atmasphere
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| Power supply hum transmitted to loudspeakers With your fine OTLs and the sensitive loudspeakers you often use, can you hear any noise/hiss 1-2 ft from your loudspeakers at idle? My VAC amps and my AudioNote Kit Interstage Monoblocks both have low level buzz audible 1 ft from my KEF Ref 3'... | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? @213runnin?? I was talking about your tweeters at home not the ones in the car. Did I mistake your response? | |
| What's with BAT? No- we rejected the tube as it had a lot of the same problems as the 6922 and similar. Frame grid triodes although very linear usually don’t have good microphonic characteristics.New Sensor at the time made a pretty big deal about the tube- I thin... | |
| What's with BAT? The Russian 6H30 was actually introduced to the USA by BAT New Sensor was sending us samples two years before BAT went into business. Just FWIW. | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? In my car system using the same track I can hear more top end extension, and I guess I could chalk it up to the speaker’s frequency response or just the gains I have set for the fronts at the amp. @213runninAre your tweeters damaged? They are very... | |
| Preamp popping! You got it sorted- good work!My recommendation, if not already offered, is to look for an NOS 6V6 on eBay or the like, made by RCA, Sylvania or the like, for use in this preamp.A 6V6 arcing as you describe is a bit unusual but does suggest to me t... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE I would also be interested in how changed the torque might effect the sound. One poster felt that reducing it had a very positive effect.Usually reducing the torque reduces speed stability. That can cause the arm to waver slightly, changing the... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? ^^ and compressed :) | |
| Re-wire of speakers to get more Warmth and resolve across the band If you want more warmth maybe think about going using a tube product somewhere in the system. If you can't do the power, get a tube preamp. Tubes make less of the higher ordered harmonics that contribute to brightness and so even though they may n... | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? Also make sure that the tweeters are pretty close to your height at the listening position. | |
| Hum hum hum Based on the comments so far, the problem is in the preamp (which is to say the cables and amp ar off the hook), but its unclear whether its a problem with a functioning source connected, as Al is asking about.Since its affected by volume, its ahe... | |
| Need Some Answers Building My First Home Audio System, and using Cornwalls If a power amp like the ST-70 you would still need a preamp. If your budget really is that severe then the NAD might have to be the ticket for a while. There are integrated tube amps from the classic period (1958 to 1965 or so). Most of them are 3... | |
| New Technics SL 1200 GAE The stock setting is pretty good. It takes a bit to stop it, but if you let go its up to speed really fast. It might win a little bit to tinker with it, but it seems that is at a point of diminishing return already. In the meantime, if you are usi... | |
| Replacing Parasound p7, but with what? If you have a smaller budget, you might consider getting an older tube preamp and having it refurbished. But the question is whether you would need tone controls or not.You've not really talked about your room! I know its carpeted; what sort of fu... | |
| Need Some Answers Building My First Home Audio System, and using Cornwalls What is a tube amp you'd recommend for $400 or less?Well that's the thing about tube power, and why there are high efficiency loudspeakers. I can't think of where you would find a $400 tube power amp, unless you are able to find one on Craigslist ... |