atmasphere
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| Quadraphonic records (LPs to you and me) So the quadraphonic lps need a special cartridge ... and phonostage then. So presumably playing with a normal cartridge and phonostage some channels are missing, hence maybe a weaker sound for a number of reasons, presumably, from what you are ... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Normally you would use a higher tap. This is assuming the amplifier uses loop negative feedback, which most do.The feedback will help the amp to boost its output into the lower impedance. Since there is almost nothing for power requirements, it sh... | |
| Matching phono stage to low-output SET pre and mono amplifiers -- Korneff Almost any preamp will drive an SET of any kind including a 45-based amp, | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please your comment about eliminating or minimizing the effect of interconnect, could you please elaborate? I own an ARC Ref6 and ARC Ref150se and I keep getting advice from certain dealers that I should upgrade my IC between the two. I will say this;... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? Almost invariably I’ve noticed in friends outfits, that some were noticeably IMO underpowered as the sound in the mids and bottom end was well, I’ll go with ‘soft’’ or fuzzy. Not to the point of most people’s notice, but to my own appraisal. A... | |
| power conditioner Of late where ever I might happen to post on this forum invariably someone throws out the notion of balanced power (and proposes a $2500+ device that purported delivers it) as though its a cure all for things audio plus the common cold.Its a fa... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of A Koetsu Urushi On the subject of effective mass, my Triplanar has effective mass in the same range as the SME V, about 11g, I think. My Urushi sounded very good in the TP, but I have always wondered whether it will sound better in a heavier tonearm. @lewm te... | |
| Cary SLI-80 with one blown rectifier tube, BUT STILL WORKS just fine. How? We've been using HEXFREDs for the last 25 years and they are in everything we make. If they are really added into this amp as described, the tube rectifiers are really only there for show, since the voltage drops across the HEXFREDs is a fraction ... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? In other words easy to drive speakers that are as close as possible to a pure resistive load, which Ralph there are not many good ones, Magies come to mind, not much else of worth, that why you push the Zero Autoformer.This statement is false.... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? The correct answer George, was ’no’: if two amps are making the same power into a given load, then the current is exactly the same. It was a trick question in a way. The trick was knowing Ohm’s law. Now in this case:Given the Magico’s impedance v ... | |
| power conditioner So, as Elgar is not available anymore, what brands/models do you know of that work well?The PS Audio Power station uses a regeneration technique that works pretty well as long as the unit is run well below its recommended maximums. For our amps th... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? But you will not get the best from them until you hear it driven properly with a solid state amp that can drive this sort of load with current. George, maybe you can clear something up because as far as I know, the above statement is outright f... | |
| power conditioner Could you please provide your opinion (succinctly) about balanced power conditioners, with an emphasis on whatever advantage they bring to the table in comparison to non-balanced conditioners?Balanced power is nice if you can pull it off without... | |
| power conditioner I read many threads guys claiming that plugging their amp into anything other than the wall outlet "sucks the life out of it" whatever that means?Power conditioners are tricky. Many of them force you to use its power cord which is not good if yo... | |
| Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY? I just recently built a pair for the first time using the Tang Band W8-1808 full range drivers and they sound real nice but only with jazz, blues, folk vocal type of music and at moderate volumes. Could be my amplifiers since all I have are hi... |