atmasphere
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| HELP-woofer moves alot when playing lps Hi Dan_ed, I have a Triplanar too :) -and no, I'm not saying that. If set up right it handles the widest range of cartridges of any arm I've seen.For more on this, take a look here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1315713166&o... | |
| HELP-woofer moves alot when playing lps Tbromgard, despite claims to the contrary woofer pumping is not something that ported speakers are prone to.My speakers are ported and go to 20 Hz. They don't pump particularly more on LP than they do on CD. This is a common problem with arm/cartr... | |
| Cartridge Loading and Compliance Laws Correct, if the tables are turned, then you are out of luck.This is not entirely true. Some arms have multiple weight systems, so if you can use a heavier counterbalance weight closer to the arm bearings that will get you lower effective mass as o... | |
| Best REEL TO REEL blank tape? All tape machines can be biased for a particular tape. Most of them require that a technician do the work.BTW, if the machine is *not* set up for a particular tape, there is no point in auditioning the differences between tape, as the issues of hi... | |
| First Watt: current vs voltage A current source amplifier has a very high output impedance- usually multiples of the speaker impedance.A voltage source amplifier has a low output impedance, usually a small fraction of the speaker impedance.Either one can sound good, but as far ... | |
| Dynamic speakers for OTL amps Audiokinesis showed a 2-way speaker at RMAF last year call the Stratoprism that may well suit the bill. It was moderately priced and very easy to drive- with that kind of power and the efficiency of the Stratoprism you would have no worries in a r... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Kirkus, yes that does sound like a pain. I've always been a fan of bandwidth, well below 20Hz and well above 20KHz to maintain proper phase reproduction in the audio passband. Both areas can be hard for transformers (which is why I prefer to direc... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Daverz, those least significant bits contain detail.Now to your issue about the 30 db. Think about in terms of a magnifying glass. Without the glass you can see a small object and depending on your eyes, all the detail is there. When you use the m... | |
| Modern Linestages Martykl, thanks for the question. I'm not exactly sure how to answer- it might help to tell the story of the MA-3.This is our flagship amplifier. I had the idea of 'something' for a long time but it was pretty nebulous. But along came a customer t... | |
| Tube Phono Stage vs Solid State What do you think? I've heard both sound very good. The biggest difference I hear is that tube units might have more hiss, while transistor units tend to play more surface noise. This has nothing to do with the bandwidth of either BTW. Beyond that a transistor unit ... | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Daverz, it does not work that way. If you turn the volume down, and assuming that 0db is your 'floor', the quietest portions will still be at or above that floor. This is true of any volume control. | |
| Modern Linestages Charles1dad, regarding your examples- I don't know about all of them but I know about some and those are good examples. | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Pretty good for a bit of iron, eh?It is indeed! Did you get a chance to check the bandwidth at 10Hz and 5 Hz also? | |
| Is no preamp the best preamp of all? Daverz, on an analog control you will not hear much in the way of a loss of resolution. You may hear some colorations depending on the control and its position, but not a loss of resolution. | |
| Modern Linestages Naturally all products are marketed with consideration to cost.What I was referring to was that there are no strict norms as to mark-up.All products will sell for whatever the market will bear.This statement is just not supported by the facts of t... |