atmasphere
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| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) @atmasphere have you tried the EPA-100 MK II ? No- but just by looking at it I can see an engineering bug. And I know that their bearings are not as hard as they could be, because the hardest bearings are available from only one source. Ralph, why... | |
| What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion? @cThe heat of an OTL is like it is with any other amp- the heat is based on the class of service rather than the number of tubes. The exception might be if you run an amplifier using 6C33s (OTL or not), which run unusually hot!If our amps are on S... | |
| Is powerfull Amps only for low sensitivity speakes? 2. Is there any *disadvantage* to powerful amps with efficient or small speakers? No. There is nothing about a powerful amp that is inherently a compromise of sound for powerThese statements are not accurate. If the amp makes too much power and t... | |
| Opinions on Possible New Set Up Our S-30 drives LS35as quite nicely! The LS35as are very tube friendly and you don't need a lot of power; i'd really consider a small tube amp of some sort... | |
| Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB Other than subjective listening, how might a customer objectively derive from specifications alone at which harmonics the distortion is occurring?That is a good question. You can get some of that from the spectral analysis. this can be tricky- ... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) So why that disappoint when vintage and today TT comes with its dedidacted tonearm: Rockport, Goldmund, Denon DP100, Kenwood, Yamaha, Sony, SME, VPI, Avid, Rega, Project, Clearaudio, and to many other to name it here. It’s the rule.In the other... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) the tonearm suggests a reincarnation of the EPA100 or EPA250, two very very fine tonearms from the Technics past. Why is that so terrible? Worst case scenario for someone who MUST use a different tonearm is you buy the package and re-sell the ... | |
| Dynamic compression in speakers themselves? Yeah, I understand that a home system is not going to match thatSure it can. | |
| Tri-Planar Vll "SE Upgrade" I have heard medium mass arms mistrack many records and then here the same records on a mission mechanic arm and they track perfectly.@tzh21y The issue here is something called 'effective mass' which is the combination of the mass of the arm an... | |
| Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model) I have to say I'm disappointed especially with the SL1000R; its not available without the arm! But maybe something can be done about that... | |
| Turntable hum ground issue? Sounds like something in the arm wiring is messed up. Grounding the ground wire is the clue- it increases hum. Sounds like the arm tube isn't grounded properly. | |
| Rega RP8 or Technics SL1200G I'll bite. Disagree.Speed stability is one thing, the platter pad and its ability to control resonance in the LP as the groove is tracked is another.That variable has to be eliminated (same platter pad on each machine being auditioned) before you ... | |
| Nuvista Tubes - General No, directed at all tubes, unless direct output coupled. I don't believe anyone has made a tube amp/preamp that is direct coupled (no caps or transformers in the signal path) from input to output, like you can with solid state.The KSS OTL was d... | |
| Full detailed sound at 30 - 40 - 50 dB @atmasphere maybe off topic but do you have a suggestion for a preamp to use with a passlab xa30.5 that will be used with 96db sensitive speakers?Sure- one of our preamps will do that nicely :) (they're balanced).The Pass amps are pretty easy to... | |
| Dynamic compression in speakers themselves? Do not forget the amplifier part: for great dynamics you need a beefy (solid state) amplifier. This statement isn't true. What you need is a competent amp and it does not matter if its tube or solid state.The match between the amp and speaker is p... |