atmasphere
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| Pre-Preamp? My SP-11 is 33 years old so how much is that in pre-amp years? LOL.@daveaj255 The thing is, when electronics get that old, its prudent to have the power supply filter capacitors replaced to maintain reliability. They tend to fail slowly and its co... | |
| Reel to reel How do you quantify this phenomenon? There is frequency response, wow and flutter, distortion and noise; but where is this tape width thing quantified?Width allows for a wider track, which means the head can have more output. So you get lower n... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Isn’t the purpose of loading resistors to damp the primary resonance of the moving system in a phono cartridge?In the case of a LOMC cartridge, no. The primary resonance is well outside of the audio band!you will find others like Ralph, that do no... | |
| Replacing my MFA Luminescence B2 preamp My initial query was how it would fair compared to a well regard percent day Coincident phono amp, which retails around $ 6,000. Finally, if we are talking about reference level full function preamps nowadays, then it would be, at least, in th... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Ok, so you don't use swarm, but I take you are replicating the concept: distributed bass array playing a mono signal. Is the goal to minimize SPL variations at different seating locations? Or to optimize at the prime seat?How did you determined... | |
| Jupiter Copper Foil, Paper & Wax Cap Versus Jensen Cap 0.10uF 630Vdc Copper Foil Ceramic @marish200 What you experienced is why we don't use paper and oil coupling capacitors in our products. They sound great but we've seen a good number of paper and oil caps develop a slight amount of electrical leakage (which is to say they can de... | |
| Where to Buy Fuses for my OTL power blocks? The 500V part of this probably isn't real. That's an arc rating, and normally if dealing with US AC power, a 250V rating is recommended.Since this is a tube amplifier, a slow blow fuse is likely. I suspect that the 15Amp part of it isn't right eit... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? All things being equal, are you saying unequivocally, that there is NO need for record cleaning at all?Well I'm not sure what things would be equal; IME in audio its a rare thing where that happens. But I've not had to clean any LPs in the last 20... | |
| lack of bass Maybe somthing happened to the transpormer inside the power amp because using 4 ohm speaker with 8 ohm terminal ?That's a scary thought. However I'd expect a tube to fail before the output transformer did. Loading an amp like that means that the t... | |
| Looking for phono preamp recommendations That's a bit tricky. A lot of preamp manufacturers haven't sorted out how to do the equalization properly in a balanced phono section, unless they are using an input transformer to convert to single-ended operation. So I've seen a few that made ba... | |
| Rebuilding elgar 6000b conditioner? ^^ Yes, there aren't that many electrolytics.BTW, if you had one of these that was unstable and blew fuses in your amps or something like that, the problem is calibration. The unit has an adjustment that 'tunes' it to 60Hz; if that is off the unit... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? I haven't used a record cleaner in 20 years. No need. So, I’m a little confused by the remarks by @atmasphere . I clean my records religiously. I think Ralph's "90%" is an overreach.@slaw You have to hear a stable phono section right beside one th... | |
| Purist Audio Design in One word How do Purist cables diff or similar to Cardas?I much prefer the Purist. Both can be pricey. Musaeus is a very good entry level cable. We've been using Neptune at recent audio shows with excellent results. | |
| Reel to reel The quality I speak of, would be even more pronounced in a reel that used 1 inch or 1/2 inch tape. Is there anyone qualified to speak on this issue?2-track 1/2" tape at 15 inches is amazing. But be forewarned- you won't want to listen to 1/4" t... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? I have a pair of 12" sealed subs playing mono and been wondering about adding one or two more with the goal of flattening at the main seat. Would love to know your take on this.I'd give it a shot. I don't use the Swarm but if I had it to do over... |