atmasphere
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| interesting phenomena in the cutting room We master LPs for other labels. Most of our work has been for Nero's Neptune, which is a local label in Minnesota. We've also done a number of independent projects. Most of them have not been what I would call audiophile, for example we mastered a... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? I get that you don't agree, but you would be wrong, except for that last bit, which I agree 100% because that just happens to be true of most audio systems.Orchestral material has plenty of sharp transients. Tell you what- find your self a copy of... | |
| Current limit onset definition? Ralph (Atmasphere), thanks for your comments also. As a point of information, all of the peak current specs Spectral provides at their site for the recent models as well as for the DMA-180 are described as "peak **output** current" [emphasis added... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers One has to be careful with the ZEROs. Like anything else they can be mis-used. Generally I go for the least amount of multiplication that gets the job done. With ESLs this generally means you are trying to restore lost highs. What is nice about th... | |
| What is the best HEAVY METAL speaker? Anyone who thinks a speaker that is good a classical can't also be good at metal just has not heard how hard a proper classical LP can be on a system.Speakers and electronics really don't care what the signal is. If they are good at their job they... | |
| Altec A7 What to do The horn can be damped, which has a nice effect on the midrange!There may be beryllium diaphragms available too. The originals are aluminum and have some breakups which make them less detailed and harsher. If so, these are the people to contact:ht... | |
| Current limit onset definition? Clearly the 40A figure has nothing to do with power draw... | |
| Best tube amp for electrostatic speakers ESLs traditionally are a tricky problem for solid state amps. The reason is that solid state amps are often able to act like a voltage source, which is to say that they can often double power as the load impedance is cut in half.This causes troubl... | |
| 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... |