atmasphere
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| Looking for amp advice (punk, rock & reggae edition) So the fact that the speaker impedance is at its lowest in the midbass (4.2ohms at 118hz) and that I am not getting the mid bass I feel I should be getting is not related?Yes. As I mentioned earlier, the speaker is an easy load for a tube amp, a... | |
| Please give me advice about an ARC VT 200 amp @noromance , The technique I offered works just as well and is a lot cheaper. Based on your post I suspect you didn’t read my post all the way through. | |
| New idler for Garrard 401 If you have an older idler, they can be refurbished by Russell Industries for about $40.00. They do an excellent job and can also refurbish capstan idlers for Ampex and other tape machines. They bought out the old Projector-Recorder Belt Company w... | |
| Best tube amp for Wilson Watt/Puppy George, you know this is a zombie thread, right? | |
| Looking for amp advice (punk, rock & reggae edition) I think its current as a large section of the impedance curve is closer to 4ohm than 8 ohm.Current is not the issue here. If the amp can make the power, the current is present. This is because power cannot exist without current. The power formula ... | |
| Please give me advice about an ARC VT 200 amp @dweller , you are correct. The exception might be if the amp is somehow unstable without a load but IMO such an amp would be borderline criminal to sell on the open market. FWIW a variac is not needed to restart this amp. If you are concerned abo... | |
| Cartridge MC matching with phono Cary audio PH303 It should work. Put it into the MC input. | |
| Phono stage If you have a low output cartridge, and without a load it is bright, the problem is that the phono section is unstable.It is a very confusing issue, but in reality the load is not there for the benefit of the cartridge, its there for the preamp.If... | |
| Looking for amp advice (punk, rock & reggae edition) 8ft each. Belden cables from BJC. I forget if they are 10 or 12 awg. I got them 5 years ago.@gochurchgo Is there any way to shorten them up? 8 feet is getting kinda long. I would also pay attention to how tight the connections are at either end of... | |
| Looking for amp advice (punk, rock & reggae edition) The Stereophile review was done using a 100wpc tube amplifier so I have been looking at more power to fill in the holes.More power won't fill in the holes. This speaker is easy to drive and is friendly to tubes so I have trouble imagining that a c... | |
| Cartridge MC matching with phono Cary audio PH303 Thanks, but I am not full understanding what you recommended since I am newbie on this .What mean without loading?Don't use a 100 ohm resistor or the like. The input of the phono section is 47K so it should be just plug and play. | |
| What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why We just have a loading strip on our preamps so you can install anything you want (quite often with MM cartridges, a capacitance is also involved). | |
| Mogami wire quality? Also, the wire material is basic OFC copper that is stranded. All this is decent for what you get. They are generally less expensive (under $150 in most cases, unless you are getting a multi-channel snake or something).Cardas has a very spec... | |
| What is the preferred cartrige mm or mc and why MC sounds fake. MC has false over exaggerated detail. MC has a weak presence region. MC has s weak midrange. MC has weak bass and midbass. MC sounds terrible with step up transformers. MC is noisy with a lot of mid fi phono preamps. MC sounds a... | |
| Phono stage gain too high??? Should I return it?? Do not try to change tubes to change the gain. The circuit is optimized for a particular tube- the 6922/6DJ8. A higher output cartridge should not be used with low impedance loads like 100 ohms. I don't think low output cartridges should be either... |