atmasphere
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| Another Request for Information/Knowledge The first thing I would check is to see how the stylus looks under a microscope. I have a hand-held device I've used for this since the 1970s. Cartridges can make a lot of distortion if the stylus isn't right!The other problem I've seen is the mag... | |
| What the heck do these terms mean? While I am on my soapbox, why are so many reviewers using obscure recordings to describe the sound? If I have never heard the recording how can I relate?Using the same recording over and over can be really boring. That's why there's a lot of mus... | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? If DHT preamps are not the best at creating 3D soundstage why would manufacturers use them? Perhaps they are just stupid? They're not stupid. A good designer can work to achieve the goals that a preamp has to provide in a number of different ways.... | |
| Rack Isolation for Amps and Electronics SRA (Silent Running Audio) and Sound Anchors both make excellent platforms and stands. I regard them as essential in my system. | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? Ralph, would monoblock versions of a stereo amp have any improvement of the soundstage?They often do because there is less crosstalk. | |
| Oppo 105 and Power Amplifier Input Sensitivity If I get a true preamp, that renders the oppo DAC useless right?Not at all! DACs are often inputs to a preamp.Its common when a source is trying to drive an input that is too low for the source, that the result will be a loss of bass impact. One r... | |
| What the heck do these terms mean? 1. Treble/ bass is dry- Huh? What does this mean?2. Treble/bass is wet.- Huh? Again, what does this mean?3. Organic sounding- Huh, huh?4. Musical sounding.- What? Compared to non musical sounding?1) if bass, not enough, if treble, too much and mix... | |
| Oppo 105 and Power Amplifier Input Sensitivity You're going to need a preamp that can drive that impedance since the Oppo will be bass shy and more likely to make distortion into that load. So then the input sensitivity of the amp will be less important. Sounds like you want to run balanced; h... | |
| plz suggest a tube preamp to match Parasound A21 amp You might be able to find one of our used MP-3s in that price range; it would do the job. How its different from most high end audio balanced preamps is it has a direct-coupled output, and supports the balanced line standard, otherwise known as AE... | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? DHT preamps produce the most 3D /holographic soundstage.Probably because those same tubes do the same thing when used in power amps.This statement is entirely false. Soundstage is not created by how the filament interacts with the input signal! A... | |
| Need some Tube and Class A SS Suggestions @sTwo of those preamp have balanced outputs. Are you planning an amplifier with a balanced input? | |
| What preamp creates the largest soundstage? There is no "soundstage" below about 80-120Hz.This is true. But if the low frequency cutoff of the amplification is only 20Hz, phase shift will exist up to 200Hz. Admittedly, not a lot going on there either. But the phase shift can affect impact o... | |
| 2 amplifiers connected to 1 set of speakers What happens is the output section of one amp loads the other. This is bad when one is off, worse when both are on! Smoke and other things happen! | |
| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? I think pops are easier to understand but clicks and crackle noises, what causes this?Some of course are caused by damage to the LP surface and static electricity. But not all. Many ticks and pops are caused by radio frequency overload of the phon... | |
| Tonearm mount to the plinth vs arm board vs rotating arm board vs isolated tower @halcro And for the record, I never made a statement like that. One way you can tell this is so is that I don't use emojis in any of my posts. Putting up a post like this is oxymoronic; the post is false in every way. Look, rather than kill the me... |