atmasphere
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| Power Amplifier Longevity As for inrush current limiters, MOST devices sold today do **NOT** have such current limiters. All of our equipment has had current inrush limiters installed, going back 45 years. We did this to protect the AC power switches and over the years its... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs @bdp24 Well there you have it. A transformer with a dual secondary so that the single-ended and balanced connections can't mix. The upside is that both connections can be supported at once; the downside is there is additional capacitance due to th... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! For those that wish to see what goes in and what comes out between Class-D v Linear amplification which is closer to the original input, or closer to "straight wire with gain" as what was the start of thisOK so here is the input, 1KHzTest input:... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs One exception to atmasphere's comment directly above is a pre-amp using a transformer to create the balanced output(s). That's exactly how Tim de Paravicini does it in his EAR-Yoshino pre's. There is an EAR 868PL (phono and line stages) listed ... | |
| Power Amplifier Longevity The quality of the capacitors used can have a big effect on the longevity. Cheaper caps are maybe 20 years or so (I call it a 'half life' but what I mean by that is half of them that old have failed by that time). Better quality means that your ha... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! And then without their output filter, the input wave form will be unrecognizable from the output, because of the HF garbage, and melt your tweeters silently in a nano second.The operating principle of a class D amplifier is that it uses a filter... | |
| Power Amplifier Longevity The same length of time as stuff that isn't separates! | |
| Class D is just Dandy! Like Tube amps, or Pass (who makes it clear this is his goal) the distortion profile may have more to do with euphonic capability than merely lower distortion. He is certainly right in that regard IMO. But we can hear that difference provided th... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs @yyzsantabarbara If supporting the balanced standard is important to you (it results in better sound...) one thing you can look for on any balanced preamp is whether it has RCA outputs as well. If there is no switch to go between the balanced ope... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! If there are actually audible benefits to GaN based amplifiers I look forward to hearing them. There should be. GaNFETs are generally faster than MOSFETs (although MOSFETs aren't done by any means) and so the use of GaNFETs means you can run the a... | |
| Extra power or cleaner power? @erik_squires , what do you mean by 'any'?We've serviced the Elgars in our shop. They look very industrial but they are well built. | |
| Extra power or cleaner power? I would only bother with a power conditioner of any sort only after you have sorted out what amp you are using. Many of the 'high end' audio conditioners are so much junk so you can really send $$$$$ down the loo quite easily! Just make sure your ... | |
| best phono stage under 10k That's news to me! Now I'm wondering if there is more than one version. | |
| Equi=Core Hum & Other Issues After replacement of the breaker does it still pop when you power up the Equi-Core? | |
| best phono stage under 10k If I am remembering correctly, there’s step up’s at the input.The Steelhead employs a solid state input section for the phono section so no transformers. |