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| 45 Amps I have a set that I built up. I started with SET but then went to push-pull with them. The push-pull circuit sounds **way** better, but there are no p-p 45-based amps in production. | |
| SET Preamps We make some of the very few tube preamps that are **not** SET... ye olde Dynaco PAS-3 is SET, as is the Citation 1, many of the earlier ARC preamps, the CAT, the Joule Electra; Al is correct- most tube preamps are 'SET'. The term really is for *a... | |
| Atma Sphere S30 amp Weebeesdad, how that seems to work is that if the amp does not work with the speaker due to impedance, its a moot point as to the effect the ZERO has, and in practice it does quite well.The gray area is in dealing with speakers that are right on t... | |
| Atma-sphere 3.0 to 3.1 Yes, lower output sources work much better with passives. Its beyond me why so many DAC manufacturers insist on putting so much output voltage in their equipment- my guess is that they have no idea, no clue on how amplifiers work.The volume contro... | |
| Atma-sphere 3.0 to 3.1 Passives work fine as long as you don't have any interconnect cable. Otherwise they tend to limit bass and punch as you turn the volume control down. That's why we offer the option for the M-60s. The MP-1 is specifically designed to control the in... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, well, not vehemently at least :) All the things I have looked at in the last 35 years or so point to tubes more closely obeying the rules of human hearing than transistors, mostly due to better linearity. So for the most part, I would bui... | |
| What phono preamps are balanced Davidsss, most tonearms are balanced sources; IOW you do **not** have to do anything with the wiring, only the interconnect cable between the arm and the preamp.Even an old BSR or Garrard from the 1960s is a balanced source! | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, for your answer:http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.htmlTubes will not drive all speakers 'correctly' and of course there are speakers that cannot be driven by transistors.However I am pretty sure that this thread is assumin... | |
| Atma Sphere S30 amp FWIW the reports we have say that the S-30 drives the VSM easily, as well as the TSM. | |
| Atma-sphere 3.0 to 3.1 We've got a lot of people that offer their favorites there, personally I don't play with the NOS tubes that much- I buy LPs and CDs instead :)The Ken-Rad and Sylvania metal-based chrome-dome get the highest marks in that location, followed by the ... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, sounds like right here is the point where you are going to have to try this out yourself rather than relying on other's input. I've only been offering the 'why' behind the experience. | |
| Do any amps have 6 ohm taps for 6 ohm impedance? Actually you should not loose very much power at all, perhaps a few watts if using the 6 ohm tap. As mentioned earlier, try it and see what you like. I think you will find ts not that critical. | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Tvad, we are not so strict about the loading on the M-60. I've seen it work fine with speakers that dip to 4 ohms at crossover points, IMO its always something that you try and see how it works. But Thom has had his M-60s for well over a year and ... | |
| Reel to Reel We've done tape EQ for a few customers, so they could run direct from the head to the preamp. So far it seems as if that works quite well. Its nice if you can get a new tape EQ unit, as often 3-motor transports may not need that much work, but the... | |
| High Efficiency Speakers Your top 3 or more Mapman, although I prefer OTLs myself :) if I had a set of field-coil powered Classic Audio Loudspeakers (which are about 99-100 db, about 3 db more than their Alnico versions), I would not hesitate to try out one of the DeHavallind SETs and treat... |