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Amplifier For Compression Drivers In A Tri-Amp Setup...?
You hardly need any power to make this happen! 15 watts is **plenty** of power!! If the drivers really are 112db, you can likely make do with an amp that only makes about a watt.A type 45 triode power tube makes about 0.75 watts operated single-en... 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
Contact me via email.We've only done this with the Triplanar. Not sure how well it will work with other 12" arms! But IMO the Triplanar is one of the very best out there. 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
Atmasphere, how do you compare your own Empire based direct drive turntable offering against the Technics 1200 GAE ?While over the years the model 2098 we've built has acquitted itself very nicely over 'tables costing a lot more, overall I think t... 
Balanced v unbalanced input to Ayre preamps
600 ohms is still used, on account of the fact that there is still a lot of vintage professional gear in service, in fact many studios like to advertise that they have such (tube) equipment. So usually modern gear is designed to support that opera... 
Preamp issue?
^^ What reubent said. Swapping the interconnect cables left for right is your first step, otherwise you don't know if its the preamp or the amps.  
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
May I inquire if you actually drilled into the top 10mil aluminum plate in order to mount that arm?One hole is drilled into the original plinth.  The other two are on the armboard we fabricated. 
New Technics SL 1200 GAE
That's Super!!! I would be interested in the details! Especially the music. Kept wondering if you really accomplished it. I would think that this will impact All TTs.Can you give me hint at cost beside TT and Triplanar ???@nkonor take a look at ... 
Balanced v unbalanced input to Ayre preamps
^^ Right! 
Slight hum in my amp. Is this normal?
I explained again that it was loudest when you first power it up then the hum diminishes after a few seconds but is still audible. He wants to keep power applied to it and observe.Another thing I just remembered and haven't mentioned, since the... 
Balanced v unbalanced input to Ayre preamps
Can someone explain why handling a 600 ohm load is a critical factor for making cables used in balanced lines sonically a non-issue? It's not related to CMRR then, right?These days 600 ohms is no longer the standard (although since transformers ... 
Class D is just Dandy!
Don't even need a working amplifier to try this, just hook up two tubes and have them switch back and forth as you suggest. Please post the pics of the results. By pics, I mean of the smoke. :) Class D was first proposed in the 1940s. The proble... 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
Driving easier speaker loads (high impedance) should be beneficial for all types of amplifiers and not limited to just tube power amplifiers. Charles+1  It continues to amaze me how many people don't get this basic fact! 
Class D is just Dandy!
You can use a Tube stage to slow down the signal or other circuit designs in solid stage to do that as well. Agreed- **and** FWIW, there does not have to be anything slow about tubes. Keep in mind that in order for color TV to have existed, tubes ... 
Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design
Good!How do you have them wired? 
Slight hum in my amp. Is this normal?
^^ Yes- and that is what we are dealing with when the power transformer in most audio equipment is involved. Its best to block the DC prior to a transformer- otherwise you have to use a very sophisticated power conditioner!