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| 2 different Bedini 150/150 Mk II Amps We had one of the 150s come through our shop recently- desperately in need of new filter caps. Swapping them out was a bit tricky due to the construction, but once done the amp came right around. It proved to be one of the better amps we've had in... | |
| Educate me about gain and amp/preamp matching I’m actually surprised that the input gain of a preamp doesn’t really effect the output signal gain of the amp. I thought it would be additive or multiplicative (if that’s a word). Can someone explain why that is? Is it that the output signal g... | |
| Itching to upgrade preamp... There are balanced line tube preamps out there.Be advised that most high end audio products don't support the balanced line standard even though they are balanced. If they support the standard, things like ground loops go away and audible cable di... | |
| Classic, Cult, Affordable Class A Solid-State Amplifiers: Bedini, Forte, BEL I'm curious- the Bedini is old enough it clearly needs new filter capacitors in the power supply. Was that done before this shootout? | |
| Educate me about gain and amp/preamp matching Because the Quads are a panel rather than a point source, they are actually more efficient than the specs indicate on account of how that efficiency is measured (at one meter). This is because at one meter a lot of the radiated sound simply isn't ... | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? They proclaim Tone Controls = BAD!! Ummm... but there’s this thing they invented call a SWITCH..... and you and just switch them out of the audio path.... and don’t get me started on "oh but that switch is in the signal path and it degrades th... | |
| Itching to upgrade preamp... If you have a balanced line amp, I would go with a balanced preamp. The cables will perform better and the amplifier will too. | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article @kijanki Interesting! | |
| Question for amp experts There are a lot of variables. Theoretically 'yes', in practice yes if the separates aren't that good to start with (IMO). | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? What makes the David Berning amp so special?The output section topology gets around the traditional limitations of conventional transformers and so allows much wider bandwidth from the output section, regardless of power output. If you are wanting... | |
| Damping Factor - Interesting article @kijanki @roberttdid was referring to the idea of an amplifier that operates as a power source rather than a voltage source. Otherwise how this particular speaker sounds when connected to that particular amp becomes rather unpredictable. Regard... | |
| Preamp and impedance question Yes it wasHa ha, that's pretty funny. | |
| Preamp and impedance question @roberttdid I think its pretty obvious this isn't about EPDR... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? I have to admit I find this puzzling. Western Electric used to be the standard fare in movie theatres and the like, but their gear was supersceded by Altec, who had much greater performance and obviously better sound.Its a simple fact that the dis... | |
| Which one to choose between two 80K$ tube amps? One of my friend is the owner of Silbatone who display his vintage horn in Munich high end show.@shkong78I've heard that system in Munich in two different years. I liked it a lot. But having also heard the Classic Audio Loudspeakers, I would go wi... |