atmasphere
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| 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... | |
| Question About Audio Research Preamp Specs @dsper In the meantime, I will explore different 6922 tubes that might help to mask the LF roll-off. Not sure if that makes any sense...It doesn't. Changing the tube won't affect the frequency response. | |
| Looking for phono preamp recommendations @hambonYour line section is balanced- were you thinking about a balanced phono section as well (all phono cartridges are balanced sources for what its worth)? | |
| lack of bass i must say that the tracks were taken from the web so i dont know how good they are.@suhilaThe system may well be revealing a problem with the tracks. Do you have the problem playing tracks you know? | |
| Supratek or Don Sachs - which way to go? Other 6SN7 preamps I’ve been curious about and would welcome a chance to hear in my system included; deHavaland Ultraverbe, Atma-Sphere MP-3, and TRL Dude.@ianderson FWIW the MP-3 is a fully differential balanced design. We do make a single-end... | |
| Why the fascination with subwoofers? Many do try to do just that. Look around however, it quickly becomes very obvious the hardest most expensive thing you can find is two quality speakers with true 20 Hz bass. They essentially do not exist. Turns out (read on) that for reasons of... | |
| I wan't the best in this price range my music taste, is rock, new wave, rock jazz, mail vocals etc!!At the moment I’m running a pair of Zu, souls MK 2, they were great with a tube amp, but I’m running them though a pair of Solid State mono blocks, 175 ohm per mono block, the sound is... | |
| Importance of impedance matching cartridge with phono stage? Certainly listen with no resistor at all first. |