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| More power for better sound at low volumes? I like the comment about power supplies. We've been using HEXFREDs for 17 years; getting rid of the noise floor is a big deal when you have to run the amp at lower power levels. In amplifiers if there are published specs, look for the distortion t... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Mitch2, your experience mirrors my own. I always tell people that if the line section is properly designed, a passive won't touch it, but if they hear the passive being better, it simply means that the line stage in question was not 'properly desi... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? If you have volume controls in your amps you stand a good chance of making it work. When you have a stand-alone volume control with cables feeding it and it driving a cable, the math tends to go against you and you will loose bass and dynamics as ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? When we issued both of our albums we did do digital backups, but the actual master tapes were analog. We did all the mixing analog as well. Now since I am an audiophile and the like you would think that it was me that influenced the band to do thi... | |
| Will An Attenuator Help Reduce This Hiss? Hi Al, one of the things that causes confusion is the difference between PVCs and TVCs, and the various configurations of each and their interactions with the preamp, cables and amplifier.The result is there is no single exact solution for every s... | |
| Best tubed full-function preamp with remote Hanshhh, FWIW the Atma-Sphere preamps can be optionally set up with single-ended inputs and outputs. They are not built that way initially to try to encourage the user to set things up right- balanced cables done right do sound better than single ... | |
| Will a tube setup sound good for all music ? I have yet to see a transistor amp that can play bass as well as a good tube amp. They don't seem to go as deep or have as much impact as tubes. Of course, I am using a speaker that is tube friendly (and has 20Hz bandwidth).I listen to all sorts o... | |
| Will An Attenuator Help Reduce This Hiss? Seems to me that the McCormick has about 30db of gain. This is going to be a bit of a trick.Do you know how much output your source has? Is is enough to drive the amp directly? | |
| a solid state amp that is recessed in the treble Another way to keep odd-ordered harmonics down in a transistor amplifier is to increase the impedance of the load.(This BTW, is why there really is no argument for four-ohm speaker designs, not if the quality of reproduction is your goal- if **sou... | |
| Best tubed full-function preamp with remote If you can find an Atma-Sphere MP-3 used, any of them can be retro-fitted with the remote option if it does not already have it. They are all-tube and fully balanced. | |
| More power for better sound at low volumes? When you operate a high power amplifier at low power levels quite often you have higher levels of distortion. This is because most high power amplifiers are push-pull and with rare exception, most push pull amps (tube or solid state) will have the... | |
| Will An Attenuator Help Reduce This Hiss? Scott, you will need less gain in the amplifier. Most preamps have gain after the volume control and if you have high efficiency speakers this is a common problem. An attenuator is one solution but I think you will find that it degrades the sound ... | |
| Can't adjust tube Preamp balance control How are you driving the Spectron? The Audio Valve is single-ended. | |
| After Quad ESL's? Audiokinesis also makes speakers that should be considered. They are easy to drive and quite musical! as well as very reasonably priced. | |
| has anyone heard the Tannoy Kingdom Royal? Last time I heard them was about 6 years ago. They were driven by a pair of 60-watt tube amps. Very easy to listen to, really, you were thinking about the music, not so much the stereo. |