atmasphere
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| Why do turntables sound different? Basically speed and vibration are the right answers.Speed: the more speed stable, the less 'shimmer' in the soundstage- the more it soundstages like tape. This is because the arm does not oscillate over the position of the stylus as it tracks the ... | |
| Physics of downward firing woofers Downfiring is probably not a very good idea if you have carpeted floor. Unless I am terribly wrong.I've never seen it make a difference. The Classic Audio Loudspeakers models T-1 and T-3 have down firing woofers. Somehow the bass sorts out how to ... | |
| FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A BEE what a totally useless answer - suggestions will be usefulIMO the problem is the question is a bit broad. I'm certain that all the amps in our lineup are more transparent. That's really not a problem. But are the amplifiers compatible with your sp... | |
| What exactly is colored sound? If you actually had a copy of an original master tape, for example, and you played it on two different systems, lets say they are extreme high end, I bet that master tape would sound different on each to some degree even if you used the same re... | |
| What makes you build a system around an amplifier? You **certainly** without reservation want to start with the amp first!The reason is simple: you might have a preference for a certain kind of amp, for example, tube or solid state. Maybe you've heard how much better an amp can be if it lacks feed... | |
| Low output gain amplifier for ZU 101db Efficient speakers Any time you have a high efficiency speaker combined with a high gain amplifier of 30 db or more you are asking for noise problems.As George points out, you simply don't need all that gain.I do not agree with him however that getting rid of preamp... | |
| Is it OK to use an 8 Ohm tubed amp to power 16 Ohm speakers? This is very amplifier dependent!Generally speaking, its to your advantage to run a higher impedance speaker, regardless of the amplifier you use.With most tube amps (unless they are OTLs) you are dealing with an output transformer. Transformers a... | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family :( | |
| I have joined in the ZYX Family Lew, i was not so lucky with my second ZYX, it was purchased new, but accidentally i ended with broken cantilever, i avoided the very kind offer to pay again the price that is very close to the new ZYX cartridge.In my UNIverse the cantilever le... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I never knew you invented OTL I assumed it was created in 1954 by Mr Cecil Hall for EV. Probably a topic for a different thread... the Hall amplifier was not made for EV- but EV did use the Circlotron circuit in their Wiggins amplifiers. There ... | |
| Pre amp ruining analog A whine is often caused by a microphonic tube.But this problem only shows up on the phono input, and as I recall all the Ref series preamps are line stages. So the problem sounds like a microphonic tube in the Allnic.Try swapping the interconnect ... | |
| Troubleshooting balance issues I've not seen anything that suggests that the interconnect cables have been swapped at the input of the amp. If so, then that is the next step.If the problem moves => amp is off the hookIf the problem does not move => amp problem | |
| What exactly is colored sound? Colorations occur due to:1) the room in which playback occurs2) frequency response errors which all loudspeakers have3) incorrect interactions between amp and speaker which cause frequency response errors4) distortion, which is found in all things... | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? No takers? Nobody can tell me what the perfect amp is like? Am I to take that as conceding that Nelson is right?No takers so far because in your prior postAnyone out there banging on that "perfect amp" drum mind explaining exactly what the perfec... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE I own the SL-1200G and find it bright. Fremer and others on the net also find this artifact. Not on every recording but many. I'm intrigued by the Tri Planar, once owned and loved one. Would the Tri-Planar sound warmer on the SL-1200G as I... |