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| Static electricity: Unique to Vinyl Systems? Here in Minnesota, it can get pretty dry in the winter. But I never have pops from the turntable- ever.To me it sounds like a bad ground so let's try a few things and see if I am right.First, disconnect the tone arm cable from the preamp. Do you s... | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? I think by this time we are seeing what some of the issues are with filling a large room. Nearly everyone who mentions a speaker with lower efficiencies is also recommending a subwoofer and quite often some very powerful amplifiers.The problem wit... | |
| My amp has no faults Even though tubes may have the most amplification faults, those faults are an easy trade off for the characteristics I value in entertainment playback as opposed to the desired clinical playback the switching amplifiers provide in my studio.The re... | |
| Tube Monoblocks in the 5-7K Range The combination of ESLs and OTLs has been considered the match made in heaven since the 1950s.Getting rid of one of the matching transformers does make things more transparent. Plus you have the additional advantage of the OTL making better more e... | |
| Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s The Modwright is on the Voltage Paradigm. So on the Quads it will not make the bass that the speaker is capable of. You will have far better luck with the VAC. | |
| Differential Monoblocks with twin REL subs You might check with the manufacturer. Just because the amplifier is fully differential does not mean that the output connection is floating. | |
| Direct Digital Amplifiers Kijanki, I know of a least one amplifier brand (tube) that only has one stage of gain. That's pretty simple- far more simple than any class D amp. | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? Here is a link to another thread here on the 'gon:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1220502548&openflup&27&4#27He is using ZUs.Setup is everything when you have speakers like this. If you also combine that with an OTL, ... | |
| Amp for Merlin VSM Amps that work well with Merlins:The top two positions are both occupied by OTLs. It is not coincidence that Merlin shows with Joule Electra at shows. The other OTL is Atma-Sphere, usually the M-60. There are more M-60 owners with Merlin than any ... | |
| My amp has no faults Csontos, you might want to read this:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.phpOn ESLs, OTLs are often described as 'the best'. Tubes in general usually work better on horns and high efficiency speakers than transistors... | |
| Best Tube Amp/Preamp combination with Quad 2805s Between the Primaluna and ARC I would take the Primaluna even though I am not a fan a Chinese tube amps.The RM-100 is a better suggestion.Also, since the 1950s, ESLs and OTLs have been the 'match made in heaven'. This is because ESLs are a Power P... | |
| Direct Digital Amplifiers Yes- class D amps operate in the analog domain. The 'D' is used because A, B and C were taken.If you run a DAC directly into any traditional amplifier, the signal chain is actually simpler. Cass D amplifiers have considerably more processing to ma... | |
| Woofers getting workout, but no bass You might play with the way your counterbalance is set up. The Triplanar has a multiple weight system and you can use that to affect the effective mass of the arm and cartridge.If the effective mass is off, the setup might be susceptible to warp a... | |
| Anyone listen to Zu Audio's Definition Mk3? You can do better then Atmasphere IMO. I mated it to my Superflys which were a more favorable 16ohm, and despite wonderful transparency and great bass they were pretty lean and analytical.Follow Phil's suggestions and go big big bottle SET. There ... | |
| Tube amp terminology Very few phono preamps are push-pull. A better term would be balanced.Triode- a tube with three elements. The most linear form of amplification known.Tetrode- a tube with 4 elements. Used for power output. EL34 is an examplePentode- five elements.... |