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| Solid state phono/linestage vs Tubes A tube phono section can be just as quiet as a solid state phono section if a stepup transformer is used.The advantage of a good tube phono section is that you can have a lot less ticks and pops if it is properly designed (this is a function of hi... | |
| How do you respond to this question? When I had cats and was playing vinyl they would sit in the listening chair (if I didn't get there first) and look to where the images in the soundstage were coming from. When I put on digital they would leave the room. | |
| Ringing new NOS tube, is it safe? Generally speaking, if a tube has problematic microphonics, a tube damper isn't going to help. | |
| How do you respond to this question? I play vinyl because it sounds better, so much so that the designer of the best digital system I've heard once said to me 'Digital has such a long way to go...". The best LPs push similar dynamic range and nearly all LPs have greater bandwidth tha... | |
| Ringing new NOS tube, is it safe? No- the circuit is fine. The tube is microphonic. It won't hurt anything, but generally microphonic tubes don't sound as good.If its still in warranty get it replaced immediately- most warranties are only 90 days. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps A few comments.I also listen at lower than typical volumes. I frequently have to fight with salon proprietors to turn it down when I audition new equipment. In my case, those lower volumes represent realistic volumes. Bach cantatas are seldom perf... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps So, Atmasphere,Then why don't we have manufacting that promotes high efficiency nominal 8 ohm or higher speakers. Seems like it makes amp manufacting funnel into a narrow "limiting" high power proposition that does Limit and force a specific choic... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps The is no single type of amplifier that is the best for all genres of music, I don't care what amplifier it is, there's inevitable compromise somewhere. Charlesdad, while I appreciate many of your posts and your primary tenant (paraphrasing: 'get ... | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Atmasphere,Rebbi's room is about 11x12, my office system, 14x16. Believe me, even true 92db, 8ohm, no problem. My 8 watt Coincident Dynamo is sublime with my 95db or 98db Lores depending on model. How loud do you listen? I generally like about 80d... | |
| RIP Kirk Bodinet SOTA Sorry to hear this! | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Generally with SETs if you really want to hear what the amp does (where the 'magic' is) its important that you don't push it past about 20-25% of full power.For this reason you usually need a really efficient speaker to show the amp off. In the ca... | |
| looking at upgrading my tonearm from a triplanar I found the Talea to be a disappointment compared to the Triplanar, after everything I had heard and read about it. In particular the Triplanar is better in the bass- so far, the best I have heard. I use recordings I have recorded myself for refer... | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. I have found that is true as well. If for example if that 50KHz step was really employed (and if I understand correctly, meaning that it goes to flat response at 50Khz), the ear will interpret the resulting phase shift in the audio band as brightn... | |
| Phono stage w/automatic Load-Impedanance. I don't know how you would get bandwidth that high given that the RIAA curve is rolling off the circuit at 6db per octave, so he must have been referring to the bandwidth of the gain stages rather than the overall bandwidth of the entire phono cir... | |
| Atmas-phere MP-3 MKIII --- opinions? You can buy any Atma-Sphere preamp as a line stage and add the phono section later. In the MP-3, the phono costs $800 to add after the fact. Our UV-1 has gotten some nice comments from customers comparing it to phono-only sections that cost severa... |