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| advice for warming up phono sound Tubes will help.But setup it pretty important. The Oracle mat is far more neutral than cork. What is important about the mat is that it should absorb vibration in the vinyl that results from the stylus tracking the groove. Turn the volume all the ... | |
| Tom Tutay Transition Audio Design Preamp @autospec 650-244-3041 | |
| Liquid Amps All this being said...I don’t think the BIGGEST problem with systems not sounding "liquid" is the fault of higher order distortion in SS amps. I don’t think Atmasphere made the claim that it’s the "biggest" problem either, so we may not even disag... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions For the amps I would do Pass Labs.For the preamp I would go with tubes- that is if you want to reduce that 'leanness' which is a common complaint with solid state.We make balanced tube preamps, so does BAT, ARC and Aesthetix and there are a few ot... | |
| Good carts with SME V I had good luck with the SME5 and the Micro Benz cartridges, but that was a while ago. The Micro Benz was a trooper though- the cantilever suspension held up for over 10 years. | |
| Valve phono stage @infection I mentioned earlier about how you can't just buy tubes off the shelf and expect them to work in a high performance circuit.Lew's advice is good- those tubes are in there for a reason. This isn't saying that you can't do better- you can,... | |
| Good monitor speakers for 300B amps. The problem is you need efficiency to really hear what the amp can do. With any SET, your normal high volume listening level should not exceed about 20-25% of full power that the amp makes, due to the excess distortion that will occur. The distort... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? But, typically I find that Rock/Metal guys like myself are looking for a huge soundstage, and that "live" sound. Maybe not the best imaging. But damn, it's like being at a concert.Huge soundstage is a sign of a good speaker with good resolutio... | |
| Valve phono stage Still have some amazing NOS tubes left, such as ECC801 / 12AT7 WA, not sure is there is any valve phono stage with this type of tubes.We use 12AT7s in all our phono sections. Not as much gain as a 12AX7, but a lot more bandwidth. | |
| Best preamps for phonostage performance? Seems to me you need a preamp with balanced outputs to work with that amplifier. You might be able to find one of our MP-3 preamps used for that price. The MP-3 is all-tube, fully differential and balanced from phono input to main output. If vacuu... | |
| Valve phono stage Purist is pretty nice- not sure it they fit the budget. | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? Most conditioners available to high end audio don't do a lot. The best of them is the PS regenerator, which really can deliver a proper sine wave.The problem is it can't do a lot of power, although they are making some bigger units now. For the mo... | |
| CDs Vs LPs I discovered serendipitously, about 35 years ago that the phono section played a huge role in how many ticks and pops you get with LPs. Since I am a designer as a result I'm used to not getting ticks and pops. To avoid wear, I use a Triplanar arm.... | |
| Valve phono stage as a disadvantages i can add:Tube Microphonics, Tube Noise, Tube Rolling effect (you change the tube and you change the sound). The price for each good tube, the tube estimate hrs and short life of the tube (not good for very expensive nos). T... | |
| Valve phono stage Any tube fan can explain me what is the advantages of the tube phono stage compared to the great SS design? It can be explained. Whether you accept the truth of the matter is a different thing altogether.The primary advantage of a tube phono secti... |