atmasphere
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| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers @prof Sound Lab, IMO, makes the best ESLs and don't have that 'ghostly' quality to which you refer. You do have to put some power on them, and if its tube power, probably about 1/2 to 1/4 of the power you will need if using solid state (IOW, in mo... | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. I am starting to think that speaker position and possibly the fact that all of this stuff had been unused for a few years are all part of the problem.When I first assessed the system I had the speakers in the middle of the floor a few feet apar... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Second, there is no such thing as an amplifier being overpowered for any set of speakers. Period. Musical transient peak demands typically can require 100’s of watts to the speakers. I doubt your class D amp of 125W RMS is up to muster. Actuall... | |
| What class is my el34 amplifier The amp sounds like it is class AB1. Is there also a control, perhaps adjusted with a screwdriver? | |
| Non-audiophile needs help with older system. You might want to move the speakers closer to the wall behind them. This will help them play bass. It may cause the soundstage to not be as palpable- you'll have to listen and see how you like the tradeoff if there is one. Corners help speakers pl... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? 6" This is false, your either hearing things or your biased toward your own retail preamp product.In many cd players or dacs I've seen the balanced output is just an added opamp changing the "real' single ended circuit to balanced. Same goes wi... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? And as far as balanced sounding better than single ended this is a Furphy, the only time this may happen is if the interconnects are very long (over 5mts> 10mts)This statement is false- balanced lines offer less coloration even if they are on... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? Possibly true unless like me you were one of the unfortunate souls who bought a PS Audio Power Plant Premier when they first came onto the market. My unit was one of the duds that later ended up in droves on Audio Advisor and advertised as "ref... | |
| Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamp Hum OK this will sound a little weird, but if you can pick the phono preamp up and move it around, see if that affects the hum.If it does, move the phono section to a different location- it could be too close to a power transformer, like the one in th... | |
| Pre and Amp Suggestions Not sure why you say the ARC is not balanced, the LS25 and VT100 is used to own definitely were. What I was saying is that although the ARC stuff is balanced, it does not support the balanced standard. An example of how this is so is in a balance... | |
| Liquid Amps What's even more important than the type of distortion is where is the distortion located. Our ears hardly care or notice distortion in the bass regions relative to others. Most subs have horrendous distortion and are driven by cheap digital... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? No. Balanced definitely helps. I find I get better bass going from single ended to balanced when running active preamps as well. | |
| Anyone Else Using an Audio Kinesis Swarm or Debra Distributed Bass Array System? I find it annoying when I set up a system at a show and then find that while there is bass in the room, its not at the listening chair! The Swarm fixes that :) | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? The ARIA imparted more energy in the upper bass region, which seemed to smoothen (i.e.: make more flat) this area compared to the SOtM DAC-direct connection, and moreover spatiality and/or the sense dimensionality was more pronounced/convincing... | |
| schematic for a VTL super deluxe I serviced one of those many years ago. The phono section is exactly the same as what is seen in the Marantz 7C preamp. IIRC the line section is also the same, sans tone controls.Are you having troubles with it or do you just want a schematic beca... |