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| Balanced interconnects and non-differential amps FWIW there is a simple method of getting the amp to process both phases of the incoming signal without changing the character of the amp. If the XLR connection is already in place this is very easy to do.All that need happen is a coupling cap from... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Adding a super tweeter would be another method. | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state ^^ Exactly. Thanks Al. | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Phase is tricky! We can't hear phase on simple tones like a sine wave, but we can hear it in a spectrum of frequencies. Our ears use phase to construct the sound stage. If phase is altered, it can also be interpreted as tonality. I had this demons... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state I don't see anything that supports your statement- perhaps you could point it out? | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state You didn't look deep enough.From the Wolcott site:http://www.wolcottaudio.com/WA_presence.htm:What if we told you that our very different tube amplifier had highly accurate autobiasing, a nearly infinite damping factor, acted as a pure voltage sou... | |
| Input sensitivity, Gain and Preamp matching Pani, If you really are serious about this and plan to keep your loudspeakers, do yourself a favor and get an amplifier with significantly more power. At a minimum you are going to need 60 watts (my room is very similar dimensions FWIW).IOW in you... | |
| what speakers If you have the budget, the Audiokinesis Dreammaker 2 will work fine with that amp and is more efficient and an easier load than the others you mentioned. It also plays well into the 20Hz region. | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Actually there are a good number of tube amps that can do that. Any Mac for example. Ever hear of the Wolcott? Henry made a point of advertising that his amp could operate as a true voltage source.All amps have higher distortion into lower impedan... | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Broadstone, according to what I have heard, it should also sound generally smoother without loosing any detail. | |
| Is your tube amp really a tube amp? A hybrid amp will have semiconductors in the signal path.Some examples: The MOScode, Berning ZOTL, some of the old Counterpoint stuff, some of the CJ stuff.So this is an easy thing to spot. To flip the coin over, anyone making the claim that the H... | |
| Is your tube amp really a tube amp? A solid state device in the power supply does not mean that the amp is not a true tube amp.An example would be a Dynaco St70 or a Harmon Kardon Citation 2. | |
| Is my preamp useless? So let us assume that I purchase this preamplifier. What happens to the power amplifier, sources and speaker cables? What about power cords? They also seem to have some degree of effect due to cable changes. At least in my system, the speaker cabl... | |
| Input sensitivity, Gain and Preamp matching Most SETs have low gain because they are intended to be used with high efficiency loudspeakers (usually 98 db or more). | |
| Electrostatic speakers and low volume resolution Since you have a solid state amp that does OK on the speaker right now my first inclination would be to simply go with the 2X multiplier tap, IOW 4 ohms. |