atmasphere
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| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? I usually tell people that the room is 50% of the system. There's not a lot you can do with the very best system if the room sucks. Conversely a very modest system can do great things in a good room. If you had the perfect amplifying method - a pa... | |
| Impedance Question? jmcgrogan2 has the best answer +1Our tube preamps don't have an output coupling cap- so they can drive 600 ohms let along 10,000 ohms with ease. The output impedance is the same at 5Hz as it is at 1KHz or 30KHz.Generally speaking though, most tube... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! @ibocquin Hm, Its been a bit of a mystery to me as to why Krell has been spreading a false rumor that tube preamps push DC; I'm thinking that your experience might explain it.@erik_squires With regards to the PL preamp- if a high frequency snubbe... | |
| Channel Imbalance at low volumes This is a classic symptom of a defective volume control. Get the control replaced. | |
| Is it the beer or do speakers/electronics really need some extended warm-up period? The last time my system sounded bad, it had been off for 24 hours. I had forgotten about it when I sat down to listen, it had been on already a couple of hours, but ugh. I kept asking myself "why does it sound so bad?" until I remembered. So, i... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening @inna :) my reputation all seems to come from the same place... I first heard the Audio Notes at a show, seems to me RMAF. If I recall correctly the speakers were in the Electra Fidelity room where there was also a set of M-60s. I thought the two... | |
| Long distance between preamp and power amp The problem with long RCA interconnects is a loss of high frequencies and definition. The way to deal with it is run balanced connections to the amp and convert from balanced to single-ended using the Jensen transformers Al suggested earlier. That... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Totally FWIW: the Audio Note speakers work very well with our amps. They seem to be a very tube-friendly speaker. | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! If, primaLuna is not a good match for electrostatics, and problems can arise, then BUYERS SHOULD BE WARNED, prominently written, in the owners manual.Actually, there is nothing in my post that suggests that ESLs and the preamp are incompatible. ... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! When TWO pre amps, bought 6 weeks apart, FAIL, IN EXACTLY the same way, this points to a much deeper problem.I agree, but the question is what is the deeper problem?This preamp has been around a while without any reason to think there was a reliab... | |
| Amplifier Starvation With your amp you have no worries. | |
| Are future improvements in Amp/PreAmps slowing to a crawl? ^^ That is correct. The ideal for amp and loudspeaker interface has been the idea of the voltage paradigm or voltage rules, wherein the speaker is 'voltage driven' and the amp behaves as a 'voltage source' which means it can make constant voltage ... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! The Bryston amps, as well as many other high end amps, DO NOThave DC output protection.Usually a relay is required for DC protection, but it can be implemented by other means such as crowbar circuit (which is a means of shorting out the power supp... | |
| Any new turntable brands we should pay attention to ? And what cartridge do you use with it, Ralph?The new SL1200 arm will handle most of the Grados and likely a few others (Micro Benz, Lyra). If you're getting the SP-10 then whatever cartridge works with the arm you install. | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium Preamplifier. DESTROYS SPEAKERS!! The Bryston is equipped with DC Offset protection. If the preamp made DC, the speakers would not be damaged unless the Bryston's protection circuit failed. |