atmasphere
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| electrical short 1 channel. Cable spade at fault? No, you can't. | |
| Sota+SME IV=Ugh !!! I ran the Cosmos with the SME 5 and had a number of Grado wood body cartridges on it. They were not particularly happy in that arm (seemed like effective mass issues, in other arms the same cartridges tracked great), but there was certainly no hum! | |
| Thoughts on Neutralaudio X-Drei, wrt BSG QOL Just my opinion of course but I really feel like the less processing you can do, the better. To that end, audio equipment should be RF resistant and phase coherent. | |
| TRL Dude or Joule 150 MKII for Major Pre Upgrade So simple impedance of the source is partially ruled out- we are OK with a relatively high impedance at the input, so long as it is balanced. What happens if we use the same source to drive the RCA single-ended?Grannyring, are you able to use the ... | |
| Output watts per tube The load impedance that the tubes are driving has to be taken into account as well as the B+ voltage... so far there is nothing here that could be considered conclusive, other than the fact that you have some tubes, and apparently, two amps that u... | |
| TRL Dude or Joule 150 MKII for Major Pre Upgrade Hi Al, in practice 100 ohms can be quite effective. We use that value a lot. It does not seem like much in the face of the higher impedances that tubes employ, but it can make the difference between RF oscillation (resulting in hum) and absolute s... | |
| Thoughts on Neutralaudio X-Drei, wrt BSG QOL Blumlein laid out a lot of the fundamentals of stereo recording decades ago. He seems pretty spot-on; the closer one adheres to the basic principles, it seems, the better the sound.I guess I still have to be convinced about the QOL. With regards t... | |
| TRL Dude or Joule 150 MKII for Major Pre Upgrade The 1000 ohm value on pin 1 (grid) represents the grid stop resistance at the input. That is not the problem. | |
| Is there any truth to this question? I agree that dynamic range is often a problem- and that clipping on transients is more common that we care to admit. In that regard (IMO) it is the clipping character of the amp that often part of the amplifier's reputation.My speakers are 98 db/1... | |
| Spectron vs any good tube amp. SS people speak in terms of "fast and definitive with bass slam".Yes, however I have always felt that to be the province of the best tube amps :)...While tube people will speak in abstractions like "nuance", that aren't always easy to communicate;... | |
| Spectron vs any good tube amp. Charles1dad, you and I are on the same page when it comes to the 'too loud' thing. I for one value my hearing quite a lot- I think anyone here does as well. The point of my prior post was simply that SETs can create a 'too loud' experience at an *... | |
| Is there any truth to this question? It has more to do with the transients in digital recordings compared to most vinyl. PLaying a record is a physical process involving mass and inertia that inhibits the ability to deliver transients. The fact is historically most vinyl rigs/record ... | |
| Spectron vs any good tube amp. Charles1dad, just a FWIW: one of the reasons that you are less likely to listen to an SET at higher volume levels has to do with the way SETs make distortion as power increases.As power levels drop towards zero the distortion becomes unmeasurable.... | |
| mbl - is there a problem? I've heard mbl sound quite decent, but IMO if you want that to happen you have to spend some time and money with them. They are not as hard to drive as you might think- 200 watts will suit most of the time. But your room had better have some good ... | |
| Is there any truth to this question? I have 4 ohm speakers being driven by a 150wpc into 4 ohm amp. Say I never go louder than 3 watts. I should have enough power for all peaks and dynamic events.Say I then replace that 150wpc @ 4 ohm amp with one rated at 300wpc into 4 ohms. I still... |