atmasphere
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| Non Analytical Sounding DAC Upgrade- Budget $1,500 or less Just for fun I picked up a Topping D-30 as it was getting some nice comments online. It was about $120.00 on ebay. I've seen it beat out a variety of much more expensive units! Smoother, more 3D and not bright. Quite a surprise! The last DAC it be... | |
| If you listen to anything other than Classic Jazz, don't read this. I will simply say that I have not yet found the "perfect" speaker or one that is absolutely best with all types of music. I wish I could, it would save me a lot of time, money and aggravation.Sound Labs are great with everything I've thrown at t... | |
| INPUT/OUTPUT IMPEDANCE Who does it? or did it? Thanks...@oldhvymec The best-known example IMO is Ampex in their 351 electronics, which were the tape electronics used to make many early stereo LPs like RCA Living Stereo and the like. | |
| What am I missing? Pre/power gain and input sensitivity. My main objection to vinyl is the ticks, pops, and noise.@cat_doorman A lot of ticks and pops that people react to when playing vinyl are caused by the phono preamp itself (due to high frequency overload) and aren't actually on the LP itself. Its ... | |
| Feedback Ralph (@atmasphere), what do you think of Mr. Putzeys’ statement that ...... the idea that feedback causes TIM is probably most noteworthy for being not just wrong, but also the exact opposite of the truth. TIM happens in the input stage. An in... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower This was covered in detail on the Copernican thread. I remember something about that. If the devices (such as the arm pod or the base of the platter system) use isomerics or the like between them and the plinth that **will** result in coloration. ... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower Have you guys ever seen Halcro’s photos of the interior of his Halcro preamplifier? Something like that in black.Yes- we donated one of our Atma-Sphere model 208 turntables to the local audiophile society and someone there used a 'paint' like that... | |
| If you listen to anything other than Classic Jazz, don't read this. While I respect and admire both of these industry stalwarts, I disagree with their assertions. I do agree with atmasphere that no rational mind would purposely design a speaker to play only one type of music. But that does not mean that all spe... | |
| Feedback Nobody with a solid working knowledge of feedback theory chooses to avoid it. “I choose to avoid feedback” is an all too transparent code for “I’ve yet to figure it out”. The above is from the article. Its not exactly correct, although the gist of... | |
| Most Musical 6NS7 tube for a Preamp? atma- Sorry. How much is the MP 1's retail? (That is the 2 chasis, 6NS7model correct)?@chorusYes, but the MP-1 is balanced. We make three preamps- in your case the UV-1 is probably the preamp to look at since your Pass Labs amp only accepts single... | |
| Need some Tube and Class A SS Suggestions I would pair a Prima Luna tube amp with a Prima Luna tube preamp. System synergy is key. I wish I could, but my rack just doesn't have space for two 8 inch tall devices. And my apartment is very limited so a taller rack won't work either. O... | |
| What am I missing? Pre/power gain and input sensitivity. The funny thing is, most digital sources due to Redbook standards put out too much voltage for most amps- IOW connecting them to a power amp will cause the amp to run at or near overload! So the signal has to be knocked down, which is dumb IMO/IME... | |
| INPUT/OUTPUT IMPEDANCE As George alluded to that is most likely to be an issue in the case of tube-based components, many of which use a coupling capacitor at their outputs. The impedance presented by a capacitor increases as frequency decreases, so the output impeda... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower There are anti-vibration extensional compounds that are applied similar to paint. | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s If no-one's mentioned it, that speaker should be on the 4-ohm tap if using tubes. The woofer array is nominally 4 ohms- that's where you power is. |