atmasphere
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| Is a high priced Line Conditioner needed There is only one power conditioner that can really deliver, that won't limit a large power amplifier. It was made by Elgar and was for industrial/commercial purposes, so you have to find one used on ebay, and may have to get it refurbished. It is... | |
| Who Can I send my dynakit ST-70 to for a rebuild? We've done a lot of them over the years too, as well as PAS-3s and FM-3s. FWIW any competent technician can handle any Dyna tube gear with ease. | |
| Can Digital beat our Analog installations? Thuchan, with regards to the Stahtek I think you can go either way. | |
| Soundlab speakers Sound Lab showed the speaker with a new back panel at the 2013 CES (THE Show actually) that made the speaker a *lot* easier to drive, and also sounding better (likely because it does not work the amps as hard).Our 140-watt MA-1 drives it really we... | |
| Entreq ground conditioners - what's the theory? Yes, I remember having a good laugh over that one. | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? Unsound, if you would like I can show you a letter from Steve McCormick that disputes your position. It was written to Paul Speltz, who is known for the ZERO autoformer and the Anti-cables. The letter states that with the DNA-series amplifiers the... | |
| Entreq ground conditioners - what's the theory? Ivan, there is one device known as the 'Intelligent Chip' that was most definitely a scam. Not sure if that is the same one that you mention above. Neither the Bybee or the Marigo dots rely on any quantum effects, and if their advertising says so,... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage That is correct, but you are helping things by not using the shield for signal current. That reduces the cable's tendency to introduce artifact. | |
| Best Amp for Timbre, Depth and Spatial Resolution? If you plan to keep the B&Ws, the Ayre is likely one of the better choices. This speaker does not play well with tubes due to the nature of its load (4 ohms in the bass, 8 ohms in the mids and highs). Four ohm loads should be avoided with tube... | |
| Amp recommendation for Klipsch Heresy Having used the older Heresy quite a lot, I can also vouch for the use of tubes. The speaker will become oppressive with transistors and the tubes seemed to play the bass better. I used a modified Dyna St-70 on them and was never able to run it ou... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Any SUT is capable of receiving the signal in balanced domain, so you can run balanced from the cartridge if you have an SUT, regardless of the phono section. There are indeed balanced phono cables available too. You know that funny ground wire on... | |
| Can Digital beat our Analog installations? Seems to me its been the Elgar, which was accompanied by some sort of upsampler unit. For a long time this was one of the better setups I had heard, until hearing the Stahltek.The Stahltek is the first unit where I was not thinking about analog/di... | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage Thanks Doug, missed that in my fanaticism. In that case the capacitance of the cable is playing a big role in the loading of the cartridge. If it were me I would measure the capacitance of the cable, subtract the capacitive value of my one-meter c... | |
| impedance matching and interconnect capacitance That should be OK. FWIW you would do a lot better running balanced as opposed to single ended for lengths like this- you will get far less coloration from the cable. | |
| Long cables from turntable or phono stage OK- I am going to be the lone voice here. Most LOMC cartridge don't make much voltage but they do make a surprising amount of current, otherwise you could not load them at 50 or 100 ohms and get away with it.So I am asking here that you all think ... |