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| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? I was asking him what 300B amp (preferably mono) he would recommend. He came up with this and said it is easy to mod it to make it sound even better. @yyzsantabarbara A nice move that most tube designers agree on is bypassing the cathode resist... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp In one or more of those discussions I had kind of got the impression that you favored speakers that had a sensitivity up in the 90s. Which makes me assume that the Fritz speakers, although have a listed sensitivity of 88, must not drop too far b... | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp @immatthewj Yes. The amp I'm using makes 5 Watts at full power. It has no problems driving the speaker at all. I use the 8 Ohm taps. | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp which Fritz speakers do you have? @immatthewj I have the Carbon 6s. | |
| Seeking speakers under $3K for 10x12 ft room and driven by 20wpc tube amp @ristretto , I use a set of the Fritz loudspeakers (previously suggested) in a space of very similar dimensions, using a 5 Watt/channel tube amp and a powered subwoofer. No worries making plenty of volume and I never clip the amp. | |
| Tube Preamp with "pass through" for HT option? @canucks0 You can use any preamp with a home theater system. The bypass is just so you don't have to set the volume from the preamp- its controlled by the remote of the home theater. But if you are bothering to set the preamp to the home theater... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? Ref atmasphere's post. It depends on how much distortion one is willing to tolerate. An SE amp with a pair of 300Bs will not put out 15 watts @1%thd. Yes- if 15 Watts the distortion will be more like 10%. Have gone through some amps, like FW ... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State @lalitk I was use an Atma-Sphere MP-1. Its fully balanced; when using SUTs with it they ran balanced (as any transformer can) as well. | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State What if they are optimized for a specific cartridge along with rest of the components? And please don’t overlook or discount the user preferences. @lalitk I probably have a skewed perspective as I have LPs that I recorded and I have the master ta... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital The RIAA curve has nothing to do with cartridges, it is compensation for some of the shortcomings of the vinyl mastering/playback system. @robob I can't let this stand- sorry. The RIAA curve is based on the 'constant velocity' characteristic ... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State I also "feel" that the 3160 is the first SS phono/linestage that ever made me forget I am listening to SS. Dare I say it’s very similar in SQ to my modified MP1 (which might upset Raul but which I mean as a compliment). I love them both. As you k... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State In fact, the bipolar transistor that Raul et al use in the MC gain stage is out of production and was not replaced by anything as good or better for the purpose, probably because transistor evolution is not motivated by the design and build of ph... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? my speakers Cube Audio Nenuphar is a single wide band driver. The manufacturer recommends amps with 0 or low feedback design, which will also have low damping factor. @debjit_g Here are some more things to think about. I’ve worked a lot with s... | |
| 300B Tube Amps with 15/16 Watts Per Channel? For everyone here who is considering a zero feedback 300b amplifier, something you should know which has to do with the loudspeakers you plan to use: http://www.atma-sphere.com/en/resources-paradigms-in-amplifier-design.html The short explanation... | |
| Can anyone tell me when XLR connections were first used on stereo equipment. (what years)? @coltrane1 Yes- they built a nice company. They were several years after the next company we found after us to be making balanced line equipment; Jeff Rowland. IIRC their balanced preamp showed up about 1991. |