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| interesting phenomena in the cutting room Hello Raul, The acronym 'TEA' returns 67 different hits on Google, none of which make any sense in your post.But I can say with a great degree of confidence that you are talking about recording challenges and not anything that is specific to the L... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? Corrosion is something that affects semiconductors that does not affect tubes. This might take a few decades, after which its a very good bet that the device will be obsolete. Anyone that services audio equipment knows this all too well! | |
| interesting phenomena in the cutting room Hello Raul, I didn't know there were new posts to this thread. I'm still trying to sort out this new format Audiogon is using and one of the things that is frustrating is it does not use a good 'new post' system!Regarding your comments, they were ... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? You can't abuse a tube preamp via the input signal :)I play in a band as well and while I have technical skills, the idea that a semiconductor is going to fail on the road is not a happy thought- that bit of equipment is going to have to be dealt ... | |
| What the *#$@ happened?? I use an UltraResolution Technologies platform (sadly, no longer produced to the best of my knowledge) under my turntable. It employs a high grade marble, laminated to a high grade steel via a 1/2" thick constrained damping layer. It weighs 85 pou... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? It is easy to refurbish and maintain classic tube gear for decades while a lot of solid state gear is MUCH harder to find replacement transistors, ICs and op amps.Isn't *that* the truth! The hardest part about keeping older solid state gear ali... | |
| Turntable for life I have a turntable that looks a lot like an old Empire 208, but it has a different platter pad, damped platter and the plinth is machined from solid aluminum. Its equipped with a Triplanar arm. Its been hard to beat. I've been running it since 199... | |
| Interchange with a 5751 and a 6FQ7. The 5751 is a rough equivalent to the 12AT7.The 6FQ7 is the same as a 6CG7; the 12AU7 is similar but with 1/2 the plate current capacity. They use a different filament connections (the 6FQ7 is 6.3 volt filament with no centertap) so they are not i... | |
| 8 Ohm Output into 4 Ohm Speakers The amp will make less power and greater distortion. By cutting the impedance in half at the output, you are also cutting the load that the power tubes see in half as well. If you drive the amplifier hard, that will result in shorter tube life. | |
| Are class A tube amps similar to class A solid state ... The issue has to do with the efficiency of the speaker and its impedance.As for the latter there is a simple solution, a device called the ZERO that will allow tube amps to drive the low impedances at high frequencies that are often seen in ESLs.T... | |
| Interchange with a 5751 and a 6FQ7. What is the question?? | |
| interesting phenomena in the cutting room With out importance level in that process and with out know almost nothing about I list some limitations on that normal process ( not " audiophile " but normal. ):- quality level of microphone.- microphones place during recording.- use of limite... | |
| Tube preamp for under $3000 You might be able to find an Atma-Sphere MP-3. It is tube, fully balanced and differential and features a direct-coupled output. There is one on here for under $3000 although it is lacking the remote option (which can be added). It also works well... | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? You were running out the 1/8" headphone jack?Yes, the connector bypasses that and the sound should be a lot better, no duh! | |
| New preamp, loss of low freq.? This is a really good example of how the MP-3 is killing music :) People think that the bass out of an MP-3 player is how it should be, and it just isn't. High End audio isn't all bells and whistles generously polished with snake oil... The fact o... |