atmasphere
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| 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? | |
| rear firing tweeters.... The reason there are rear-firing tweeters has to do with human hearing/perceptual rules.When the ear hears a sound, the brain makes a copy of the sound and then looks for sounds that might be similar. If it finds one, it does a comparison and look... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Its unfortunate that direct to disk stuff is so rare. Its the King James Version and For Duke disks that are probably the best-known. But they are hard to record! For one thing the musician's can't mess up too bad or a whole side is ruined and the... | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? OK, how many of you looked up price/performance curves I mentioned?I don't mind you going off on me, but look at the curves. Class D is about 12-15 years old. Class A is about 80 years old.In terms of technology class A is considered mature, with ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Lacee, Low was recording in a studio known locally as 'the Church' because that is what it is... It also has very good acoustics. Low's recordings on Kranky were all done at the Church and have good sound. They sound very laid back, very slow, per... | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? I've been playing Upright and Slab Bass professionally since 1965. Playing in the rhythm section means you have the largest gear to deal with. I own and have owned a great deal of instrument amplification over the years. It boils down to having th... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Mapman,Do you find any digital enjoyable when you hear it played on your gear? How about other gear?Certainly! What do you mean by 'other gear'?Raul:IMHO any single open reel machine ( and I say any. ) has several failures. Yes, it is the best ana... | |
| Class A amps or Class D??: Which sounds better?? In the world of musical instrument amps class D has made huge inroads for bass players and also keyboards, because they are a lot lighter.But to say that they sound better is another thing! Even with the highly inaccurate speakers that are common ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Vinyl is pretty easy to find these days since the CD is dying.Mapman, It sounds like you did not understand my posts from your responses! I suggest re-reading them, especially the one in which I mentioned the sweep tones (don't think for a second ... | |
| Rabco SL-8E Tone Arm The question is- not is the cantilever straight now, but is it straight the whole time the cartridge is tracking? If you can see it flex side to side even a tiny bit, then a radial tracker or the Rabco will have lower 'tracking distortion'. | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? In this case, by 'sounds better' I mean that how it sounds with respect to the master tape. For example I hear LP bass sounding very much the same.Raul was suggesting that the sound of the LP is distorted compared to an analog tape and that is not... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? It does not matter the master tape. You will find the LP to be the truer playback. If you spend some time in a recording studio you run into these comparisons all the time.For example, we always record analog with a 24-bit digital backup. The anal... | |
| My tube amp sounds darker now. You might also want to test the tubes. If they are weak (especially driver tubes), that can easily contribute to darkness in the amp. |