atmasphere
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| Overloading a preamp input question 9 volts is a lot. You are correct- Redbook Standard for balanced operation is 4 volts. But if the preamp is set up right, it should be impossible to overload the input! This is because the volume control **should** be at the input of the circuit; ... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 Amplifier technology reached maturity in the seventies, when output transformers were abandoned in solid state amps. Ever since, well designed amplifiers used within their specifications have exceeded human hearing acuity.@cheeg, As I pointed o... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? First 5 – 7%? I’ll presume this initial area pertains directly to the scenario you presented, otherwise, isn’t the first 10 – 20% of a class AB amp where one finds Class A functionality, and many adore that area of operation.@blindjim Well th... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. @jazzdude99 Andy, If you want to get an idea of what the Sound Labs can do with the new backplate, there is a resistor that can be removed from the old toroidal backplate that gets you about 90% of the way there. The resistor is usually composed ... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? Go ahead and spend gobs of money on those pure class A amps that burnout after 7-10 yearsAny truth to this? (i.e. is a class A amps life span known to be less than other designs)No. We've been making class A amps for the last 41 years, and recentl... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. ESLs on paper have low efficiency, but that is because the standard measurement is made at 1 meter.If the ESL is a large panel, a good deal of the sound might go past the microphone without being picked up. So in reality many ESLs (and planars in ... | |
| Interconnect Length No more than 2m., it does not matters balanced or unbalanced IC cable. The cartridge very low level and delicated signal as more length it must run in a cable as more degradation suffers.You do want to keep the cable short, but not for the reaso... | |
| 20 Year Old Amplifiers compared to 2017 Amplifier technology reached maturity in the seventies, when output transformers were abandoned in solid state amps. Ever since, well designed amplifiers used within their specifications have exceeded human hearing acuity.This statement is fals... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE Well your amps have a balanced input...Would it interest you to know that there are other balanced line tube preamps than the BAT? It might also interest you to know that the balanced line system was created to eliminate cable interactions. So in ... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? I'm not sure I've ever seen any transformer coupled amp show damping over 100 into 8 ohm. I'm also not convinced that the drawbacks of feedback are so bad it should be completely avoided. I feel like thats a knee jerk reaction like many people ... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. From your suggestion I might just stick with my SS amps. They have ample power (Innersound 800 ESL monoblocks (800W@8 ohms)). My journey to this thread was based on understanding if a lower power tube amp could be used on a speaker such as ... | |
| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought A correct platter pad will have the same hardness as vinyl so that any vibration from the LP can be absorbed.Aluminum and any metal for that matter is far too hard.Acrylic is too, but obviously less so than metal. IME, the harder the material, the... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE There are three threads with this same post.Are you still up for improving the system performance? | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? However, transformers do have drawbacks. Many speakers don't expect the low damping factor transformers provide and they drive a lot of speaker hot in the highs. There's a reason DC coupling is the standard in solid state amps. It gives the out... | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G OK...Rega recognizes that coupling between the base of the arm and the platter bearing is important. Given that, they seem to be trying to save weight in the assembly, which would seem to fly in the face of the rigidity aspect. IOW the Technics i... |