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ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms??
Although I don't own a set, I have heard them with our gear and IMO they are the move that ZU really needed to make! Fast, relaxed, detailed, really easy to drive and the bass is really improved over the Druid. I think they look better too. 
Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02?
Clio09, the circuit you described is for a phase splitter in an amplifier. What I was talking about is something different.For example, usually you are driving such a circuit with a single-ended voltage amplifier. The mod I mentioned is to that vo... 
Does my Pass amp dislike my Meridian preamp?
Bryoncunningham, its almost impossible to damage a crossover without also damaging the drivers. If there is indeed a crossover failure and the drivers OK, you can be assured that the problem was just in there waiting to happen and it has nothing t... 
Think I want a tube system?
Sebrof, FWIW, while it is true that tubes manage speakers differently from transistors, you can hear their effects elsewhere in the signal chain. Tubes sound the way they do because they more closely follow the rules of human hearing than transist... 
Schroder sq and the new talea
The Talea uses a counterweight system similar to the Triplanar- three weights (the last of which is threaded and very small for exacting adjustment).I point this out because it is possible to have either arm set up in a way that does not favor the... 
ZU OMEN speakers 12ohms??
In most rooms you will be challenged to clip a 35 watt tube amp on the Omens. They are easy to drive and rewardingly great sound too. 
Aesthetix Calypso vs. ?
Finding a balanced tube preamp is not all that hard. ARC has been making them since the mid-90s, and we have been making them since the late 1980s. 
Schroder sq and the new talea
Just from reading this description I can see that this book is a product of modern philosophy - it commits all the same errors. For one, the notion of something beyond reality (as perceived and understood by man's consciousness) with no evidence o... 
Large brass devices on top of power amps ?
Krooney, since electronics cannot be overdamped, often designers leave the little tweaks like that to the end user, IOW, for the most part, they have no opinion about it, other than 'have fun and don't zap yourself' :) 
Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02?
Ckoffend, you can usually run the amp with half the power tubes. Its a good idea to derate one of the power fuses but that is easy- just change the fuse. This is not something you can do with any tube amp BTW.The tubes are inexpensive since they d... 
Schroder sq and the new talea
Dgarretson, it might be helpful to look at how a record is cut. A worm drive advances the cutter across the record- so to play back, it seems as if a linear tracking device will be needed, although there are some interesting approaches that use ra... 
Schroder sq and the new talea
I think ( a risky word in this context...;-) ...) that Descartes phenomenal statement - which marked the awakening of the spirit of humanism - is not philosophy. It is much more. It is the self-recognition of the human spirit. Beyond knowledge. Be... 
Schroder sq and the new talea
Now your questin:'what are you when you are not thinking?'You deed not stated as your premisse: Cogito ergo sum.To make you question managable for my way of,uh, seeingI must rephrase your question. Say: in what state is yourbrain when you are not ... 
Tube amp for double stacked Large Advents
In the old days (college) I used to run stacked Advents with a pair of monostrapped Dynaco Stereo 70s. If you do that, the 8 ohm taps are where you put the 4 ohm load. 
Large brass devices on top of power amps ?
It is not possible to overdamp electronics. Its that simple.However, it **is** possible to build a system around a certain synergy, and then when the electronics are mechanically damped (which reduces a phenomena known as microphonics, known to bo...