atmasphere
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| Analog Impressions from Munich High End 2015 All of the Triplanars use the same bearings, which are the hardest made worldwide that won't also shatter. The geometry of the 12" is different since the longer length has lower distortion. | |
| Sound Lab vs Magnepan 20.7 Stringreen, The newer SL ESLs are not only more reliable, they are also a lot easier to drive and sound better at the same time. They appear to have wider bandwidth and higher efficiency than the Maggies do, whereas a few years ago I would have sa... | |
| Joule Electra Amp Repair If you need help with JE amps we can certainly assist. | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... You should be aware that just because a tube is new does not mean it will be quiet or low microphonics. Tubes in premium gear almost always have to be hand-picked, despite what you pay for them.So you got one Sophia that was noisy- send it back an... | |
| Why does my tube amp The harder you push your amp the shorter the life of the power tubes. Lower impedance + lower efficiency = shorter tube life.Another thing to consider that there really isn't a good justification for low impedance if sound quality is your goal. **... | |
| HELP HELP - VENDETTA RESEARCH SCP2A FAULTY You might try seeing if the tape monitor function has a dirty switch. That could make the unit act as you describe. Operate the switch a few times and see if the channel pops back in.A dirty slector switch can cause this too. | |
| Analog Impressions from Munich High End 2015 The Feickert was in the Purist Audio Room, shared by Triplanar and Atma-Sphere Music Systems.The Triplanar 12" arm is pretty sweet. Its actually lower mass than the original 9" arm. After using the Fieckert over last week I really came to apprecia... | |
| SUT Hum I connected the ground cable from the turntable to SUT and a wire from the SUT to the phono preamp.Then, most of the hums were gone. The level of hum was further reduced compared to the ground cable connected to the phono preamp or the preamp.Is i... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... OK- my surmise was correct- you have a lot of gain with that amp. If you want the Modwight to work you will have to hand-pick the 6SN7s for low noise. This should not be that challenging- we use 6SN7s in all of our line stages and can get them to ... | |
| Why does my tube amp The interface between the amp and speaker is what makes for a good combination. Its not always the case that transistors can drive any speaker made and do the job correctly.It may simply be that your speaker is designed to work with tubes and to t... | |
| Parasound Halo A52 keeps shutting off / protection Another thing to try is to see if the amp will sit for hours on end with no input applied. If the preamp has a malfuction and is presenting a slight amount of DC to the amp, it could trip the protection circuit. | |
| SUT Hum What happens when you tie the ground of the SUT to the preamp While the phono ground is also at the same point? Still get the hum? | |
| My stereo isn't doing it for me. Need advice Sound Anchors also makes equipment stands. I have one built custom for my preamp and turntable, each sitting on an anti-vibration platform; it has 4 shelves so the CDP is taken care of as well. I've run it this way for years. It was a nice improve... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... FWIW it sounds like the amp has too much gain.You should not have to insert a passive control to set things right- and don't think for a minute that passive controls don't have an effect! If you can eliminate it you will get more immediacy and mor... | |
| Wilson Sophia 89db 4 ohms and Audio Note Kits ? No- this combination will be problematic. You need a speaker with about 10 db more efficiency to really hear what the amp can do. |