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| Mark Levinson 32 or Audio Research Reference 3 And I might add that there are tube preamps (with direct-coupled outputs no less) that can drive 100 feet of interconnect with ease.So why is it down to just these two preamps? Is it a price thing? | |
| ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms?? No- they like power just fine, as long as the amp has the finesse to not make a fool of itself. | |
| What speaker for being close to rear wall? My Classic Audio Loudspeakers are 6 inches from the rear wall and no worries. The down-firing woofers seem to be effective at dealing with proximity issues- the speakers don't boom even though they go down to 20Hz. Duke of Audiokinesis had a set o... | |
| Why no remote controlled discrete resistor volume? Motorizing a switched control can be a bit of a trick. You can have some torque to overcome, if the switch is worth a hoot. No way are you going to see this for $35.00!I've been watching the chip technology for 17 years now. The new ones are a lot... | |
| Tube Single Ended Triode Questions?? Tdelahanty, what you are describing is known as 'class B' operation. It is also possible to have a class A push-pull amp, where both tubes are always conducting throughout the entire signal, even at full power.This makes for a better sounding amp,... | |
| How close to the real thing? Onhwy61, that may be so. When I got the U67s nearly 30 years ago, I knew they were great mics, but had no idea how really great they actually are. As our equipment for recording and playback has improved, I've really come to realize that microphon... | |
| Debuzzing a Wheaton TriPlanar problem Dr_John, I think I did not read your first post all that clearly. Now the problem sounds to me like it might be a sort of RF oscillation in the preamp. I would not characterize this as 'feedback'... it sounds like either a very bad ground or RF in... | |
| ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms?? Mahughes, no, that is as opposed to the Druid.Afc, the ZU speakers are all fairly high efficiency. So they encourage the user to use lower-powered amplifiers if they can. An excellent example of this is the Definition, which is 6 ohms. A lot of pe... | |
| How close to the real thing? Shadorne has hit the nail on the head- commercial recordings are the primary barrier to making it sound real.If you were to take a set of good studio microphones and put them in a different room, away from your system, you might be quite surprised... | |
| How close to the real thing? We do have another issue- one which might explain why the headphones work so well:The original performance is always in a space with its own acoustic signature. The mics are always in that space too.Your room is not.So the idea that the musicians ... | |
| vintage turntables? Weseixas, I suppose that depends on who to talk to. I had an SL1100, the very first direct-drive machine, and when the SP-10 came out, I wanted one a lot but could not afford it.Maybe three years later (1982??) a friend of mine bought an SP-10 and... | |
| Surface Noise - another question One thing that has not been mentioned here is the role the phono preamp plays in surface noise.Many phono sections use loop negative feedback to execute the RIAA curve and control distortion. These preamps will be found to play surface noise to a ... | |
| How close to the real thing? Maybe y'all will be interested in this- it seems relevant to the thread...Recently I was in the recording studio, we were trying to make a recording of my band. Our bass player is leaving town for a while, and we didn't want to forget some new mat... | |
| vintage turntables? Weseixas, I would agree that *most* Technics machines are rather ordinary. The SP-10s are an exception. They have a lot of excellent engineering that went into their servo design, of the likes that you don't see these days. As a result, they repre... | |
| Debuzzing a Wheaton TriPlanar problem Why not give Tri of Triplanar a call 612-623-0922? I'm sure he can help you out. I have heard that he's not so good at the email (by his own admission). |