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| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? Actually if you are on more of a budget, Audiokinesis makes excellent speakers that fulfill the requirements. The Classic Audio Loudspeaker I mentioned retails for about $33,000...Something you also want to consider is the interface between the am... | |
| Current limit onset definition? The current rating is the amount of current that flows when the power supply is shorted out for 10 milliseconds. As Al pointed out, it has nothing to do with the power or the current that the output section can make.The rating is really only there... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? One of my best friends, Earl Root (RIP) pretty well founded the metal scene here in the Twin Cities. He turned me on to a lot of metal, some of it excellently recorded.One thing that came out in spades is if a speaker is really good at classical m... | |
| What is the answer? One does wonder why the apostrophe gets such a long name. | |
| CES 2015 anyone going We won't be in Vegas- we are doing the Munich show instead. | |
| PX-25 tube amp with Merlin VSM speakers? Dazzlingmd, the difference in a P-P triode amp making 15 watts and an SET making 15 watts is that if you want to hear what the SET does, its likely you should not push is past 3 or 4 watts. Otherwise the higher orders come into play. (The higher-o... | |
| Can you recommend a simple Tube pre amp? OK- since you asked: Line stage is $1900, w/LOMC phono section $2800 (uses SUTs). Regular phono is $2300 (no SUTs).Its 'different' from our other preamps/amps in that it is entirely single-ended instead of entirely balanced-differential. But it do... | |
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 Bifwynne, - its 'Warren' Gehl. | |
| Can you recommend a simple Tube pre amp? FWIW we just introduced a new tube preamp that is a bit of a departure from our normal fare, called (for now) the Ultraviolet. Its available with or without phono.http://www.atma-sphere.com/Products/#UV-1 | |
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 Its common these days to use flameproof resistors in certain locations, usually the screen and cathode circuits), to prevent damage to the output transformer. If the tube conducts too hard, it can exceed the wattage limit of the resistor, causing ... | |
| PX-25 tube amp with Merlin VSM speakers? Brf nailed it. Quite simply, the Merlin is not suited to most SETs due to their efficiency. Dazzlingmd, your room is only a little smaller than mine, and my speakers are almost 10 db(!) more efficient, yet I find that its nice to have the extra po... | |
| Fisher 100b repair/restoration One of the more pesky problems will be replacement of the volume control, which is/was a problem on many Fishers from this period.Getting the right value, long shaft, audio taper, power switch and loudness taps all in the same place at the same ti... | |
| Connecting the ground wire makes music less lively Does the phono preamp have hum in the highest gain setting when there are no interconnect cables connected from the tone arm? If it does the arm and cartridge may be off the hook. The loading resistors need only be used if your preamp is susceptib... | |
| Reference 3a speakers and tubes We hear nothing but good about the Ref3as from our customers. So they must be tube friendly :)Happy Holidays! | |
| Do wooden arms warp In addition to warp, I would expect the wood to change dimension slightly as humidity and temperature change. That's how it is with musical instruments... |