atmasphere
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| Loud pop when I use the turntable on/off button Jyprez, if it pops when you turn it on, it needs to be fixed. I am sure the manufacturer intended for a cap to be there! | |
| Magneplanar 3.7 - recommended preamp and amp Maggies sound quite good with tubes and if you can get a tube amp with enough power you will like it a lot. However tube power is expensive and you do need some power so you may have to go with transistors. For that I recommend a Pass Labs.But the... | |
| Question on tube preamp Doesn't the Plinius have a balanced input? If so, you can minimize the effects of the cable and the amp will perform better if the preamp is also balanced. Just keep in mind that not all balanced tube preamps are equal. Some can't drive long inter... | |
| Preamps waste of money? If you have the passive control in the amp then you can make it work and it will be difficult to find a preamp that will do better.However having the volume control in the amplifier can be really inconvenient! This is especially true if you have m... | |
| Amp/Preamp combo for Wilson Sophia 3's The Wilson speakers have always been tube-friendly and the Sophia is no exception. If you are considering Wilsons, always consider a good tube amp for them. I've heard many people complain about Wilsons being too bright or the like over the years ... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Charles1dad, I tried real hard but I could never get those MIT caps to sound right to me, if I used them as a coupling cap. If I am not mistaken though, the MIT uses several caps in parallel in a single package. I have found that to be a bad move ... | |
| Tube amp rough guidance sought Antshrike, you would not be buying speakers for the room, you would be buying speakers to match to the amp. If you have a tube amp in mind a speaker that is more efficient would be a good thing whether you move or not.Duke at Audiokinesis makes sp... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help Sailcappy, I am really sold on the idea that the breaker is at fault. Have you been using it as a power switch? Or is the amplifier designed with it being the power switch?Either way what I would do is replace the breaker... troubleshooting from a... | |
| Another cheater plug thread Something not mentioned is the sonic issues related to lifting a ground.The problem is a ground loop, you lift the ground and no more hum. This is caused by the fact that some part of the signal chain (amp, preamp) is improperly wired.For example ... | |
| Blackness - how quiet does it need to be? Blackness has to do with intermodulation distortion. This is a property of all preamps and amplifiers. The lower the IM, the more the unit will be perceived as having a 'black background'. In principle it functions the same way in analog gear as K... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help Hm. You could certainly try it. Anything that might drop the voltage a little would probably sort it out. We have ascertained that the issue relates to overpowering the breaker due to something to do with the incoming AC power. It happens on any o... | |
| Hi pitched hum from TT pre-amp? Sounds like your tubes are likely shot. | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help Jea48, thanks for that note. In that case, I suspect that the DC blocker circuit has developed a malfunction. It would not be missed if the AC line were clean.Its easy enough to test for. There is someone on this forum who makes AC extension outle... | |
| Amp Shutting Down, need help I don't think the ground is the problem. Here is my theory:Right now I think there might be DC on the line. DC can cause a toroidal transformer to saturate. Now what if its not very much DC, less maybe only about .3 to .5 volts...In standby the am... | |
| Hi pitched hum from TT pre-amp? If its a loose tube you will get a crackle and possible loss of signal. OTOH a microphonic tube can 'sing' (whistle, whatever you want to call it) and often responds or stops when tapped or subjected to vibration. Such tubes won't sound their best... |