atmasphere
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| Phono preamp/turntable connection question. just wondering if balanced cable is an "upgrade" if no other component in the system is balanced as well.If you have an SUT, then that can convert from balanced to single-ended no worries. Otherwise, no benefit. | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? XLR cables are easily extended, if the source supports the balanced standard. If not, its a bit of a crap shoot.More on this:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/balanced.php | |
| Empire Turntable Parts The lamp is an NE-55 or similar which is a bayonet-mount neon lamp. I have plenty on hand. They are available on ebay, here's an example.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eiko-B2A-Neon-Indicator-Lamp-105-125V-0-25A-BA9s-Bayonet-Base-Pack-of-10-G/... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? I'd love to be able to just leave the stereo on all day without concern for tube life.If the amps are on a moderate load (and most Coincidents are) then the tube life is really really long. I leave my amps on all day and most of the night without... | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system I do have spares but I’ve had poor experiences purchasing tubes over the years already. Had a brand new power tube fail within a month or so. And a NOS Black Treasure flare up and die the first time I plunked it in. With these being matched pa... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Yes I can. The short explanation is that tubes generally are more linear. Semiconductors have a significant non-linear input capacitance which as any solid state designer knows can be tricky to deal with (in fact radios are tuned by the use of var... | |
| Let's talk power cords And then I thought, the exact same wire I was using is still in the extensions. So WHY is that not making the later wire the same as it is on it’s own??? Anyway, I do not have the answer. However it IS a project anyone could do. make a PC out ... | |
| Phono preamp/turntable connection question. Tone arm to preamp. If that connection gets messed with, nothing you can do about it downstream.FWIW, cartridges are a balanced source so you can run a balanced connection between the tone arm and preamp. Balanced lines are more neutral, so this c... | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system If you like what you have, why not have a few spare tubes on hand? | |
| Need help please can anyone help i am so angry lol Microphones can't drive headphones. You need a preamp for them. Preamps usually can't drive headphones either, unless equipped with a headphone power amp.Microphone mixers usually have headphone power amps built-in. Your Y adapter will work there.... | |
| Balanced to SE to Balanced Again? There may be an advantage at the output of the preamp if you have to run longer interconnect cables (for example I run 30 feet at home between the preamp and amps). This will allow for short speaker cable runs and you may well hear more resolutio... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW The rest of my system has a mix of RCA and XLR. I cannot say the XLR have any superior sound advantage over the RCA within this Kimber model. If the equipment does not support the balanced standard, then variable results will be the case. Switch... | |
| which is a better match for best results OK- I was under (apparently) the mistaken impression you designed speakers. You can see then why I thought you must be able to answer the question. I've already made my posts on the topic- no need to repeat. | |
| Is there actually a difference? Usually tube has good presence but loss of fine detail. Solid state sounds more tight but very detailed. I find that tubes generally have more detail than solid state, in particular when it comes to low level detail. Its the low level detail that ... | |
| which is a better match for best results ^^ Erik, perhaps you can enlighten me- how do you tweak a speaker so that it does rock better than any other genre? |