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| Tube vs. SS Dilemma Musicgeorge11, it may be that your speakers were not particularly tube-friendly. If so you will not get your tube investment dollar out of the amps. You didn't mention your speakers in your post, so this is mere speculation. What kind are they? | |
| Has anyone tried a "leather" turntable mat? I once knew this guy that got raw pigskin from the local slaughterhouse. He would make platter pads from it- his idea was that hands held instruments- why shouldn't skin hold the LP too?His LPs got greasy, he had to keep the pad in a mayonnaise ja... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers George, you can't count on a preamp having a 47K input impedance- that is for phono, not a line section, which might often be more like 100k. Amplifiers frequently have 100K input impedances too. When you run impedances that high and then introduc... | |
| Tubes vs Solid State Zombie thread come back to eat your brains!You don't have to know anything about the technology of tubes and transistors, or even the sound of them to know that something special is up with tubes. Tubes were declared obsolete about 55 years ago- t... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers If after that you still prefer an active preamp, then it's the colouration/distortion of it you like, which is a bandaid fix for something else that's wrong.Its not a bandaid- an active line section can control an interconnect cable and reduce its... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers The problem with a passive is that it can act to functionally reduce the value of the coupling cap that might be in the source, such as a DAC. In doing so this is how bass impact can be lost. The other problem is that the system will be a lot more... | |
| Do we still need 6550 or KT88 tubes? I've heard from service technicians that the KT-120 are just terrible (that seems to come from a reliability viewpoint). 6550s and KT-88s will have a home for decades to come in guitar amps and vintage audio gear. So yes, we still need them. | |
| what are the Best Direct to amps Digital Players ? Mateored, High Emotion Audio loudspeakers are Minnesota made, as are Magnaplanar.I don't see that anyone has mentioned this but the issue of volume control in the digital world is one that is fraught with difficulties. The problem is that most pla... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Passive volume controls and digital controls offer their own colorations. You are certainly not throwing the money away if the active preamp delivers on its promise. They can be plenty quiet on high efficiency speakers if the system is set up corr... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? Tonywinsc, there is an easy way to understand neutrality without unicorns.Make your own recordings and commit them to LP. The process of doing so will result in a recording of which you have a complete understanding and memory. When you hear it pl... | |
| Dyanco Mk III's speaker suggestions Get something that is nominally 8 ohms (especially in the bass!) and has an efficiency of at least 91 db. That will take better advantage of the amp's abilities. | |
| Zero Negative Feedback Amps with High Power Jult52, when you say 'high power' how much do you mean? | |
| Dedicated circuit Just a FWIW: the way the equipment is designed relative to ground is a lot more important than the grounding in the building! | |
| Soundstage vs background noise? I appreciate all the comments. Ralph, my experience is that tubes are just noisier than solid state. Admittedly I do not listen to music with my ear 4 inches from the tweeter, but I have to tell you, at that close range I always heard a hiss throu... | |
| Zero Negative Feedback Amps with High Power You might want to read this:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.phpCan't agree with the post directly above, unless you include the idea that the amp is mismatched with the speaker. IME amps without feedback handle m... |