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| A80 (RC MkII) or A810 - which one should I buy? - ANY INPUT IS WELCOME !! If you can find an Ampex 351-2 it will be a better sounding machine (if properly refurbished), but they are a lot more clunky in terms of transport operation! | |
| Power conditioner help The best power conditioners were not offered to high end audio.They were made by Elgar (still in business). They used a massive isolation transformer which had a feedback winding on it. A low distortion oscillator was used, synced to the AC line f... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers My 8watts 300B SET plays on not even horn and not even efficient speakers (marvelous 88dB XTZ Master M2 speakers to hear or have), and yet sounds loud enough. Imagine now with efficient speakers!!! 'Sounds loud enough' is exactly the right term ... | |
| A80 (RC MkII) or A810 - which one should I buy? - ANY INPUT IS WELCOME !! I've seen A80s going for over $7000. At $4000 that one seems like a pretty good deal. Our machine does 7.5" and 15". | |
| Any thoughts on a solid hickory platform under my tt Most anti-vibration systems do indeed convert vibration into heat. It might be helpful to read this article from EAR, a leader in vibration dampening:https://earglobal.com/media/9891/understandingdampingtechniques.pdfWith regards to a wooden base,... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? They're noisy, require LOTS of wall power; generate LOTS of heat(especially OTL ones!) and LOTS of distortion(even considering even order ones) making the playback far from real. Very often the soundstage will seem like sounds from far away. Al... | |
| Tube Amp vs Solid State Amp HELP Ok, now I'm worried about the FX-10 damaging my speakers. I was reading the Dali manual and it was discussing how a small amp will have more high frequency information and will put a strain on the tweeter. Does this strain only occur if you pus... | |
| Will changing gain affect frequency response? In addition to the points already made, an additional issue is that a room can sound brighter at higher volume levels! I run into this all the time at audio shows where the rooms are hotel rooms that aren't built as well as rooms you might have in... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? I used to have troubles with footfalls when I ran my turntable. I got a Sound Anchors stand which helped quite a lot but did not solve it.I used to have a Sota Cosmos; replaced it with a modified Empire 208 turntable (equipped with an SME5 arm). I... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? @cottguyWe've had good luck running ZU loudspeakers at our facility; in terms of efficiency and impedance they are very similar to the loudspeakers we will be using at the RMAF. | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? @inna , I don't see a video on the Purist site that shows a turntable. I hope you are not taking your evaluations from youtube seriously! From Peter Breuninger, who made the video I found on that site:"I urge you, If you want your system to sound ... | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? @unsound Its funny about that- he knew others were in the room. As far as I know he's not been writing for years now. @inna I don't agree but I am going purely from personal experience. As I said before, its a topic for another thread.It all depe... | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? I recall reading a number of articles on the Internet that indicate that while audiophile grade equipment seeks to avoid the distortion you are speaking of, other audio equipment such as some guitar amps seek to embrace it. So for the lay perso... | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? @mapman I've regarded the Class D technology as a sort of rising star. I've yet to hear one that beats a good tube amp in my system but I've not heard them all by any means. I use a class D amp in my keyboard setup in my band and it works pretty w... | |
| If I'm looking for "Tube Sound", why would I put a Tube Pre in front of a SS amp? But, lets be truthful and real hear. Tube is better than solid state? I don't think so. Nor do I believe that Solid state is better than tube.What tubes do better than transistors is not make higher ordered harmonic distortions to which the ea... |