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| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states I think they do. It would be really tricky to build a zero-feedback transistor preamp. With tubes you can do three stages of gain between the LOMC phono input and the line out, I doubt that the same can be said of transistors, at least, I've not s... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states In the last 20 years the use of SETs has really increased a lot. It has resulted in a lot of speakers that were simply not available 20 years ago. So these days its ten times easier to find a speaker that works with 'current source' amplifiers tha... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Actusreus, I guess I would really challenge whether or not that cartridge and arm combo is really correct. I'm a big fan of Occam's Razor, so I'm always looking for the simplest explanation. So when I hear that, the simplest explanation to me is t... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, I think the 'harm' comes in when the speaker requires that the amp use a lot of feedback to work right with the speaker. Since our ears use the 5th, 7th and 9th harmonics as a means to perceive sound pressure, and since negative feedback ... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Bob, Yes, I don't need a filter- the electronics are flat to 2 Hz from the phono input and the speakers begin to roll at about 23 Hz and are 3 db down at 20Hz.Anytime you have a cutoff frequency, such as one introduced by a filter, phase anomalies... | |
| more adjectives to help define 'fatigue' vectors? In addition to Duke's comments, fatigue can be caused by the presence of odd-ordered harmonics in the amplified signal. Our ears use the odd orders (5th, 7th and 9th) as a means to determine the loudness (sound pressure) of a sound. If these harmo... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Kirkus, Shadorne, and Unsound, I really appreciate your input over the years. Inside of what I call the Voltage Paradigm, yours can usually be counted on to be accurate comments, and always done with decorum :)I want to point you to Duke's comment... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Ported. | |
| End of Snell Acoustics? I had a set for a long time and they worked great- the setup was easy and I found that tubes drove them quite well. I know of a set for sale that is part of an estate. Seems to me they only want about $1200 for the pair. Contact me if interested a... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Actusreus, I'll put it to you this way- the phono preamp I use is good to 2Hz and the amp is good to 1 Hz. I have 2 15" woofers in each channel, and they go to 20Hz. They really don't move much unless there is a bass drum whack or the like. The tr... | |
| rogue, ear, or other amp for quad 57 Tompoodie, if you have '57s, M-60s do not need any external devices like the Z-Music or the ZEROs. | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Pubul57, Kirkus has been right on all his points but one- I've not really talked a lot about the DC coupling issue, even though I am a proponent of OTLs (the two are not always the same thing).In a nutshell though, I think true DC coupling from in... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Koegz, I read that paper some years back, but I have not seen it on the web. Do you know of a link to it? | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, you are right, a lot of ESL designers do work with solid state. I am of the opinion that they have a particular challenge- break out of the niche that they are in by coming up with an ESL that actually works with transistors...The problem... | |
| BSR turntable switch makes loud pop Usually with ceramics cartridges, which are constant velocity, part of the RIAA response is built-in. The rest comes from a 'ceramic' input that has a resistor/cap combination at its input. If you use a regular AUX input, the EQ will be incorrect. |