atmasphere
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| Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7 I've yet to see a signal tube explode! For that matter its really really rare even for a power tube. I've been servicing consumer electronics since 1974. I've yet to see a fire in **any** preamp, tube or solid state that was not caused by a lightn... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? If you're going to stick to a 300b you do have several options. normally a 300b can only make about 7 watts. You will need more power unless your room is a small one, or if you only listen to light chamber music or solo guitar. Musical peaks take ... | |
| Is it a OK to leave tube pre-amps powede up 24/7 and says the power surge upon turn-on is harder on the tubes than 24/7 usage.This really has to do with the design! The phenomena known as 'cathode stripping' really affects power tubes a whole lot more than small signal tubes!I find that I get mu... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? We have a number of customers with that speaker that really like the combination. They use either the S-30 or M-60.Due to the efficiency of the speaker, low distortion at low power is really important and this is why SETs are often preferred. Beca... | |
| Can you leave class D amps on and not ever turn them off? **Usually** keeping filter caps charged is a good thing for their lifespan. If however that means that the caps also are running warm then its not going to help, especially if some of that warmth comes from ripple current (which tends to be higher... | |
| Leave amps on? The impedance of the speaker can easily make a difference. In some cases can change the class of operation too (lower impedance pushes the amps more towards the B region; yet another reason to avoid low impedance speakers if possible). With a lowe... | |
| Teres Illius Tonearm and the importance of the Tonearm in the analog reproduction chain My experience has been that the arm's ability to track the cartridge correctly is far more important then the actual cartridge. To that end of course the cartridge and arm should be compatible which usually has to do with size and the resulting ef... | |
| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! Since the OP likes his amp (just not enough power) the obvious thing to do is to get speakers that are easier to drive! If you want good sound, don't make your amplifier work hard (or it will make distortions causing the system to sound less detai... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? as the highs rolloff of these speakers makes merciful fate, sodom, bathory, slayer, hirax, satan jokers sound amazing, as if your a real metalhead,You don't need to have a high frequency rolloff to enjoy these bands! What you need is a system th... | |
| Why is my turntable sounding so muddy? I'd run that preamp for a week before taking it seriously. Electronics don't like sitting around for years without being run. Audio equipment has a way of not sounding right when you turn it on again (or ever- unless it gets serviced out after not... | |
| Why not use an arc'ed lathe? 'manufacturers like me'??We've tried really hard to make our stuff plug and play; automated the bias, made it really easy to set up the amp (matched tubes not required) and such. I recognized 30 years ago that stuff has to be easy to use or it wil... | |
| Class D Technology Its not 'dead time'! I would not expect the filter to have anything to do with it either. | |
| Why not use an arc'ed lathe? Sounds just like setting up my linear tracker. :^)Sounds just like setting up my pivot arm !Yes. Now imagine that the difficulty of doing so is 10 times greater and has to be done very 10 hours of use! | |
| Where is the significant point of diminishing returns on hi-end turntable? The point of diminishing return is that where it will take significantly more investment in order to make a minor improvement- one that might not even be worth writing home about.In LP reproduction you have four things that have to be tended to pr... | |
| What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock? My Classic Audio Loudspeakers model T3.3 are the best for rock and roll. And **all** other forms of music. Because they are the best. In my room. That I've heard so far. With my equipment. And my taste.Once again, the idea that a speaker is bette... |