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| Reel to reel repair - is it worth it? This machine is certainly worth fixing even if you have to pay $250.00. Once you find out what good tapes sound like $250 will seem really cheap. | |
| Building balanced interconnects--ideas FWIW, the whole idea behind balanced line cables was/is to make it so that the cable does not have an artifact- regardless of the cost of the cable.To accomplish this there is actually a standard that has been in place for the last 60 years or so.... | |
| amp for VMPS - RM/X VMPS is tube friendly- we used our amps with them at CES the last couple of years. So you have a lot of options. | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Kevvwill, I have to admit I was quite surprised when I heard how dramatic this phenomena can be.Turns out that it has to do with the propagation delay (the length of time it takes the signal to propagate from input to output, something that all au... | |
| Problem with my Atma-Sphere M60 It takes about 30 seconds to check for a tube that is arcing. Just knock on the top of the tube. That's the time-honored tradition since there have been power tubes. | |
| Which power amplifier match audio research ref 3 Whatever you go with, to get the most out of your preamp you will want an amplifier with a higher input impedance- 100K or so. | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Kevvwill, all I can say is that you have to try it to know. Its true that a tick or pop is part of the LP experience, but it is also true that electronics can ring at high frequencies due to stability issues in the design. This will exacerbate the... | |
| Sonic atributes ultralinear vs tetrode vs pentode The document also has comments about OTLs that I don't agree with, as it comes from the 1950s. But the UL stuff it has in it, while obviously biased (if you will pardon the pun) is representative of the general technical/engineering understanding ... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Doug is correct- the design of the phono section can influence ticks and pops and this has nothing to do with bandwidth.I can take it a step further- if the phono section uses loop feedback for the RIAA curve, it will enhance ticks and pops. If th... | |
| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? I'm a big fan of the Triplanar tonearm. It is very easy to adjust, very consistently, with the hardest bearings of any arm made. So far its the closest LP presentation I have heard where the LPs I've done sound like the actual tapes.So far the bes... | |
| Sonic atributes ultralinear vs tetrode vs pentode Pete Millett has a nice website with a lot of tube-related information. Table 1 at the end of the document at this link (a quick read) tells the story:http://www.pmillett.com/file_downloads/ultralinear.pdf | |
| Sonic atributes ultralinear vs tetrode vs pentode The rub comes when the statement is made that we can meet that measure AND "approach triode linearity" at the same time. Impossible.Possible:"approach triode linearity" = linearity curve lacking the 'kink' of pentodes, looking far more like a trio... | |
| Sonic atributes ultralinear vs tetrode vs pentode Trelja, IM(H)O, you need to step back a couple of paces and look consider how most audiophiles would see this: The fact that a triode makes 20-30% of pentode power means to most anyone that if you have a pentode amp of 60 watts, if it was then wir... | |
| Good tube amp kit for sale these days FWIW dept:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Products/Kit | |
| Preamp with phase invert and balanced out??? The Atma-Sphere MP-1 and MP-3 are both fully differential and balanced, and both have a phase inversion switch. They also have the ability to drive very long interconnects even though they are all-tube. |