atmasphere
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| Magico V3 with tubed amplification, will it work ? The problem you are dealing with is that the speaker is inefficient. They rate the 'sensitivity' at 89 db, which is at best moderate, but when you do the math (its a 4 ohm load, sensitivity is 2.83 volts into 4 ohms) what you see is the efficiency... | |
| Quad 57' system upgrade suggestions requested I have to disagree with RW here. Quads in general like an amplifier that can make the high voltages needed to play bass. That can only come from a tube amp. The other problem is you don't want the amp to be bright- which will happen if the amp can... | |
| Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s Hi Phillip, If the amp can double power as the load is cut in half, then it is Voltage Paradigm. That is because the voltage stays constant regardless of the load.The Ampzilla is an example of that.The big variation of impedance in ESLs means that... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Phillip, What you are talking about here is low IM (InterModulation) distortion in the preamp.Its one thing to have low noise, that is the noise floor with no signal. Its another thing to not have the preamp editorialize with the signal. That is t... | |
| how much of a difference should equipment make? A lot depends on the equipment that was compared. If of similar design, its reasonable to expect that the differences will be slight. This is why many transistor amps sound the same. | |
| Current optimized or voltage optimized speakers? Phase angle has nothing to do with whether the speaker is Voltage or Power Paradigm.I am always amused by the idea that 'this speaker is hard to drive so get a transistor amp that can double down.' The speaker got the reputation of being 'hard to ... | |
| balanced output VPI There is another way to do it as well.Since your box has a ground post is why you can do this. The signal is actually balanced all the way to the box. All that happens in the box is that the RCAs are connected. The RCAs are insulated from ground. ... | |
| interconnnect for tri-planer arm? Jfrech, yes, 'supple' = 'better' :)As far as whether your wire is that version, I don't know, but I do know that this is something fairly new for them.The new 12" version of the Triplanar will be at THE Show in January. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? Ngjockey, I'm pretty sure you can get into a set of Classic Audio T3s, without the field coil drivers, for under 20K/pr. I thought they were about $16K. | |
| Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s Philipwu, now you see why the conflicts of these two paradigms has spawned the tube/transistors debate; yes, nearly all transistors are on the Voltage Paradigm, but not all- the Pass First Watt amps would be an example. The Quad has a pretty varia... | |
| Static electricity: Unique to Vinyl Systems? If the previous preamp employed a poor grounding scheme that is all it would take. | |
| Woofers getting workout, but no bass ...this problem seems to be inherent in analog playback...There would be quite a few who would disagree, including myself. However this is IMO/IME a pitfall of improper setup! | |
| interconnnect for tri-planer arm? Triplanar has a new wire for the arm FWIW. **Much** more supple than the old wire. | |
| Just how good is the Technics SL-1200? Anyone with a 1200 should look at this site: http://www.mikenewaudio.com/bearing.phpThe link I posted is for the new bearing! Between that and the new platter I suspect this would make a really nice machine! | |
| Lazarus Audio any Schematics Anyone? Hifigeek1, the phono section is nearly the same as the PAS-3. The line stage is different but very simple- just a 12AX7 with the first half direct-coupled to a cathode follower.There is regulation in the power supply. None that has anything to do ... |