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| Power Amp Doubling Output at 4 Ohm The issue is really how important this is to with the way we perceive sound! Being able to double power as impedance is cut in half (or cut power to 1/2 as impedance is doubled) will allow flat frequency response with certain types of speaker but ... | |
| 16 ohms speakers- 8 ohms output amp Laurentgilles, you will do well with any tube amp that has an 8 ohm tap and maybe a little better if it has 16 ohms.When you drive a 16 ohm load using the 8 ohm tap, what happens is that the load impedance that the tube(s) see(s) is also increased... | |
| The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ? Compared against the 'best' tube amps? There are a lot of tube amps out there (more manufacturers in the US now than in 1958). Did you listen to all of them :) ?? | |
| Why Not Bring Back Analog, Reel to Reel Tape You mean like some sort of audiogon deal where we agree on a tape to issue? Get the rights, and then have somebody do the duplication? Am I thinking too far ahead? | |
| Why Not Bring Back Analog, Reel to Reel Tape This might be a bit OT, but keeping tape alive has been an interest of mine for a very long time.Tape can shed its oxide after a few years. However, this is easily stopped for extended times by baking the tape in an oven at 150 degrees for about 4... | |
| Speakons anyone If you are making lots of changes, then the Speakons make sense. Otherwise, the advantage of something like the Cardas posts is not only the additional surface area (which makes a difference both at the connection outside and the also *inside* (wi... | |
| Speakons anyone I've looked into Speakons a lot but so far a quality speaker post like the Cardas seems to be a *way* better solution.I use Speakons with the speakers I use when playing in a band. They do work better than 1/4 phone plugs! But for real high end au... | |
| Ideas on Technics SP-15 plinth Hi Jardo, if you build a plinth, use the advice given above, plus make sure that the plinth is as rigid as possible and as tightly-coupled to the SP-15 as possible. Any loss of rigidity, any resonance that exists between the base of the platter an... | |
| Balanced vs. Unbalanced - What does it mean? The balanced line system was designed to solve (and very effectively) three different problems: noise in cables, length limitations in cables, and finally (IMO the most important thing to audiophiles) preventing sonic artifacts from cables.IOW **i... | |
| Looking for tube amp suggestions Zu had our S-30 for a long time- as we did the Druids. The Druids and the S-30 are an excellent combination and you get about 40 watts per channel, so it would be impossible to overload the amp in your room. You can remove power tubes from our amp... | |
| TriPlanar Tips Hi Lew, I run the Transfiguration Orpheus at home. Here at the shop we use the ZYX Universe and the Anti-skate weight is set at the absolute minimum. | |
| TriPlanar Tips I like the arm because it works- one of the very few that does. I like Tri because he can deliver.I don't even have the AS weight mounted on my arm. It tracks anything I can throw at it effortlessly: Black Sabbath Paranoid, Decca's Ring Cycle cond... | |
| Can You Live With Crackling & Popping Noise? I don't mind a few ticks and pops- they tend to exist in the speaker for the most part. The artifacts of digital tend to exist in the music itself. Fortunately digital has gotten a lot better over the years. The advent of 88.2KHz 24 bit recording ... | |
| TriPlanar Tips I spoke to Tri about what was the right Anti-Skate setting on the arm and his response is that there is no standard, no means of knowing what the right setting without audition, and that different cartridges seemed to have vastly different setting... | |
| Vibrating Woofer, old tubes? Dfelkai, most shops in the US will charge about $75-$80.00 per hour. That allows them to pay the technician and their overhead. Filter caps do not take a long time to change, and this is entirely off the top of my head, so unless there is somethin... |