atmasphere
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| Thinking of a new preamp and looking for advice... I'm not convinced this is a ground loop. If that were the case, lifting the ground connections (I assume at the power cords; please correct me if I'm wrong) would have solved it.Do you have a Digital Volt Meter (DVM)? If so, some simple measuremen... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? Sure, but just so you know Cardas and many others make adapters that will do the job. Just make sure no matter who you order from that pin 1 and pin 3 must be tied together. | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? @dbphd , yes- an OTL is a tube amplifier without an output transformer. In our case, the output of the amp is direct-coupled (so our our preamps). | |
| Directionality of wire Appeal to Logical Fallacy: Person A makes statement, person B assigns Logical Fallacy of choice as a means of refuting person A's statement, regardless of whether the application of the Logical Fallacy thus invoked is the correct one or even if a ... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control @dlcockrum don't feel too bad, the UltraResolution Technology platforms were not cheap when they were in production... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? @dbphd that sounds like that should work.The Jensen Isomax transformer works very well converting balanced to SE. But, correct me if I’m wrong @atmasphere , doesn’t connecting a stand alone transformer inline w/ an OTL affect the sonics?Of course... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control Any tips on/sources for material and construction techniques of your TT platform that you will share? I use a similar Sound Anchors stand coupled to a concrete slab with cones.Sadly the platforms are no longer made (UltraResolution Technology); ... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control My 'table sits upon a platform that is a sandwich of marble, military constrained damping and steel. Its pretty dead. That in turn sits on a custom Sound Anchors stand that is sand-filled. The stand is built to accommodate not only the platform an... | |
| Journey ending speakers I've heard an awful lot of speakers in my time, on account of they get sent to my shop for audition and I hear them at shows as well.For about 20 years now one of the best I've heard has been the Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T-3.3, which is wh... | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? @charles1dad FWIW, the Coincidents we had here at the shop were Total Eclipses- they had five drivers- two side firing woofers, two midranges and a single ribbon tweeter. The 6C33 can sound excellent and despite bing indirectly heated can easily k... | |
| Atma-Sphere MP1 with single-ended inputs and outputs? Adapters OK? The Atma-Sphere MP-1 and MP-3 are both available with optional RCA outputs (in addition to the dual balanced outputs). When this option is added there is also a switch installed to switch between single-ended and balanced operation. This is needed... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! @erik_squires That’s not what’s being done here. DSP is used entirely for electrical phase and amplitude. The actual speaker/room response is not considered. Quite a heavy handed approach to making an amp perform like an ideal voltage source. T... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations please to partner with Parasound JC-1's.... @gerryn I use Transparent balanced to the amps and Audience speaker cables. I have not heard many others. I have really enjoyed the AA for many years. The preamp seems very good. Just always wondering what a separate tube pre would do. In mo... | |
| What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion? @rusty_jefferson Just to be clear, I'm not Trolling you, or your company, just answering the question in the thread title, "What's your OTL tube amp experience and suggestion". No worries- I didn't think you were. But most people don't realize t... | |
| Sonic qualities of SET output tubes? Life is so simple. Only money complicates it.**That** certainly seems to be true.The Coincident loudspeaker concept (tending to higher impedance) that Israel has had for the last 10-15 years or so was developed using an OTL, not an SET. Unless you... |