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| Does amp output V decrease by adding gain stage? To get to a 1 volt level you will need to add 12db, which is easy with most tubes that might be in a gain stage. | |
| intermitant phono tube cut out? Dunenthem, you are correctly describing an intermittent short in the tube. It is unlikely that it could damage the preamp. A replacement of the same version would probably sound better FWIW. | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Dragon_vibe, It is true that our amps run kind of hot. But that is not because they are OTLs, it has to do with their being class A, something that you indicated you wanted in your OP. If you want 200-some watts and class A, you are going to get s... | |
| Amplification for stacked quads? We've had a number of customers with stacked Quads. 57s don't take a lot of power, but with 2 pair in series you can do well with a set of our M-60s. The speaker really seems to work best with tubes- if you want to hear all its capabilities that is. | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Our MA-2s might suit. They make about 220 watts and are very fast (600V/usec). | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Dragon_vibe, I agree, in a room like that you will need more power. | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Fishing, break-in does not affect bass in amplifiers so much. It does in speakers though. If you have not heard the bass come around in a week we can safely assume (as we did before) that it is not the amplifier at fault. | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation Looking at the specs you will want something with at least 100watts in most rooms.So- how big is your room, how lively is it and how loud do you like to play the stereo?If you are dealing with tube amplifiers, its better to rate the speaker in ter... | |
| Tube amp down, need guidance from the experienced With most pentode or tetrode power tubes these days 2000 hours is about right. After that you are lucky. | |
| Tube Mono-Block Recommendation I like the Amps, to be fast, Accurate and musical as possible. Giving me close to Transistor Amp Clarity That should be no problem :) | |
| Sleeper Debut Lps...70s classic rock I've always been a fan a King Crimson. I do demos at RMAF and the like with the 2nd and 4th LPs in particular. Both are quite well recorded. I have original imports of both, but if you have an original American pressing they are quite good too!Aft... | |
| Magico S5 vs Tannoy Westminster Royal SE Did anyone drop this link yet?http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.phpThese two speakers seem to operate under two different paradigms. The Tannoy is the Power paradigm, the Magico on the Voltage Paradigm. So you will... | |
| Do you play an instrument? Helps in speaker eval? I've played in orchestras and bands since 6th grade. However my experience mirrors Wolf's regarding how it sounds when I am playing as opposed to when someone else is playing.Musicians are frequently more interested in the notes being played than ... | |
| Vintage Crown D 150A II Amp -- How good was it? Its not the transformer. Either bad filter capacitors in the power supply or a channel may have a damaged transistor. | |
| Tube amp down, need guidance from the experienced I would just change the power tube and see if it works.If so, then I would investigate perhaps replacing power tubes if they are getting weak. Arc-over failure is a common failure mode of weak power tubes.If the amp does *not* work I would get the... |