atmasphere
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| Why Single-Ended? Home audio, especially 2 channel systems with analog being the primary source will rarely benefit from balanced connections. Adding balanced operation in this scenario will only add more circuitry with no real benefit and likely have deleteriou... | |
| Why Single-Ended? It would seem so. In order to support the balanced line standard:1) pin 1 is ground, pins 2 and 3 carry the signal2) the signal occurs between pins 2 and 3. 3) Ground (shield) is ignored4) the system is low impedance.Again as I pointed out earlier... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? I have found, listeners who primarily listen to rock, tend to " turn it up ", more so than other listeners.When I play classical I like to crank it so you really get those bass drum wallops.Verdi's Requiem (Fritz Renier conduction) on the RCA Sor... | |
| Why Single-Ended? You forgot that we are discussing Fully balanced topology and not design of particular amp in general. Setting bias point, as you described, can be done to single ended amp and has nothing to do with issue that we're discussing. Please tell m... | |
| Is it too bright or is it high resolution? Damaged driversbad connectionselectronics...I think the question might be a bit too broad. | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers If they really were type 45s, your output power is likely tripled. 45s only make about 0.75 watts or so single-ended. A 2A3 can do 3-5 watts. | |
| Why Single-Ended? So Ralph, you have come over to the dark side with an SE preamp. There is some hope :>)Ha! We've been making some variant of that since the company was founded. Not sure that 'come over' is the right phrase... if you transformer couple it with ... | |
| Why Single-Ended? You could ask the same of Atmasphere. Why don't they offer an SET amp? The reason is they are dedicated to optimizing the topology that they are committed to.Hm. I think you could be mistaking pragmatism for being dogmatic. Take a look at this:h... | |
| Why Single-Ended? Not sure of that. Perhaps, since it is done without input transformer there is ground reference for instrumentation amp that is usually connected with higher value resistor (and small cap) to a chassis. Signal is still differential and I canno... | |
| Why Single-Ended? Also, FULLY balanced amp has practically two amps inside and costs much more. I could buy much better single ended amp instead. That's why I would never buy FULLY balanced amp ("Fully" is not always "Better").This statement is false. A fully di... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? I don't need the last word in timbal accuracy, inner detail, octave to octave balance, etc to maximally enjoy Van Halen - I need huge dynamic range, bass impact, and the illusion of 3D space - that guitar needs to be palpable. The 101s deliver... | |
| I've decided to try Tubes We had a set of ZU Druids here for quite a while. It seems that all of the ZU lineup is tube friendly, and they are also fairly efficient, so you don't need a crazy amount of power.If I had to guess my impression of the speaker is that its actual ... | |
| Why Single-Ended? Some one please explain to me how an SET amp can be fully differential. I see some SET amps that are offered as balanced. Could one of you explain the circuitry in the amp that makes the use of XLR connections advantageous?All amplifying device... | |
| When and how did you, if at all, realize vinyl is better? Yes Ralph, but she did sell her turntable and vinyl. Is she planning on buying an even better table and more vinyl?It sounds like she's considering it!I agree that a lot of cheap turntables (and poorly designed phono preamps) did the LP a major di... | |
| Why Single-Ended? We were the first company to produce a fully differential balanced preamp and power amp for high end audio. The amp was in 1986 and the preamp in 1989. The reason we did it is because I had exposure to recording gear while playing in several orche... |