atmasphere
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| Current amp vs Voltage amp Al, that is why I came up with the 'Paradigm' part of it. In investigating this topic years ago what I found was just as you pose in your last post, that the terms are slung loosely and freely, resulting in a lot of confusion.On top of that, I use... | |
| What is a really good sounding low volume system?? B_limo, yes, for some reason the speaker is not on their website. I don't know why. As far as I know, they still make it. BTW this is the company that made the Pipedream speakers years ago. They still make them from what I understand.Rrog, any tub... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Powered speakers are like an albatross around your neck. If you want more power, you can't. You have to sell the amps *and* the speakers to upgrade.I have to agree with Bombaywalla. Some manufacturers of ESL's specifically made/make ss amps for us... | |
| Is built in phono preamp usually best way to go? Keeping the phono section in the preamp with the line stage is a good move. You avoid the problems of connectors and cable colorations. Connectivity can make or break any system. The phono is likely the highest resolution format currently commonly... | |
| Is soundstage just a distortion? The verdict is in. I just listened to Roger Waters' Amused To Death. I must say I'm definitely not amused. Sound engineers definitely 'are' magicians! I'm hearing point source information as far to the left and right of my speakers as they are apa... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss If I could make transistors do what I can do with ease with tubes I would make transistor amps. But I can't and no-one else seems to be able to do so either, although a very few (less than 5) come close.That thing that tubes do is they don't make ... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Bombaywalla, actually that example is excellent. I have yet to hear a transistor amp that can play bass on a full range ESL, assuming the ESL is set up properly (at least 5 feet into the room).Horns are of course another example with the only exce... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp I wonder what happens if one listens to nicely produced music, say a big band with lots of brass and high frequency energy live at 105DB? Is it as comfortable as listening to the no NF tube amp at the same level? Its a fair question, I think.It is... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp The box resonance peak is where it is. How does the Power Paradigm amplifier move that peak to a lower frequency?If the resistance in the bass region goes up (due to a box resonance) then the current into that higher resistance goes down. the volt... | |
| Help with a system for a guy into electronic music I'm a big fan of electronic music from way back. I bought Tangerine Dream's Pheadra LP within a week of when it came out. I've followed the ambient music scene ever since. Infinity Project , Global Communications, Transient Waves, Massive Attack, ... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Why are there speakers designed with widely fluctuating impedances and steep phase angles in the first place?A woofer in a box will have a resonance that is expressed as a peak in impedance. If there is no accommodation for this fact either in the... | |
| What is a really good sounding low volume system?? A set of High Emotion Audio Bella Twins are much more transparent than Maggies or ESLs, are very compact and can be placed about 12-18" from the rear wall.They are available in 16 ohms which makes them an ideal load for a small tube amp (like our ... | |
| Audio companies which started from DIY users? ARC started that way. So did we, back in the late 1970s. | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. It is the immense size of the coupling cap at the output of many tube preamps that also limits the abilities of said preamp. When you are driving a 600 ohm load, the cap has to be at least 120uf (FWIW 30uf cuts off at 8 hz) in order to not have ph... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp People like Atmasphere & Berning do that. And, back in the old days there was Harvey Rosenthal (?) who came up with the 1st zOTL amp (I think I'm remembering this correctly??)No. Harvey Rosenberg had a contract for a while with David Berning (... |