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| 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. | |
| Green, Eco Friendly Class A Monoblocks If I might point out another aspect of 'green', we have an update program that allows any of our older amplifiers or preamps to be updated to the latest level with full warranty reactivation. This helps keep the product from entering the waste str... | |
| Does Class A amplifier artificially smoothen sound If you get a headache after 20 minutes, that is not going to work, at least not for me. I like to be able to listen fatigue free all evening long. | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? Emorrisiv, sounds like you have a grounding problem. Make sure the arm ground, transformer ground and cable shields are all good. You can tie the arm ground to the SUT ground at the SUT's input and that should be consistent with the ground at the ... |