This statement is problematic. LPs since the 1960s have had bandwidth to 40KHz and beyond- I suspect th... | |
| best preamp ever - cost is no object Here we go again- zombie thread come to eat your brains! | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Taking away the flexibility factor of separates, is my line of thinking correct?No. If you want to build an integrated amplifier that has the same performance as separates, you would have to have individual power transformers for each power amp in... | |
| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? All I do is dust my LPs So that my stylus doesn't wind up making distortion near the end of the LP side due to dust build-up. I never wash the records, don't do anything about static or 'magnetic' fields. I just play the records and most of them a... | |
| Matching for Music: Speakers or Electronics? It is generally accepted that there are speakers that match well with certain genres of music as there are electronics (mainly amplifiers) that match well with certain genres of music.This is arguably the biggest myth in audio. Its impossible to... | |
| Convergent Audio SL1 Ultimate vs I have seen them list over a range of 2,500 to 3,200 That seems cheap for that preamp. But there are other preamps which compare favorably. Is your power amp single-ended or balanced? |