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| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained No doubt! But it extends to anything that can draw significant power- and bigger transistor amps can! Imagine the peaks just... not... making it.This taught us a lesson... when we set up an amplifier for test, we test the AC line voltage from the ... | |
| Overpowering Speakers Given a choice, I will take the bigger amp any day. You run less risk of damaging the speaker! A smaller amp, if overdriven, is how most tweeters in the world get damaged. In fact, if the tweeter is damaged in a speaker, the repair technician shou... | |
| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained Carlos269, upon reading this article I am struck by the simple fact that the guy who wrote it must have an atrocious monitor system! -and is either partially deaf (common with engineers in the studio) or simply has no idea which way is up. I too h... | |
| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained I have to debunk some of what is being said here.The reel to reel thing: Think about how you do your dubs from LP. If you are like me, you use headphones plugged into the tape machine for a monitor. I usually keep the speaker volume down, as there... | |
| Overpowering Speakers Timlub, I'm pretty sure you will need over 400 watts to drive an 84 db speaker to 111 db.Here's a useful web page for things like this:http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-gainloss.htmtake a look at the chart at the bottom of the page. | |
| Pass Aleph 3 into 16 ohms Al is right- there is a big difference between power response and voltage response. The manual referred to by 6550c is talking about voltage response, not power response.Some speakers are designed for voltage response, and some are not. See http:/... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Its very difficult to compete with OTL in harmonic richness for any solid state amplifier. I admit it. We are doing our best but its difficult.I went down a similar path 25 years ago. It got a lot easier when we got rid of the feedback. All I can ... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps negative feedback....to control speakers even better.Negative feedback cannot be used to control speakers. It can only be used to control amplifiers. The idea that it helps with speaker control is part of the myth of damping factor, a subject that... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Sure. The issue is this: there are human hearing perceptual rules and there are the specs that we see on paper, and surprisingly they have very little to do with each other. So if you design your amp to look good on paper, it at best will sound li... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Here is the issue with OTLs and speaker loads. There are two major concerns. The first is this:http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.htmlIn short you want a speaker that is designed for tubes. The second is that the smaller you make th... | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Jallen's comment above reflects a popular myth.OTLs can be as reliable and safe as any other amplifier. Its all in the design. The only OTL design out there that really did have issues is the one that has generated a lot of the mythology around OT... | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine If you are looking to compare older gear with new stuff, I recommend making sure the power supplies and the like are up to snuff with good filter capacitors. PRat, FWIW, is something you can design for but has its own price that it exacts of the d... | |
| Wilson audio Maxx best amp match??? The Wilson speakers have always been friendly to tubes; if you look at what Wilson employees are using, expect to see tubes.Its a good idea to have an amplifier with some power behind it. The larger ARCs, CAT, Manley as well as our own amplifiers ... | |
| Importance of Damping Factor and Current for amps This is not a universal truth by any means! If the speaker is over-damped by the amplifier, you will get **less** bass and no definition!Some speakers want almost no damping and others need some; no known speaker needs over 20:1.There are two desi... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Raquel, I think with older tubes the quote might be accurate. But with modern signal tubes, particularly low level miniatures, there is a phenomena of grid contamination that has to do with the inclusion of contaminates during the assembly process... |