atmasphere
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| tube monoblocks and preamp recommendations We have a lot of horn customers. At 100db, its nice to have a little power behind the speaker, but in most rooms what that means is likely not going to be more than about 60 watts. For that matter, you'll do fine with only 30- and especially if yo... | |
| Synergistic Research Atmosphere Power Cords. Synergistic Research used to make a power cord that worked very well with our amps. We often recommended them. Sounds like they still do; they even got the name right :) | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? While I've seen graphs that dramatize a digital waveform I honestly can't hear anything that would suggest a stair stepped waveform or "digital noise" from any of the switching amplifiers I've listened toJust so we are clear here, class D is no... | |
| Balanced or single ended phono cable to Aesthetix Io? I think the quality of the cable plays a role, though, even in balanced mode. What plays a much larger role in the sound of the cable is how its constructed (as opposed to quality), which is to say that if done correctly it will be a twisted pair ... | |
| Do ClassDAudio Amps Have Proper Decay Of Notes? The ClassDAudio goes out to 35khz, do you think this is far enough to avoid the ringing issues that switching amps have?Its generally agreed that you need more bandwidth than that. Even the AES which tends to be overly conservative recommends 2 o... | |
| Balanced or single ended phono cable to Aesthetix Io? Balanced (XLR) cables are significantly better where the cable is longer than 30+ feet. However, there is an opinion that the balanced circuitry that processes the balanced signal can vary greatly from one component to another so you can never ... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Ralph, how should I interpret this?>> ^^ Do you understand how power cords are wired? If you get it wrong, Bad Things happen! Interpret is as: Don't mess with rewiring power cords unless you understand local code and know what you are doing!... | |
| Cartridge suggestion for Triplanar w/1:10/1:20 SUT I don't know about the EMT but the other three cartridges will work fine! | |
| tube tuner drifting station Older tuners can be subject to drift as components in the local oscillator can become temperature sensitive over time (decades). It is normal for some drift to be present even in a solid state tuner. Back in the tube days, a circuit called AFC (au... | |
| Balanced or single ended phono cable to Aesthetix Io? Since the Io has a single-ended input, using a balanced interconnect will still result in a single-ended connection. The benefit of a balanced connection is that the interconnect cable will cease to have an influence on the sound of the system. It... | |
| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but Saying that I hate caps in the signal path, give me direct coupling any day over it, as all caps have their own sound as well.That is why we have a direct-coupled output on our preamps. Here is a little tutorial on capacitive reactance. It bears d... | |
| I used to think passive preamps were superior to active preamps given right the setup, but But if for example the source component has a coupling capacitor at its output, resulting in a substantial rise in output impedance at deep bass frequencies, or if the output impedance varies significantly in other parts of the spectrum for wha... | |
| What is the best OTL out there? There's some out there who designed and build their own OTL that uses better tubes like KT88/120/150,,300b,,VV52b,,even 211 / VT 4C can be used and they are more efficient than the ones on the market today.This statement is false- there are ... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) ^^ Do you understand how power cords are wired? If you get it wrong, Bad Things happen! BTW, the effects of a power cord are much easier to measure than that of fuses. I've seen a power cord rob an amplifier of about 1/3 of its total output power! | |
| XLR-Balanced Hybrid Hi-End Cable The whole point of the balanced line system is to eliminate cable artifact, and to that end sliver and gold wire should not make a difference! However, the balanced line system is a standard and if the standard is not supported by the equipment in... |