atmasphere
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| Phase inverting problem Lacee, if you are running a preamp already you certainly don't need the passive volume control after it. I would have to imagine that is messing with your bass!Check the setup and loading on the cartridge. Absolute phase won't make the system shou... | |
| Which high power SET If it's topology, it means harbeths with its low sensitivity are generally incompatible with any SET amp, irregardless of it's power output. Given a hypothetical world where both push pull and SET generate the same power output, does push pull dri... | |
| Mixing Atma MA1s with solid state. Thotdoc, if the mid-bass modules can be added with a passive crossover and the 1.7s are crossed over as well, then you have a good shot at it.If they are simply added in parallel then you will need a set of ZEROs, which I would certainly try out a... | |
| What amp should be used with merlin vsm's? Zombie thread come to eat your brains! | |
| Which high power SET Edoit, I think you will find its in your best interests to do an audition on your speakers in your home if you can.SETs with the same power as your 30-watt push-pull amp may not come off as just as refined. I alluded to the issue, but here it is i... | |
| Preamp for Aesthetix / Atma-sphere Not sure, is the RCA 12bh7 tube equal to other 12au7 variants, regarding gain?The gain, or mu, is the same however the 12BH7 is based on the 6SN7 tooling. If you examine the 12AU7 you will see that it is a 6SN7 plate structure that has been sawed ... | |
| Which high power SET I hate to pop your bubble but OTOH, I will probably save you a lot of heartache too so:The Harbeth is a revealing speaker but not particularly efficient. Its efficiency (and efficiency matters more to tube amps than sensitivity FWIW) is low- only ... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I'm intended to use and purchase only solid OAK furniture for my dwelling for various reasons.A marketting price for high-end furniture is important. It also substantially more pricey vs. composit furniture, but money spent for value and built qua... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? "High End" has everything to do with *intention*. It is not about marketing or price.I've noticed a myopic viewpoint here. Go to the Munich High End show and see if you still feel the same way. What you will see there is families with baby carriag... | |
| A Must Hear under $5,000 IMO some of the best under $5000 speakers around are made by Audiokinesis especially if you have tubes. | |
| When to recap? Yes- its not a matter of which electrolytics in the power supply, its a matter of *change them all in the whole amp*! | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound what are the advantages to having a lot of tubes, assuming that you have very efficient and sensitive speakers (the OP has some very efficient Klipsch speakers)? There is less advantage in this situation. What such speakers do allow is that you ca... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? If you look at what is happening in the independent music scene, the trend has been towards the LP for a long time (about 20 years). The issue has to do with how relevant high end audio is, and the conditions that exist here in the US; after being... | |
| More Tubes = Better Sound If you are going to have multiple power tubes, it is best to have a lot, assuming there is a mechanism to allow for current sharing among them. The bigger problem in dealing with high powered tube amps is actually the output transformer, but that ... | |
| Experience with Transcriptor Turntables? I fixed an aweful lot of those things while I was going to engineering school (I worked in a consumer electronics repair operation). They could be quite finicky to set up but seemed to hold together if transported properly to their residence.I was... |