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| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? I heard amazing things about your Amps and i am close to trying your s30.Usually people use the S-30 with the TSM. The VSM needs a bit more power so the M-60 has been the preferred amp for those. | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I am puzzled why the idle current goes down rather than up as it warms. Usually its the other way round because of the negative temp coefficient of transistors.Actually this is pretty common with bipolars. They can get into a phenomena known as ... | |
| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? Sure- the Jouls is known to be a favorite match by the designer, however, im trying to counter the speaker's philosophy here, so it is my thought that the Jouls is actually going to emphasize the leanness of the speaker, not counter it. Or Bobb... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Roger, normally things go pretty easy on this forum unless certain individuals get involved as you've already sorted out. When they jump in, that's usually a signal that the usefulness of the thread is over. | |
| RCA to XLR? Do I need to do this? Since the preamp is single-ended, there won't be any benefit to using the XLR connection. If you ever get a balanced preamp, you may find that a whole world of resolution opens up for you :) | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? It appears that pro tape machines were not quite designed to take the signal from phono. Well then I would have to use a transformer, what else can I do ?Pro audio tape machines tend to have lower impedance inputs, and often needing some voltage... | |
| Any good reasons to use transistor phono stage and line level preamp instead of tube ? @sbankNevertheless my statement is true.FWIW we've done a lot in the last 18 years or so since you had your MP-3 (yes- it really been that long!) to eliminate RFI susceptibility in our preamps. Tubes are actually less susceptible than solid state;... | |
| Looking for a low heat tube amp You might also consider installing a vent in the ceiling, especially if you have a southern exposure. | |
| Turning off tube preamp first sends solid state amp into protection? The turn on/off order has nothing to do with tube vs. solid state. You turn on the pre-amp and sources before the power amp because the amp can’t send any of their on/off noise to the speakers until it is on. And you turn off the amp first for ... | |
| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? The most popular speaker for many years with our M-60 amplifier was the VSM. Very nice match and we showed with Merlin at several CE Shows. But I would not call the amplifier fat sounding (which usually describes an excess of 2nd harmonic distorti... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? By the way, XLR ouput would be a plus because I am going to make recordings to reel to reel tape deck, and the good ones come only with XLR ins/outs.@innaIf you are going to drive your tape machine XLR inputs, you are going to need more guts! T... | |
| 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... |