atmasphere
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| preamp inverts polarity Absolute phase and polarity are the same thing.Relative phase is one channel out of phase with the other and should be corrected, regardless of the absolute phase/polarity (IOW, whether your system is inverting or not).I rarely agree with Geoff on... | |
| Good carts with SME V Please clue me in; how do you adjust the effective mass on a Triplanar, save by the method common to any tonearm, which is to add mass? But, as for most other tonearms, you cannot reduce effective mass below the basic value with no added weight... | |
| Valve phono stage I appreciate your suggestion but I want a dedicated PS.@infection FWIW, an outboard phono section has some problems to overcome. The main one is connectivity- if you have ever had to audition interconnect cables then you know what I'm talking abou... | |
| Preamp Advice Needed - Gryphon Amp - Currently ARC Ref5se Are you looking for balanced operation? | |
| EL34 in triode vs 300B/845 SET An amplifier that operates push-pull with 300bs is likely not in the budget as proposed. I suspect that the amplifier that will be used will be an ultralinear amp based on 6550s/KT88s. | |
| Liquid Amps What is the most “liquid” sounding solid state amp and is “liquid” even a thing?It is, and its a description of how the amplifier makes distortion, or more to the point, what distortions it **doesn't** make.Solid state amps have a long standing re... | |
| Valve phono stage Do you want balanced inputs as well?Phono cartridges are a balanced source... | |
| Good carts with SME V @o_holter IME with the SME5 you need a slightly lower compliance cartridge, as the arm with the cartridge is going to be medium to higher mass. I ditched the SME5 for a Triplanar years ago and never looked back. An advantage of the Triplanar is th... | |
| Tube Phono Preamp Can anyone tell me if the Golden Tube Preamp Sep1 with 1 tube will make a difference in a system? Yes it will.You will notice the LPs sounding smoother and more musical in most cases.You may also notice less ticks and pops. Solid state preamps ten... | |
| Is dedicated PreAmp with Oppo 105 needed? @hitsofmisses Sound compromise is the name of the game. If you don't want to compromise the sound so much, 2-channel equipment is the way to go. I would look into integrating it into your HT system; maybe look at a HT processor as an input to your... | |
| EL34 in triode vs 300B/845 SET Only few people may agree but I firmly believe good sound comes from high current not high watts even though inter-related to some degree.@hifineubeeThere really isn't any such thing as 'high current'; that's a bit of story created by solid state... | |
| EL34 in triode vs 300B/845 SET - I've started pairing up my 300B SET with a subwoofer to help with 40hz and below base, I'm wondering if this is as good as it gets so I should just save my money and not further go down on another tube amp.One of the prices you pay with higher... | |
| Pre amps cost vs. value ... what I discovered last month. The mastering of an LP was done with the intention that it would sound its best in analog on a turntable. The mastering of a CD was done with the intention that it would sound its best at 44/16 through a CD transport.IME CDs are mastered to so... | |
| EL34 in triode vs 300B/845 SET The issue here appears to be that even though this system appears to work, as Trelja points out, neither the amp or speaker is being shown in its best light.IOW, it can get a whole lot better, but to do so you either need a lot more power (not ava... | |
| Is dedicated PreAmp with Oppo 105 needed? Is there any way I can connect both, the Oppo 105 & Nakamichi RX-505 Cassette deck to the existing Halo A51 - 5 channel amplifier via Stereo only PreAmp to enjoy HT & Music both? No- they have to be switched separately so that one source... |