atmasphere
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| Recommendation for higher power tube amp Different speakers - I have considered this as a next step, and was thinking about Zu, Devore 3XLs, and Joseph Audio RM-25si, all of which I think would get my amp closer to the loafing so enjoyed by wolf_garcia's Carys. Any others I should th... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? like it or not, certain loudspeakers are better than others with certain genres. Some are just plain better full stop.Well I wouldn't like it if it were true. It would mean I need over 100 speakers to play one music collection :) But it is true t... | |
| Ground Loop(?) leads to blow speaker You must have missed the OP’s last post.I did see that. But what we know is that the amp didn't fail- those fuses provide power to the amp, but the amp worked because filter caps in the power supply still held some voltage. That's my assumption th... | |
| Ground Loop(?) leads to blow speaker I'm trying to think of a way that a simple ground loop, DC or ultrasonic noise would destroy a woofer and leave the amp intact.None of those seem to be the issue; a ground loop can't do that, DC is blocked in any sane design by coupling capacitors... | |
| Turntable Mat question You do have to be careful with vacuum hold down. I have records that are permanently noisy on that account alone. A record mat has a specific job: control platter resonance and control LP resonance. If you can tap on the raw platter and it rings-... | |
| Noise from phono. Help please. This really sounds like a bad ground. Since the hum is worse with the arm plugged in, my bet is on the ground connection has failed. | |
| UPGRADE FROM VPI SCOUTMASTER Easy. Get a Technics SL-1200G and replace the platter pad with an Oracle platter pad. The Technics is more speed stable than the VPI (being one of the most speed stable turntables made at any price), and employs six different damping mechanisms, i... | |
| best subwoofer for stirling LS3/5A If I had a set of LS35/as, I'd set them up with the Swarm system from Audiokinesis. It might take a bit of adjustment due to the bass hump, but that would otherwise work really well in a small room, even if listening nearfield. Might be a bit out ... | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? However they would not be my first choice for Rock or Metal - there are better options out there for those genres. I’d start by looking at something from JBL, then maybe ATC, PMC etc. In my experience those genres thrive primarily upon attack, d... | |
| Recommendation for higher power tube amp @erik_squires Keep in mind his budget...****************@thosbA used RM-200 would be a good amp. BUT - tube power is expensive, which is why in the old days there were horns. Without going that extreme, I am wondering if it might be more practical... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? What I really mean was not a LP limitation perse but an analog rig limitation because cartridges just can't track with applomb very low bass grooves.Telarc 1812 is a good example where I own over 120+ cartridges and only a few can track those c... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Seems to me that because the recording of LP’s during the cutting proccess the bass information must goes in MONO due to the analog/LP limitations the producers/engeneers accustom to never think to make CD recordings taking advantage of the dig... | |
| Replacing my MFA Luminescence B2 preamp I have read/heard from several sources that the Jadis JP-80 was a class above the rest.I heard that preamp at Harry Pearson’s house driving our MA-2s on a set of Pipedreams. It was a nice preamp, but IME not really in a different class. It did sup... | |
| 3 great tube preamps. Which would you purchase? Forget about balanced outputs. If they were meaningful, Don would design his preamp for them, but he feels RCA outputs are perfectly fine.If you hear balanced line done right, there simply isn't any going back to single-ended. More detail, black... | |
| Tubes or stick with S/S A whole new world awaits- you'll be going through your recording collection hearing things you never knew existed in them. |