atmasphere
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| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? There is no such thing as a "tube" sound or a "transistor" sound! Contrary to what the untutored believe!This statement is false although it should not be...Transistors make more higher ordered harmonics than tubes do, that that is why there is a ... | |
| Bypass capacitor position? I agree. All looks fine to me. Nice to see an all film cap power supply. Not often done, but really is a nice improvement in SQ. @grannyringFWIW there are electrolytic capacitors used in this amp. There are 4 of them visible near the top of the... | |
| Optimal high impedance speaker The Devores are another excellent choice. I've heard the Zephrins myself FWIW.Voxitiv should also do well, and if you configure the crossover properly, Pure Audio Project speakers can be 16 ohms. One version features the Voxitiv full range driver ... | |
| Tube / SS amp that handles 4ohm loads well and delivers lively texture / palpability what are your speakers the specs you posted sound great?.@geek101Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-3.3 Isn't the presence of those transformers in non-OTL tube power amps one cause of their often mediocre bass reproduction?@bdp24I think you answe... | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? One more cable plus transformer - this will degrade the sound. Separate phono with appropriate output impedance will be better. What is the good range of output/input impedance proportion, 1/5-1/10 or so ?Ideally 1:10 or better is the rule of th... | |
| Optimal high impedance speaker @recluseBoth speakers are excellent choices! | |
| Tube amp suggestions mate with Audionote pre and Tannoy gold monitors The Audio Note is an OTL friendly speaker- and Tannoys are too- we have customers using both. I don't see the need for autoformers with our amps using either speaker. You don't need a lot of power with either- 60 watts should be plenty. | |
| Tube / SS amp that handles 4ohm loads well and delivers lively texture / palpability But most of the systems have serious issues with bass lag. Especially tubed ones. Wobbly, undefined, out of rhythm bass.I find that if one is careful about the match between the amp and speaker that this need not be the case at all. In fact I've ... | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? @innaOur 30 watt amps don't do very well if the impedance is less than 8 ohms. IEC and NAB are a good idea. At 15 i.p.s., the difference is basically where the turnover is; NAB is at 3150Hz while IEC is at 4500Hz. There has been debate over the de... | |
| technics sl 1200 gae Honestly i don't like the idea of having open fluid damper, but it's just me. I don't use it and have removed it on my arm at home. We don't use it at the shop either but its still on the arm. | |
| balanced vs. unbalanced sound quality I do however have a stronger and tighter bass, actually the whole sound is now very uncolored, I have been told if I go to a pre that has balanced out to the amps balanced I will get some of my volume back because the adapters mute the signal i... | |
| My first Tube Amplifier @wolf_garciaIt strikes me that you might appreciate this- the guitarist in my band uses a Marshall Major. I don't think he ever runs it past '2'. My first tube amp was a Knight KA-95. EL34, 35w/channel integrated amp. | |
| technics sl 1200 gae @chaksterJust so you know, I'm not a dealer for Triplanar. I have two of them- I like them, but I'm not a dealer. The arm tower allows adjustment of the VTA on the fly. The concept has been copied by VPI, Durand and others so it must work :)I desi... | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? would I be correct in thinking that these dbm values, as well as the ones you referred to, mean decibels above a milliwatt into 600 ohms?Yes. However:Generally speaking a problem is likeliest to arise in cases in which the amp is high powered (a... | |
| technics sl 1200 gae You are limited with a choice of tonearm for SL1200GAE plinth, but you have no limits with SP-10mkII or SP-10R (except for the very short arms), you can use "10.5 or "12 inch tonearm easily. We've installed 12" arms on that plinth, so not sure ... |