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Describe ube sound vs solid state
The difference really seems to come down to distortion. Tubes make more harmonic distortion, but it tends to be of the lower orders (2nd, 3rd and 4th). These are considered musical by the human ear/brain system.Transistors in general make less dis... 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
Chuckie, do you have the new backpanels for your Sound Labs? They make the speaker easier to drive and better sounding with all amplifiers. 
Preamp for monoblock BAT amps
How long are your interconnect cables? Do you want to drive the BAT balanced (which is what its designed for)? 
Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers
Dentdog, do you have hum when nothing is connected to the phono section input? 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
George, your comments fit the classic definition of trolling:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29The fact is you have not used a set of ZEROs at your house. If you had, your comments would be in line with that of the experience of hu... 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
George, you are simply not credible. I think you are simply trolling this thread and me as you typically do. 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
George, Its obvious you've not actually heard the ZEROs work.Too bright does not work any better than too dull- both are colorations. The ZEROs are an excellent solution for tube amps that are being asked to drive speakers that they simply would n... 
Amp frequency requirements for super tweeters?
If the amp does not have the bandwidth, it may not matter. 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
The ZERO is not a band-aid. It is a problem solver, and very effective- usually removing coloration rather than adding it. There are many accolades on the zeroimpedance.com website and the product has been around now for nearly 20 years.The issue ... 
Amp frequency requirements for super tweeters?
How could another component open up the bandwidth of an amplifier?? 
What are the best speakers for 80's hard rock?
distortion produced by design and the rest of music of 80's hard rock in general poorly recorded. that's why. what's the point having invested huge for a few songs vs. the rest of bands?Sorry, this comment is nonsense. For starters, rock going bac... 
Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers
Uh, George, please read the thread through (beginning with the title of the thread) rather than just jumping in in the end.First, this thread is about what tube amps can be used and is not about solid state.As explained earlier:Martin-Logans have ... 
Mark Levinson No.26 Balanced Input Question
What happens when you connect the CD player to the balanced AUX2 inputs?If nothing, its most likely that the CD player is having a problem. If it plays then the preamp is the issue. 
Amp frequency requirements for super tweeters?
^^Yup! 
Altec A7 What to do
I had bi-amps Altecs for a long time too. I ran transistors on the bass and an Ampex tube amp on top. When I went to tubes on the bass it got better; when I got rid of the electronic crossover and ran the tube amps full-range it got even better (a...