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| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? I get the impression that Samujohn speaks for many of us in his last sentence :"...It's about the enjoyment of music -and friends."I've always wondered how far can we take our technology and for me straight tracking arms were always an expression ... | |
| Balanced Tube Preamps for Nuforce Ref 9SE V3 Ck, no, but you can find them used and the warranty is transferable. | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, what is meant by offense is not really a matter of taste. Back in the 1960s, GE did a test where they played music and test tones for people and gauged the response.What they did was to introduce two types of distortion- even lower orders... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? The second order thing about tubes in general is only with SETs- when operating push-pull even-ordered harmonics are cancelled. The nice thing is that you don't get the 5th, 7th and 9th which are unpleasant and used by the ear as loudness cues. | |
| Looking for new speakers The High Emotion Audio Bella Pyra 7 would also be a good candidate- it is very neutral, revealing, has one of the very best soundstaging abilities I have seen and is easy to drive.http://www.highemotionaudio.comI would also check out Audiokinesis-... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Mapman, that is as succinct an explanation as I have ever heard. Well done. | |
| Balanced Tube Preamps for Nuforce Ref 9SE V3 Ck, the MP-1 can drive headphones directly as well. | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Darkmoebius, he's right. Tubes make lower-ordered distortions, much more preferable to the human ear than the higher, odd-ordered distortions of solid state.Tube distortions can be dramatically reduced by careful design. There's more about that ov... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Orpheus10, the reason it seems subjective is only because the industry as a whole really does not want to talk about the science. For that I point you to the writings of Norman Crowhurst regarding feedback and its effects, also tohttp://www.atma-s... | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? One thing about the tape experience is how locked-in the soundstage is, and the complete lack of strain experienced with the most complex musical passages. This is something I have only seen a few times with LP systems. If you have not experienced... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Orpheus10 and Mapman, the reason tubes seem more powerful has to do with the way we perceive sound and the different ways that tubes and transistors make distortion. I would look at some of Arthur's comments above- they are right on the money.I th... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Br3098, they can be excellent help if the load impedance is too low! | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Samujohn, in a word, no. Fred's point about using vacuum is well-taken; record warp will contribute to the issues of air-bearing linear trackers. This quoteThe problem is that most tangential arms have historically not been well designed or execut... | |
| New amp being touted as among the best ever...... Ben, no offense but its unlikely that your reviewer has heard all of what might be termed the very best. For example, I know he's not heard one of these:http://www.atma-sphere.com/products/ma3.html | |
| Are linear tracking arms better than pivoted arms? Agreed. |