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| 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... | |
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| 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. | |
| End of Snell Acoustics? IMO The type A was OK but they peaked at the Snell B. None of their speakers after that ever reached the same heights (no pun intended, it was their tallest speaker too). | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Unsound, if they disagree, its only because they have not been studying what happens that is different between tubes and transistors with respect to how they drive a load. Roger Sanders and I already went around on this one, and if you ask Roger W... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Davidsss, my suggestion is the same for you; if you can, try a cartridge that has a lower compliance figure. That will reduce the woofer 'wobble' and actually improve the bass at the same time. | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states Here are some speakers that are not well driven by transistors: ESLs (too bright, no bass unless the speaker is only a foot or two from the wall), horns (usually very shrill, due to the reactive nature of the drivers), full-range high efficiency d... |