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| Does vinyl have a sound? Mechans, no argument taken! An arm will track a cartridge well if it and the cartridge together have an effective mass that allows the two to have a low frequency mechanical resonance between about 7-12Hz. If the mechanical resonance falls outside... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Atmas do you design to what you think sounds great, or is it a case of trying to please some of the people, most of the time ?? I expect in this industry(at this end of the industry) that its driven by passionate artisans who are designing towards... | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? If you don't ask questions sometimes its harder to get answers :)Enjoy the music. | |
| Slindie Rabco arm David Shreve sent me some links after I met him at this year's RMAF. I thought they might be of interest:Link to site with pictures from the ETF 2004http://www.tnt-audio.com/shows/etf04_e.htmlLinks to sites mentioning my adjustment of VTAhttp://ww... | |
| Magico V3 with tubed amplification, will it work ? I know plenty of speakers that don't need high current- that idea in the post above is an example of a common audio myth. | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Jwm, pretty sure we will have at least two types of cables there. They will both be about 40 feet long. Would that be sufficient for you? | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Borg7x9, if brightness is something that bothers you in a system (I know it does for me....) then you will want to avoid amps that employ negative feedback. Feedback will make any amplifier sound brighter.Remember how I mentioned that the ear uses... | |
| Help finding my way with amps... Michaelkingdom, you might want to read this article too:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.php | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Charles1dad, I think you might misunderstand me on something. Although what I said about distortion in the SET is perfectly true and should not be a matter of debate, it is incorrect to assume that I don't appreciate what a good SET can do.However... | |
| Bent Audio Autoformer vs Tube Pre I agree completely.I think it would be interesting if we had more interaction from more manufacturers. | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? Mechans, I was careful how I made my comment. I said it need not be expensive if the arm can make it track correctly.What this means is you can get a Grado Gold to beat the best digital out there if the arm gets it to track right. What often amaz... | |
| Bent Audio Autoformer vs Tube Pre You will notice that I am careful not to name names unless somebody calls me out. Its really that simple.But at the same time, the simple fact is that direct-coupling can perform better than a coupling cap or a transformer. This is not something t... | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. Borg7x9, unless you are in a small room listen to what Bvdiman is saying, or you could be making an expensive mistake. SETs have certain properties. One is that they essentially make no distortion at low power levels. This is unusual- most amps ha... | |
| Bent Audio Autoformer vs Tube Pre I still prefer the balanced tube preamp I'm using, which is more transparent with greater bandwidth (top and bottom) than the Bent, although the Bent is IMO excellent. My preamp has a direct-coupled vacuum-tube balanced output and can drive 100 fo... | |
| Does vinyl have a sound? A lot of information and misinformation in the answers. Let's see if we can sort it out.First, the misinformation. Yes, all formats have some artifact but artifact of LP is not 'plastic' by any means. It has greater dynamic range of the best digit... |