atmasphere
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| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. Here's a tip- if the bass of the turntable isn't as good as the digital, there's something wrong. IME its usually better, since vinyl usually isn't as compressed as CDs, since there's no expectation that the LP will be played in a car. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Many amplifiers overloaded with 2 volts ? Are we talking about power amplifiers being overloaded, or preamplifier sections being overloaded ? 30 volts output ? Al did answer this, I hope its now clear.Simply: With the sources feeding them, pream... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart Most of the reputable tube dealers manually tested each NOS tube for low microphonics, low noise etc. Lucky people knows the difference between new and nos when it comes to the great tubes. I bet you have some decent NOS tubes yourself. Anyway it’... | |
| Running CDP directly into MC275?? ^^ I've always felt an active sounded better too, and to the above comment I will add: 'better bass impact and extension'. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? 2 volts might be alright; try 4 volts on for size :)If you have 2 volts though, many amplifiers will be overloaded. | |
| What is the best OTL out there? However I took atmospheres comments to apply to solid state as well but I could be wrong about that as I don't have much knowledge about solid-state here. My comments include solid state and class D as well. All amplifiers have lower distortion ... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? @mrdecibel Overload margin. Our preamp can make over 30V into 10Kohms without clipping. Its nice to know that no matter what signal gets thrown at it, its distortion will be difficult to measure with the best test equipment even when driving the ... | |
| Have cartridges been known to fail (Grado)? I've had cartridges fail or seen them fail many times, as I put myself through college by servicing consumer electronics.My Transfiguration Orpheus lost one channel for no reason- they replaced at no charge, a Grado lost a channel, again replaced ... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart You're talking about the new tubes, not the expensive vintage NOS tubes that are by far superior to the any new tube. 12at7 is what you use? The very best of this type can be $50-150 each. Same with phono stages. The NOS tubes are extremely exp... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Correct MrD, as Nelson Pass says, today we have way to much gain (voltage) with the sources we have. He's not the only one to say that- its been a beef of mine for years. Whoever came up with the Redbook specs at Phillips and Sony blew it on this ... | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart @chakster Just a FWIW: we get about 10,000 hours out of our power tubes and warranty all the tubes in our gear for a year.This thread is about phono gear however, not power amps. | |
| Running CDP directly into MC275?? It better. You probably don't need even that. But its not bad to run your control all the way up. If you can clip the amp, you don't need anymore gain.OTOH if that's not happening an active will sort things out. | |
| Help me pick a phono, pre and cart Folks, Raul is a digital aficionado. He’s not into vinyl so much as he appears to be into trolling. You will all note that he did not deny my assertion- although he *said* he had heard our preamp, he does not deny that he *didn’t* when I called hi... | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. It might be. Getting the right blend is usually the issue, but once you get that then you find out how much more interesting certain pieces of music actually are :) It can be nice for higher volumes as well... | |
| What is the best OTL out there? I love that Bernings amps get picked apart yet when someone says that they use an autoformer after the output of a OTL the only thing heard is the crickets.I don't think anyone picks apart the Berning- its an excellent amplifier, a brilliant des... |