atmasphere
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| Tube amplifiers and interstage transformers Based on theory,measurements and the viewpoint of designers of solid state components,tubes should`nt even be a consideration for best sound aspirations.They`re too colored,too much distortion,outdated and measure poorly. Heaven forbid those compt... | |
| Tube amplifiers and interstage transformers I've not found that transformers contribute to transparency. IME they always detract from it. Bandwidth aside that has been the main reason I avoid them if possible.Distortion is however a main reason people will often prefer transformers, as thes... | |
| Sick and tired of hum-please read Invstbiker, if I were you I would start by disconnecting the preamp from the amp and see if the amp hums on its own.300bs don't make a lot of power, so they have to be on efficient speakers. For this reason, they have to be hum-free. If, not, I wo... | |
| RCA to balanced True, but then you are dealing with the limitations imposed by the transformer. | |
| Cables for low power amps and Horns? Purist Audio Design would be another. I've used them to very good effect. | |
| New Preamp Suggestion If the Classe has balanced inputs, you might want to consider a preamp with balanced outputs. This works better for the amp and the cables involved. | |
| Tannoy Westminster amp matching question. The underlying assumption you imply is that high powered solid state has a sound - well that's not true, its going to be speaker dependent.I find the main 'sound' of most transistor amps the is the slight presence of odd-ordered harmonics, which m... | |
| Tube pre, SS amp incompatibility, which amp 2 use? Abucktwoeighty, do you have a Digital Volmeter (DVM)? If so you might want to measure the voltage at the output of the Jolida with the volume turned down. If its anything other than 0volts, you have a problem that should be fixed.If the preamp emp... | |
| Top ten tube preamps Nice work! Does that do low output moving coil? | |
| Looking for a power conditioner/regenerator/filter Jallen, just FWIW but the big spike usually occurs when the power goes out, not when it comes back on. Its the same principle that makes the spark plugs run in a car. | |
| Question for technicians *Sparing* use of Deoxit (DN5) will work fine. Keep it away from circuit boards if you can. Its more powerful than the Radio Shack cleaner and tends to have more capacitive effects (although slight) from what I can tell. | |
| Empire 498 If you can make it mount up then you are in business :) | |
| Early pressings v remastered The trick is usually to get the original LP that is pressed in the same country as it was recorded. Reissues have a tough time raising the bar although that is not to say they can't do it. A lot depends on the condition of the master tape and the ... | |
| High Sensitivity Speakers that work best with SS Is this intrinsic to these specific designs, i.e. it is simple not possible to achieve similar signal-to-noise rations when building powerful amps? Or, is this because in these designs the designers pay special attention to this (unlike most desig... | |
| Tube pre, SS amp incompatibility, which amp 2 use? Abucktwoeighty There may be other ways to sort this out too. How are your power cords set up? Are they both running off of the same power strip? |