atmasphere
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| end of an era ...... If you need Joule stuff fixed, we can handle it. You can also contact Signature Sound; Rich has repair contacts also. | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage Check out audiokinesis (http://www.audiokinesis.com)Duke makes very affordable speakers that are also easy to drive and very musical. | |
| What does a Hexfred do? HEXFRED rectifiers are about the fastest rectifiers and the softest recovery- just about the closest you can get to a tube rectifier, without the voltage drop of a tube rectifier.We've been using them for about 20 years. Sonically they sound smoot... | |
| High efficiency speakers Not sure about your price point but you should add Daedalus to your list. I heard the new Muse at CAF this weekend and it was exceptional. He has a number of other medium sized floor standers that are worth a look, including the Athena. All are ve... | |
| Blown tube amp Sophia electric 91-01 need advise Sounds like the power tube arced and was able to damage a component, possibly the hum balanced control itself.This should not be a big deal. The circuit is simple. | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage You should be able to make a tube amp work with that... | |
| Valve amplifiers The world of tube amplifiers is vast. There are certainly many other amps that are worthy of a listen!Much depends on your loudspeakers. What kind are they? What is their impedance? How efficient are they? How large is your room? How lively is it?... | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? Peter has it right- in no way has anyone suggested that the tone arm be rewired! | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage Realremo, now that you have sorted out that phase was a problem, it is worth it to play with the speaker placement again to get better results. If you were doing that with one speaker out of phase, the speakers will not be placed correctly. Have f... | |
| Phono/Preamp Discussion: The Missing Link OK- here is why not an SUT and basic phono section.In a word: transparency.We have auditioned every SUT we could get our hands on and they all have a signature. We also identified several other problems.One of them was the use of feedback to equal... | |
| Help on tube question The 6550 and KT-88 are nearly the same tube. They have similar bias points and the like, the big difference being that KT-88s are supposed to be more linear ('KT' refers to 'kinkless tetrode' IOW there is no kink in the linearity curve like a 6550... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Yes (we can also use them in our preamps). One of the driver tubes has a little more voltage on it, in your case the one that is at the edge of the chassis facing the power tubes. That one has to have either a -GTA or -GTB suffix if you use NOS; y... | |
| Unbalanced to balanced VPI junction box change? ^^ That is a good question! It has to do with how the source (phono cartridge) is driving the load, which is to say that the source impedance should be lower than the load by about 10:1.In the case of LOMC there does not seem to be a downside. LOM... | |
| Seeking more 3d imaging, deeper/wider soundstage Having one speaker out of phase with the other will result in loss of soundstage, poor center fill, reduced bass and overall lack of dynamic punch as the speakers are literally fighting each other.If you hook one speaker up out of phase, the more ... | |
| Why not magnetic tapes in stead of vinyl records? Kijanki, If your basement is controlled humidity then I would agree with you. Most basements though have much greater humidity (at least in this part of the world they do...) than the attic. So what we are disagreeing about is whether the basement... |