atmasphere
Responses from atmasphere
| How deadly is transformer hummm... Since this amp employs an EI core power transformer, DC on the line really won't affect it. But if the cores are not secured properly, it can vibrate. The four screws on the power transformer at each corner might simply be loose. Its worth it to s... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry Now granted there are a few talented experienced folk that can reach optimization by ear, but many/most have not experienced “optimum”. @atmasphere seems to be alluding that there’s much more performance that can be wrung out of your existing c... | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? @unsound +1 | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. The torque of a direct drive motor is now superfluous. A quiet environment is far more critical. You have to isolate the platter, tonearm and cartridge from everything. IMHO this is far more difficult than cutting a lacquer.Since I've had to s... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry the Denon 103 is a pretty nice cartridge for the money.It is. Lots of nice comments from our customers. Second the suggestion of a Hana cartridge. And a third. One of my employees uses this cartridge- tracks anything. | |
| My #@%$ Cat Destroyed My ARC REF 5SE. Soliciting Suggestions. @wAbout 20 years ago we had a preamp out for review with Harry Pearson of TAS. His cat urinated in the preamp section. It came back to us to see what we could do- it was a mess. I took it to a car wash, the manual kind with the high pressure spray... | |
| Honest question about cartridge vs. turntable performance. why is it that the vast majority of the most high-end turntables are belt drive? Its low-tech and easy to get good results? | |
| Same watts at 8 and 4 ohms? This is the false statement, and is the typical statement of amp manufacturers that can’t double down with their amps.This statement is false.I recently serviced out a Realistic receiver with 18 watts. Even though it has no chance of doubling its ... | |
| Krell Fpb 300 engage capacitor for tube preamp I bought a Krell FPB 300 to run my tube BAT Vk 30 preamp.Does anybody have the instructions on how to engage the capacitors on this Krell amplifier to be able to run a tube preamp like this one.@dilly3364 Krell has been for years actively spre... | |
| Is the preamp the “heart” of the system? @mijostyn If we are using an anatomy analogy then the amps and speakers are more like the leg muscles and legs themselves. They won't do much if they don't get a signal- and the key to that is a good preamp, one that is transparent enough that a ... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry But doesn’t all the magic happen in the (LIVE) recording venue of the studio? The position, location and placements of (booms) mics, musicians, room sound treatments, the experience level of a competent recording engineer ect? Am I wrong to not... | |
| Looking for tonearm inspiration I asked for facts that can support it and his answer was and is: dead silence as in other of my questions.I stopped answering simply because it was patently obvious you were not interested in the answer, although there is one and its actually rath... | |
| 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... |