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| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? Almarg makes good sense as usual :)The larger Tannoys are another good possibility. | |
| Rolling Tubes in the Atma-Sphere C-30 amp In the S-30, the rear tube has a little more voltage on it. If you are using NOS tubes, a -GTA or -GTB is recommended. A GT will also work but will not last as long- it is running right at its limits. So save your expensive KenRads or whatever for... | |
| Are Monoblocks better than Multi-channeled amps?? An excellent example of this is the old Dynaco Stereo 70, a venerable 35 watt tube amp. Dynaco made something called the Mark IV, which was the exact same parts and construction except for the power transformer (which was a little smaller than the... | |
| cathode-follower tube preamps.. If you have a direct-coupled output on the preamp the output impedance will not vary with frequency (with most tube preamps its usually the bass where this is an issue). If you have a 10:1 ratio at 1000Hz but only 5:1 at 20Hz, you will hear that a... | |
| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift 200 watts on a LaScala?? Most of our customers use either the S-30 or M-60. Unless you have a huge room 15 watts is going to do a lot on this speaker. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? The Classic speakers don't have the resolution.This is a load of bull. The Classic Audio keeps up with any of them. Its beryllium midrange field-coil driver is very fast, relaxed and revealing. The speaker uses Mundorf caps in the crossover with 6... | |
| A phono amp that beats the MFA Magus's phono? Some of the Magus preamps had a step in the EQ curve (at 50KHz) that results in the phono sounding bright. Its easy to fix it as it involves removal of a couple of EQ parts. | |
| cathode-follower tube preamps.. If you are trying to drive an amp with a low input impedance, and you want tubes then you will need one that has a cathode-follower or Mu-follower output.However the amp has a balanced input so you might consider tube preamps that are balanced as ... | |
| Best Amp for Klipsch La Scala Speakers? Xmas Gift The speaker is tube friendly and good efficiency but does benefit from some power.If you can find a use Atma-Sphere S-30 that might be within the budget. But any tube amp in good shape will be a player on this speaker. I would avoid transistors un... | |
| Jm Lab Alto Utopia what kind of amplifier ? Our customers report good results so I think its safe to say that the JM Labs speakers do well with tubes. | |
| Can I replace a 24uF capacitor with 22uF? Grannyring, you should give it a shot.Electrolytics got a bad name because so many designers don't know how to use them. If they are set up properly they can rival film caps quite easily. If not- then they suck. | |
| Big, big room -- which 10-20k speakers? This is a second recommendation for the Classic Audio Loudspeaker. You will want the efficiency!If that is outside of your budget the Dreammaker by Audiokinesis is another possibility- it is relatively efficient too. The other speakers in your lis... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please If you are listening to a multi-track recording, the effect is not audible. It really has to be a true stereo recording to show up. | |
| Direct drive vs belt vs rim vs idler arm Whatever the table, it should have a robust drive. If you look at the vintage machines that have really garnered a following, you will see that they all have that in common: the SP-10, the Garrard 301, the Empire 208, the Lenco...Wimpy drives seem... | |
| Can I replace a 24uF capacitor with 22uF? You can make electrolytics work but they have to be biased correctly! I don't know why, but for some reason most speaker manufacturers don't do this. The problem is that electrolytics can't be reverse-biased. This is supposed to be why you use non... |