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| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. I can answer one question here that has to do with the platter and platter pad:When the needle tracks the groove, the vinyl can talk back to the stylus and thus affect the sound. Just turn down the volume when you are playing an LP and you will se... | |
| bipoles/dipoles for music... Phasecorrect, I have yet to run into a situation where a dipole or bipole was less precise about imaging information. If you are a speaker manufacturer, essentially this is an easy way to improve imaging of the speaker, by taking advantage of the ... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? I have listened to master tapes in studio's many times over the years and have two friends that are recording engineers with state of the art studios in their homes. I doubt very much you have listened to the MPS-5 player. Andreas Koch who is cons... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? can we say 'the big speaker systems like proac d40 or b&w (4ohm) generally don't go well with tube amps'?Yes, and I can take it a step further- 4 ohms does not go well with *any* amplifier, if **sound quality** is your goal. If *sound pressure... | |
| bipoles/dipoles for music... The idea is that with all the reflections the ear/brain system can get a better idea of where the sound is coming from. So dipoles and bipoles should be capable of greater imaging than speakers that radiate only from the front. | |
| Who uses high end TT setup for vintage records ? I've always considered a good turntable setup to be agnostic in regards to source material vintage.That is a very good way of putting it!FWIW, the cutting needles used in cutter heads to make LPs have not changed particularly since the late 1950s. | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? The MPS-5 is the closest I have ever heard to vinyl..the player sounds identical to studio master tape.Sorry- this is complete baloney. Spend some time around some master tapes before saying things like this! | |
| Who uses high end TT setup for vintage records ? I always knew a lot of the turntables and cartridges are clearly voiced to favour a certain era of music/recordings. But it seems even tonearms have such favouritisms. Lot of these new age tonearms dont play old records with grace.I don't buy this... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? Zabiaud, if you really want to find out what tubes can do, you will need to think about getting a different set of speakers that are higher impedance and hopefully a little more efficient!Four ohms sort of works with transistors, but any tube amp ... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Unoear, thanks but you should not encourage me :)I have been picky about bass for a long time. That is literally the reason why I was trying to find a way to direct-couple tubes to a loudspeaker way back in the mid/late 1970s. I play bass, and hav... | |
| Gain vs. Volume All the above are correct but may be confusing. A simple way to look at it is to use the least amount of gain that you can to get the job done, as the more gain, the more can go wrong. | |
| Unipivot tonearms less forgiving of Vinyl quality? A little bit of engineering: The azimuth of the cartridge can have a big effect on its sound- imagine one side having a different amount of contact than the other groove wall, and at a different elevation. You may indeed encounter excess noise if ... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Kana813, certainly nothing like what is being claimed in this thread! We have found though that if you want tubes to be quiet, you have to do very similar things that the transistor designers do- fully differential, with excellent regulation and 2... | |
| the best 'tubey amp - warm,smooth,liquid' ? If you want the system to work well with tubes, the first thing is to sort out if the speaker is OK with that. Take a look at [ur]http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.php[/url]If your speaker is designed to work with ... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Really? I can't see from the specs or description what sets this preamp apart. Have you heard it? Could you explain more? |