atmasphere
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| power amp recommendation It looks like the speaker can be driven by tubes as well.I would look into Pass Labs if you are thinking solid state. | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? So, does this experiment show that the preamp is quiet and the phono stage is noisy? Or, is it still the preamp somehow, and the higher gain of the phono stage is bringing out the inherent noise in the preamp somehow?That's what I was saying e... | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? Roger, I think its in your best interests to avoid much in the way of explanation of what you are up to- seriously. I've already said why. Now the problem here of course if that you have a circuit that can do the process, but no means of measureme... | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? ^^ bigger amps won't cure this problem as it is not caused by amplifier power or the lack thereof.I have seen problems with cartridges where the magnet structure was damaged and has caused low output in both channels. The Whest, while not my favor... | |
| Hybrid tube/ss phono pre amps. Are they better than just Tube or SS alone? atmasphere… Does that mean when the volume level is lower coming through the speakers? No. what we are talking about with low level detail is the lesser sounds in the recording- hall ambiance, little details like people shifting in their chairs, s... | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? Mark, your ARC LS25 is a selectable gain line stage. It looks like you can set the gain anywhere between 0 dB and 18 dB. What do you currently have the LS25 gain set at?The line stage gain will not make any difference. The volume control won't ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? atmasphere, since I started this thread making exactly your main point, namely let this amp prove itself, as it has with all the first adopters, you are the point who is digging a hole for yourself, as you have no credence in discussing how it ... | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? 800db?? Lesse... 700 db is 10 to the 35th power or so... 800 db is 10 to the 40th power. Obviously the statement is ridiculous. No wonder you don't have a means of measurement. Now the problem here of course if that you have a circuit that can do ... | |
| Hybrid tube/ss phono pre amps. Are they better than just Tube or SS alone? When it comes to phono, the traditional myth about solid state doing bass better does not hold. | |
| Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp? Roger, do you have a means of measuring this phenomena?I had to create a device that was dead quiet and begins tracking at 0.07 nano volts. The quantum reference thread used to detect velocity has an extremely high Z. (90+ gig). The velocity contr... | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? After tinkering with the placement of the phonostage and the gain settings, I am suspecting the preamp is the culprit.Am I wrong in feeling funny about 3 o'clock on the volume to get a rockin' experience? Seems like the high dial position is pus... | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? Al, when you turn up the volume and that results in noise, that is a preamplifier problem. Its true that the amp might have a certain low sensitivity requiring a higher volume setting, but even if the amp was more sensitive, you would still get th... | |
| SET vs OTL I would say that a well designed SET 2A3/300B has the warm sound than also well designed an OTL having the same output wattage.There really aren't any OTLs that make the 2-7 watts as suggested by the above post. OTLs become less practical at lowe... | |
| Hybrid tube/ss phono pre amps. Are they better than just Tube or SS alone? IMO you are better off with a tube preamp. While tubes do have slightly more noise than transistors, the really big difference between them in preamps is that tubes are better at low level detail. This is something that cannot be replaced downstre... | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? This is not a power amplifier issue!This is a noise problem in the preamp. Ahendler got it right. |