atmasphere
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| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... Whatever Mr Cox’s goal; he hit it out of the park, with the SVT.Yes- a real classic. | |
| How to accurately gauge speaker sensitivity to match with tube amp? The Focal isn't crazy low for tubes but it will give them a hard time. You should use the 4 ohm tap with this speaker.Generally speaking though if you want to get the best out of a tube amp then the speaker should not go much below 8 ohms especial... | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... Hm. Sounds like you have a baritone guitar. That has low E at 82Hz.FWIW the SVT amplifier was designed around hifi ideals (by Roger Cox who retired from his position as VP at Fender a few years ago), at least that's how he put it to me. | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? @ramon74 Technics are great turntables. Their tonearms are not nearly as good as the turntable is! The same goes for their platter pads.1.- buy yourself a nice vintage MM cartridge from the same era with Line Contact type stylus (avoid spherical/... | |
| Are these Speakers the BEST on Planet Earth ?... Uh @rodman99999 I play bass, started on string bass in 6th grade... low E is more like 41Hz. But most bass guitar cabs are set up to play 82Hz as the bass has a strong 2nd harmonic. Even though I might use a class D to power them, I prefer a speak... | |
| Starting to get interested in tubes Your Nova 300 is a better choice for use with electrostatic speakers than any tube amp! Why? Because all electrostats have a wild impedance curve that goes from high to low (1 ohm above 10 kHz). This is a brutal load for any tube amp. Add in th... | |
| A world class volume control for pennies on the dollar Not a bad idea, as achieving good CMRR would be difficult with a balanced pot due to variations in tracking across four sections.@dgarretson Actually if you have a balanced control, even if it does not track perfectly, its a lot better than appl... | |
| phono/preamp analog front end Can you explain how the resistor loading makes the cartridge cantilever stiffer? This absolutely does not make sense to me.Sure! All inductive electro-mechanical devices (like loudspeakers for example) have a magnet and a coil that interacts with ... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Sound-stage is based on volume (not phase dependent), ear to ear timing cues (also not phase dependent as long as shift is same for both speakers). That also primarily happens much less than 20KHz.I don't think I have ever read any experiment t... | |
| Is there a Solid State amp that can satisfy a SET guy? Neither can Class-D because of it's switching frequency and associated output filter to get rid of it, that brings phase shift down into the audio band as this shows in red. https://ibb.co/sjNy1FqThis statement is false in that it ignores entir... | |
| phono/preamp analog front end I quess my question to you is, should I feel good about that fact for the reason you stated?If its designed competently for LOMC cartridges, then there is no need for 'cartridge loading', so yes.sorry, fellas, but this is not my problem or concern... | |
| phono/preamp analog front end Just so I understand, you're saying that all phono preamps that have a loading switch inherently haven't effectively dealt with RFI issues in their design? Generally, yes, more to the point they've not sorted out how that peak affects the phono... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? As with any other genre it pays it have the original pressing; rock is no different!The originals of King Crimson, Yes, Jimi Hendricks, Crosby Stills Nash; too many to mention, but yes, it pays to have good playback. There are some awesome recordi... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Gawd- the original AR tt was awful. The motor was underpowered; the speed would oscillate back and forth just by setting the arm on the LP. The foam platter pad was a joke but the suspension and drive really needed it to be light. While the bearin... | |
| How does Shure V15 Type IV compare? The suspension on any cantilever of a stylus from the 70s, 80s or 90s is in a word 'shot' as it is perished. There is no way a stylus like this will perform properly- seek a new replacement. If not available there are many cartridges that will sou... |