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| The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers I'm pretty sure we can find 500W tube amp that doesn't keep up with 400W class D bass amp,Good luck with that. While I do think that day is coming, its still a long ways off and that amp simply does not exist yet. I've no intention of arguing back... | |
| TECHNICS SP10 MK3 POWER SOURCE / SPEED CONTROLLER Lew, Just for the record the bucking technique I described does not use an isolation transformer and is a lot less expensive- literally can be done for under $20.00 in parts. | |
| The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers I'm not sure why you evenbrought up the case of 500W class D not being able to keepup with 400W tube amp, since it is irrelevant to ourdiscussion and refers to particular design and the way powerwas specified (only 6.7% difference in perceived lo... | |
| need to break in equip after prolonged non-use? If any amp or preamp has been sitting for a while, the filter capacitors in the power supplies will have to 'form up' again which can take some time. Until that time the equipment won't sound right. If its been sitting too long the filter caps can... | |
| Need Tube Preamp Warmth Lowrider, Pops was describing the Dehavilland UV, not the Atma-Sphere UV-1.BTW Dick Olsher has a review of the UV-1 in the latest issue of TAS. | |
| No cartridge is good enough. ^^ Vinyl is forecast by the Library of Congress to last 2-2 centuries if stored properly. I have LPs that are already 60 years old and they play fine. It is an amazing technology that has overachieved and managed to hang around for a long time. Bu... | |
| The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers Yes, the semiconductor industry really doesn't want to make linear devices if they can help it. Switch mode devices are easier and more profitable. Kijanki, in case you didn't know it, most decent bass guitar amps are built along hifi lines. They ... | |
| Ideal Cheap Low-Watt Amp for Martin Logan Quest If you forget and leave the amp on, you might want to think about the fact that a class D amp will not drain the batteries nearly as quickly!Seriously, if I were you I would be looking at speakers that are easy to drive. When you make an amplifier... | |
| EL34 SE as stable with complex music as EL84 PP ? Yes, the Music Reference amps are a good example of how to use the EL34. | |
| No cartridge is good enough. The cartridge usually isn't the problem. The tonearm and its ability to track the cartridge is. If you feel you are not getting everything from the grooves its likely you have a problem with the arm more than the cartridge.This assumes of course t... | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today How about a set of Electro-Voice Patricians? Good bandwidth, efficiency and quite revealing. | |
| Ideal Cheap Low-Watt Amp for Martin Logan Quest You might consider Audiokinesis loudspeakers. They are wide bandwidth, revealing, easy to drive and reasonably priced! | |
| EL34 SE as stable with complex music as EL84 PP ? With a speaker that inefficient you will need a single-ended amplifier of much greater power- 50-100 watts, that is if you don't want to drive the amp too hard. Single-ended amps do their best if not driven past about 20-25% of full power.OTOH a p... | |
| The Hifi Trajectory Of Class D Amplifiers Class D has completely taken over the bottom end of the market. The amps in your cell phone are class D. Class D has arrived insofar as its ability to challenge conventional solid state is concerned. I use a Crown class D amp for amplification of ... | |
| Tube preamp for under $3000 You can sometimes find an Atma-Sphere MP-3 used for that price range. |