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| 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... | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic Ralph do you know of anyone running any of your amps with a nola speaker?I've heard of it but not heard the combination myself. I do know though that most of the Nola's have dual woofer arrays, expecting the amp to double its power into the lower ... | |
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 Terry is retiring isn't he? | |
| Connecting the ground wire makes music less lively Do you have any sort of loading on the cartridge? | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic Yup! You can say that again! | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... First you do the circuit design.Next is to see how much it is affected by materials. Some areas in the circuit will be sensitive and other areas nearly immune. 3rd to to sort out what the best materials/parts are and install them.4th- the 3 most i... | |
| Connecting the ground wire makes music less lively Phonograph cartridges are a balanced source. That is why the ground wire is needed, as it is the ground of the balanced system. The thing is, when employed as a single-ended source, the capacitance of the interconnect plays a bigger role when the ... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... With solid state gear if you want it to really sound right it probably has to be left on all the time- especially preamps. Our amps seem to get to 99% of where they are going in about an hour- two hours they are totally there. In the old days it t... |