atmasphere
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| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode Meaning that I guess he probably "voiced" the V12 in triode, but for at least the present moment, I am preferring UL. @immatthewj IMO 'voicing' is a bad practice. I very much doubt this amp was 'voiced'. I think the term ultra linear is marke... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode So if the manufacturer spends the extra money for a UL winding they would, seemingly, have optimised it for the tube type and circuit. @viridian This assumes that the manufacturer knew about the patent and designed according to it rather than t... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? In reality, speakers with efficiencies in the 87 to 90 dB/meter range typically experience power compression with amplifiers more powerful than 100 watts, @lynn_olson To be clear, the amplifier power is only part of that, the other being the lo... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? If you use a Hammond, you will never hear what the circuit can do.... @donsachs Great for small guitar amps though! | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? Or you can simply use speakers that will run happily on 10 watts and build a very simple (well not that simple actually if you consider power supplies and transformers, etc..) push pull amp with no feedback that is flat from 20-20K with very low... | |
| Bookshelf Speakers for Luxman 590axii? @immatthewj I get it. I was looking for a smaller tube amp and I found that SETs that could make 5 Watts aren't small. The amp I'm using can sit on a sheet of notebook paper with room left over. When you compare PP amps that make the same power as... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode but in the manual for the V12, Dennis Had is saying that tubes that can be roled in this amp include; 6L6, KT88, 6550, KT90, KT66, "even 6V6." Again, with not intent of being argumentative, does this sound incorrect? @immatthewj Not exactly.... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode @gs5556 Your explanation is partially correct. The bit about 'partial triode' is not. What UL allows is for a pentode to have better linearity than a triode. However there's been a wrinkle caused by the fact that the UL technology was the topic o... | |
| Tour of the inside Sound Lab ESL electrostatic speaker. Looks like a garage operation. @hiendmmoe Doesn't look like it to me. Looks like a finished room with a higher ceiling, helpful when working on Sound Labs. | |
| Bookshelf Speakers for Luxman 590axii? I was recently reading a "bookshelf speaker with lower power tube amp thread" (20 wpc I think I remember) on this forum, and the subject of Fritz Carbon 6 or 7s with 4 or 5 wpc SET amp driving them quite well. I remember @atmasphere was the one ... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? I will also say that I prefer amps with zero feedback, but @atmasphere and I will diverge there, and that is just fine. @donsachs I wasn't a fan of feedback for a long time. Here are two things for you to consider: the first being that in most... | |
| I hate to say it, but now I think maybe I like my amp in ultralinear mode versus triode @immatthewj If the UL taps are set up properly, the amp should have less distortion in UL mode. FWIW, this was well understood in the 1950s when UL was first patented. Distortion obscures detail; so if the output transformers are properly designed... | |
| Power Amplifier - Maximum Resolution & Detail! @mapman Because GANFETs have no leads on them and are quite small, they allow for reduced noise from the amplifier module. This is really important; its not good enough IME/IMO to just be able to meet European Union radiation directives (require... | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question @ssg308 I have teh ML in a Technics SL1200G arm at the moment and it works fine. Plug and play with my preamp; no need to mess with loading. One of my employees has the ML in a Triplanar and it works fine in that too. | |
| Pass XP-17 and Hana ML loading question Ok I find it weird at list, I will work with that again, how I have more reasons than ever since I got the Unami Red and I will be comparing it with the ML on the same preamp. Let me know what you think about the ML sound at the 47K load, it sea... |