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| Tube preamp output impedance at low frequencies The output impedance of a preamp at low frequencies has a close relationship to the size of the coupling capacitor at the output of the preamp. Many tube preamps including the Quicksilver (which has a very low output impedance otherwise) have a ri... | |
| High end tube Preamp under $4k used that competes The age should not be a problem. Nor does it run hot. FWIW our MP-3 keeps up with it easily and plays deeper bass on account of its direct-coupled output. You can find them used under $4K, so its an option as well. | |
| Green, Eco Friendly Class A Monoblocks Kijanki, if you have been playing with solar power you know that a lot depends on how long you use an electrical item as well as how much power it draws. What solar systems I have seen vary from a single 12V deep cycle batter powered by a single s... | |
| Wilson Sasha's - All evolution in Wilsons are..... It really did not sound to me as if there was any problem with our MA-1s amps playing bass on that speaker! So I'm sticking to my story- Wilsons are tube friendly and easy to drive. Like I said- we played some very nice volume levels and the meter... | |
| Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s The WP8s are very tube friendly so you have a wide range of amps available. You do need some power, but the requirement is not crazy. The National sales manager for Wilson ran a set of our MA-1s on his WP8s and they are only 140 watts. He only got... | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? If you are getting sibilance you need to look at why. I guarantee its not on the records. You could be having RF problems- that is in keeping with sibilance and hum BTW.We always solder the DIN connections when we build a phono cable. My advice: b... | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like Pedrillo, when you live it, whatever notions you had before are erased. I think that is why it comes off creepy- you **know** that it isn't real, assume that it can never **sound** real, so when it does it can be a bit freaky.FWIW we did exactly a... | |
| Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers? Hifitime, true, if the noise is in the signal. False, if the noise is common-mode (for example, impinged on the cable itself). Of course, you need a balanced input at the amp to take advantage of that. | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like I've had the experience where I thought someone was at my house singing along with my stereo when I thought I was alone. It creeped me out at first until I realized what just happened. | |
| Wilson Sasha's - All evolution in Wilsons are..... I listened to a set of Sashas at a friend's house (also a well-known reviewer). We brought over a set of our amps (MA-1s) to play- I have to say I was quite interested to see how the two worked together. The MA-1s replaced a transistor amp of twic... | |
| Tube Monoblock location? - Rack or near speakers? For 4 ohms, 1 meter, for 8 ohms, 2 meters and 4 meters if 16 ohms. Hifitime, I have never heard what you are saying about balanced lines and it is simply untrue. You might tell whoever told you that that they are full of beans. I have yet to see R... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. Argyro is completely right. There are tube preamps that go down to 1 Hz and can pass a 10Hz squarewave without measurable tilt. IOW, as good as any solid state. Hum has nothing to do with either tubes or transistors- that points to a setup problem... | |
| Does Class A amplifier artificially smoothen sound Spatine, no arguments about the increased resolution of DVD-As! From your comments though, it sounds as if your DAC is creating HF noise which is making it painful. I doubt its the DVD-As myself. Its this comment:In one case (redbook CD), I can li... | |
| Does a tube phono stage get through... Chaos theory suggests that a tube preamp, especially one that employs zero feedback, will actually get you a better noise floor. Not- mind you, a quieter one necessarily, but one that is more pleasing to the ear.In addition, it will have less of t... | |
| The Hub: 2010 CES + THE coverage online Thanks- The woofers were not driven by our gear :)Thanks for all the coverage BTW, even though I was there I did not get to see any of CES at all. |