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| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? ^^ I get that. I played string bass in the orchestra for years. On that account its always been really important to me to get the bass right. That's an example of my own preference. But because I played in the orchestra I really really don't like ... | |
| Class D Technology Assuming nothing is there to start with isn't a phase shift of 0 = 0?Nope! The point is that if you don't have the bandwidth in the amp it will cause phase shift at lower frequencies- down to about 1/10th the cutoff frequency is then its considere... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? @charles1dad I'm good with that- that's how I would describe it too. You expect an SET to sound fuller as it has more 2nd harmonic distortion where the MA-1 really does not have much at all. I think that if you had a sound pressure level meter in... | |
| Class D Technology Atmasphere why does 200khz bandwidth matter if there are no sources practically (record or CD res digital) that can even come close to delivering it today?I did explain this in my post but here it is again:In order to reproduce phase correctly b... | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? I hate to say this but when you hear a system that really is fast you'll know it when you hear it.Things to look for: good decay (lots of it- good lower level detail), nice sound stage that is expansive rather than stuck as a little window right i... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? I don’t want to bother those people with my ignorant questions,@tmare, ignorant questions are the best ones! Never, ever worry if you are bothering the manufacturer by asking them; that should be part of why they are there!! Otherwise you might w... | |
| Class D Technology but nobody talks about phase shifts.I do and all the time. The ear can't hear phase shift in single notes, but over a spectrum it can hear phase shift in a variety of ways- as a tonality or as a change in the soundstage. The engineering rule of t... | |
| Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7 There are only so many electrons in a vacuum tube.There might be a limit to how many electrons can **flow** through a vacuum tube... I've seen some 6SN7s go over 50,000 hours in our gear. Admittedly, that's an outsider number but some tubes have ... | |
| EAR vs Audio Note preamp Do you have a budget?If you are considering an ARC Ref 5 maybe that's a dumb question... you do know that the ARC doesn't have a phono section, right?I'm puzzled how it boiled down to these choices. Some others to consider: the CAT Signature, cj A... | |
| New Mag-Lev Turntable When the base of the arm and the surface of the platter are not rigidly coupled, the result is that any motion in which both are not a party will be interpreted by the pickup as a coloration. One example could be a loss of bass. In a turntable ide... | |
| Class D Technology Today it's become a surefire tell of sad ignorance.This statement is false. Just because you heard a class D amp sound better than a tube amp in a particular situation does not mean that all class D amps sound better than all tube amps, or even th... | |
| Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7 Well, some ARC tube preamps can power up a pair of small speakers if connected to the output to significant SPL levels.That is to say that signal tubes there are driven rough almost just like power tubes.I have a set of adapters to use my preamp ... | |
| Can I convert stereo to mono for a phono input It remains a little odd to me that Phonograph cartridges which are inherently balanced devices, don't have XLR outputs. Some do (well, some **arms** do anyway). Most tone arms have a balanced connection somewhere (even a lowly BSR or Garrard); its... | |
| Experience with Tannoy Westminster Royal Gold Reference I was a few months ago considering OTL amps, but was not sure of their capacity to drive those big drivers.Just so you know, the size of the woofer has absolutely nothing to do with the ability of the amplifier to drive it. I do hear this myth a ... | |
| Hi-Fi Tunig Fuses & Parasound A21 I have also found that the sound changes with the direction of the fuse. In one way it is relaxed with a very clear mid-range specially the voice with a little loose bass. The reverse direction produces a very fast, punchy sound with a controll... |