atmasphere
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| What is "break in" and what difference does it make? In amps? Preamps? Speakers? More? Filter capacitors in amps and preamps have something called 'forming up' where they adjust to the operating voltages to which they are subjected, being electro-chemical devices. This takes some time and until that occurs the power supply will not ... | |
| Anyone done A / B listening to compare vintage stereo receivers with today’s Amps/Preamps? Transistors have advanced since the 1970s. Back then it was a big deal if the output of the amp had complementary symmetry.The distortion of the 70s gear was often higher than that of later years and often higher than rated. But a lot of it doesn'... | |
| Watts and power @listening99 Two 4 ohm speakers in parallel is 2 ohms. You really want to check with the amp manufacturer to see if its OK with a load like that! But generally speaking, the lower the load impedance, the higher the distortion of the amp- and that... | |
| Power/Current: How much is realistic? I was always under the impression that it’s not really possible to overdrive speakers that require high current to drive This is in need of correction- you can overdrive any speaker if you have enough power!Now i just want to research options for ... | |
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| Subwoofers and Phase Question For You Sub Experts A very illuminating study was conducted in which short-duration low frequency signals - including mere fractions of a cycle - were digitally created and played over headphones (to avoid room effects). Listeners were UNABLE to even DETECT the pr... | |
| Power/Current: How much is realistic? That should work just fine. | |
| Cartridge loading I’m not attacking him only asking for true proof/evidence of that " limit trace " that he spreads every where with out shows the evidence as foundation for.The quote above belies this quote:NO, I did not only ask for evidence and not more bla, b... | |
| Doge 8 Clarity: 12AT7 replacement for phono stage @ atmosphere: Being the second owner of the unit, I'm not sure if I'm able to avail any warranty on the unit. Without any other matching tubes around, I may have to pony up with replacement tubes to see if the phono section's hiss issue I'm hav... | |
| Cartridge loading I’m not attacking him only asking for true proof/evidence of that " limit trace " that he spreads every where with out shows the evidence as foundation for.Just to be clear, yes, Raul, you attack me at every opportunity. This is well known by ma... | |
| Watts and power The Nuforce is stated to be suited to 8 ohms, not 4. The Moabs are efficient, running at a rated 98dB 2.83V@1m sensitivity If the speakers run easy, what am I doing to my 8ohm amp, were I to hook them up...?If you were playing two 8 ohm speakers s... | |
| Doge 8 Clarity: 12AT7 replacement for phono stage Before you try any swapping, I would look into the fact that if you have a high performance tube phono section, that its a simple fact that no matter where you get the tubes for it, they have to be hand-picked. About the only way to do that proper... | |
| Power/Current: How much is realistic? my mcintosh mc602's manual says it's current is 150 amperes per chanell. is this trueNo. Not unless it can make well over 22,500 watts!! And that is giving it the benefit of the doubt- that it can drive 1 ohm. @almarg I think ML specs their speake... | |
| Seeking tube amp advice Do you mean that your speakers are rated at 100 watts?More useful specs of your speakers are impedance and sensitivity. What speakers are they? The interface between tube amps and speakers is very important to get the best out of both! | |
| Should I switch to a preamp with balanced outputs @skipper320 If your amplifier has balanced input circuitry or is fully balanced, it will be lower distortion if provided with a balanced source.The balanced line system was devised for several reasons and one of those reasons is to eliminate inter... |