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| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? Yes- that part is not false. Just the statement as I quoted. | |
| compact tube amp and in wall speaker If I get a efficient in wall or bookshelf, will 10 tube watts drive high 80's low -90 dB speakers?You sort of answered this question already- high 80s is not efficient, nor for that matter is the low 90s (that might considered medium efficiency). ... | |
| Transitioning from SS to tube amplification Looking at the specs, the speaker is rated at 92 db 2.83 volts/1 meter (being an 8 ohm load, the efficiency is the same). The minimum impedance is 6 ohms. This should be an easy speaker to drive and in most rooms 60 watts would be plenty of power. | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Yes.In the case of driving a 5 ohm driver, the output of the amp will be lower power and higher distortion. Since its a tweeter, this might not be much of an issue as there is little power that is needed for a tweeter.The 16 ohm load will also res... | |
| Best arm for Dr. Feickert Analogue Firebird Table Stringreen, not so much! Keep in mind in her recordings she was singing into a microphone, while with recording a violin the mics would likely be placed to create a stereo image.We had a setup in our room that allowed her to sing into a microphone... | |
| electrovoice EV Patrician 700 I've always wanted a set of Patricians. No place to put them as I have a set of Classic Audio Loudspeakers right now. The speaker is collectible because it is an excellent speaker. | |
| compact tube amp and in wall speaker I would not go with ESLs if you plan to mount the drivers in the wall!!Instead I would get my hands on the most efficient and wide range speakers I could. ML ESLs are traditionally not very tube friendly and it sounds like you are on a budget so a... | |
| Solid state power + tube pre or visa versa? it's more likely that the high input sensitivity of some ss amps might make the high output of some tube pres volume controls so sensitive and restrictive to become a hindrance.This statement is false. What is true is you have to be aware of how m... | |
| best transparent pre amp Actually the idea that a passive is more transparent is a matter of dispute. You have to keep in mind that a well-designed and built active will have distortion that is a tiny fraction of what it is in a power amplifier! A passive has no distortio... | |
| Atma Sphere M60 owners...... The driver tube position in the M-60 requires either a -GTA or -GTB style of 6SN7. As you face the front of the amp:In the MkIIIs and later this is the position that sits by itself in the front.In the long chassis MkII.3 it is the rear 6SN7.In the... | |
| Best arm for Dr. Feickert Analogue Firebird Table We ran that turntable at the Munich show using the Triplanar with excellent results!Lyn Stanley was singing in our room and we did lots of comparisons to her singing live as opposed to on the LP. A real testament to the amazing abilities of the LP... | |
| best transparent pre amp We have a customer that did exactly the same thing by replacing his Ref 3 with our UV-1 preamp (line stage only version) and he said exactly the same thing. It gave him some pause as the UV-1 line stage costs about the same as the Tortuga; I think... | |
| Transitioning from SS to tube amplification An excellent speaker to consider is made by Audiokinesis, the Zephrin. It is easy to drive and very revealing.As you are no doubt aware, dollar for dollar tube power is more expensive than solid state (and even in the 1960s cost/profit was the mai... | |
| best transparent pre amp George is correct in that if a preamp imposes a coloration a passive control, even a very inexpensive one might be better.It's not cast in concrete though- passives have problems of their own that have been expounded upon a lot over the years, jus... | |
| Super Noisy Phono Pre--Help? Sounds like Lewm and Jmmorford both have the same problem, and in both cases no evidence whatsoever that the preamp is at fault.If getting a lot of motor noise the culprit likely has something to do with the tone arm wiring. Perhaps a bad ground s... |