atmasphere
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| 6sn7 or 6sl7 Hi,You can plug in any 6sn7 gt,gtb,gta wgt,w,& A / 5692/VT 231 or 6sL7 / 6SU7. without any problem with your amp or preamp,I been doing these any time and I even have an adapter for 12AX7/12AU7/12AT7/12BZ7 to the 8BD BASE socket and they ... | |
| need balanced tube preamp used You might be able to find one of our MP-1 preamps used for that price. The MP-1 is fully differential and balanced and historically was the first balanced line preamp made. It has a direct-coupled output and so can drive loads that most tube pream... | |
| Preamp upgrade opinion... Thanks for your response. Would the BAT VK-50SE match well with my X250? RIt should. Have you expanded your budget? | |
| Changed amps - center image moved The next step is to get rid of the adapters, perhaps having the XLRs installed on the ends of your existing cables. I find that adapters often eat some of your dynamic impact, and its an easy thing to fix. | |
| New amp for Vandersteen 2CE Atmasphere - fair point, the kids aren't babies anymore, so it's not as big of a concern as it was a few years ago. There doesn't seem to be much available used below $1k. Any thoughts on particular models that might be interesting to look at... | |
| Preamp upgrade opinion... The Pass Labs amps seem to work quite well with tubes. I think you will appreciate the additional detail and smoothness they bring to the party. Some preamps will have trouble making bass into the Pass Labs and others won't.We have a little preamp... | |
| Patents Filed for ‘High Definition Vinyl’ Technology The geometry won't be any different. | |
| What settings do people use with Lyra cartridges? If you ask J Carr about loading, you will find that he says the same thing that I do. What is happening is the cartridge inductance interacts with the tone arm cable capacitance to form a tuned Radio Frequency (RF) circuit. It resonates when ener... | |
| New amp for Vandersteen 2CE Thanks Atmasphere. I have tube guitar amps, but haven’t gone to tubes in my audio system. For now exposed tubes seem like a problem waiting to happen - kids. I've seen comments like this a fair number of times in the last 40 years. It does make ... | |
| from ARC to Pass ? Most ARC preamps won't handle less than 30K input impedance. So you can just barely pull it off, as the Pass specs do state a 30K input impedance. You might contact them and clarify what the 30K/20K spec is regarding their input impedance, just to... | |
| Help...hum issue with new preamp Couldn't he do the same thing at the end of the two XLR cable connectors that plugs into the preamp? Solder a jumper wire from pin 1 to pin 3 of the female connector.Yes, he could. I doubt the preamp is in warranty FWIW; if it is I would conside... | |
| Amplifier with no serial # Sometimes equipment gets out the door without it being serialized. I this from experience and isn't something I'm proud of but that is how it is. In other words, it may not be significant. I have a nice Gibson guitar that isn't serialized; when yo... | |
| Patents Filed for ‘High Definition Vinyl’ Technology While this looks quite interesting, The phrase "Mechanically scratching audio grooves into a lacquer foil" is untrue and is part of marketing.The way its done now, the groove is cut, not 'scratched' and its done with a heated stylus so its closer ... | |
| What settings do people use with Lyra cartridges? If your preamp has stability problems, start with 100 ohms.If your preamp does not have stability problems, you will be fine with the stock 47K. Loading has everything to do with the preamp and not so much to do with the cartridge when it come to ... | |
| Help...hum issue with new preamp Maybe Ralph, the owner of Atma-Sphere, will see this thread and respond.Indeed I did.I'm pretty sure all that is happening here is that the Supratek has no internal connection on its XLR (since its a single-ended preamp) between pin 1 and pin 3. A... |