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| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier Kirkus, if you can, try out a set of High Emotion Audio S-7s for near-field. They will give you very reliable information about what is going on in the recording- and no lobing effects if you happen to be off-axis. They have the widest dispersion ... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Actually, Carver showed that an amp could be *modeled*, but even in his tests the modeling did not match the actual behavior of a tube amp.Mapman, here are some primary differences. 1) Tubes are often much more linear than transistors. Triodes are... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? We put a Standby feature on our amps so that you could keep the amps warmed up 24/7 if you wanted to- and rated the amps accordingly. The nice thing about tubes is that if you want the system warmed up properly, it only takes about 3 hours, where ... | |
| Choice: Avantgarde Duo Omega or JBL K2 s9800 Triode, what is important about that is that the speaker does not have to be out in the room to image well. | |
| Choice: Avantgarde Duo Omega or JBL K2 s9800 Art80342, I spent about a week listening to the K2, in a very controlled environment. My opinon comes from listening to both speakers, both with amps that I know and also those that I do not. Either way, the K2 is an easier setup (it can be close ... | |
| Joule Electra or Wolcott Tube Amps, or...? Outlier, mbls have low efficiency ratings as they radiate to 360 degrees, which means that the mic making the measurement will not pick up all the energy the speaker puts out.The result is that if you have the speaker in a room, the radiated energ... | |
| Choice: Avantgarde Duo Omega or JBL K2 s9800 Art80342, this one is easy: go with the JBL! The K2 is an excellent speaker well beyond the Duo, though less efficient. You will have plenty of power though. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Raquel, just a FWIW, we probably have as many tubes in our amps as anybody, but they are autobias and hold together quite well, even if a tube fails. Having a lot of tubes does not have to be a pain in the neck if the amp is designed properly. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? I've seen a few mythologies espoused on this thread so maybe we can sort some out.Triode-based amplifiers tend to have very consistent performance over the life of the tubes, which in general also lost longer. In this case, Krauti is considering a... | |
| Tri-planar vs Graham I run the ZYX (Universe) without a cartridge weight on the Triplanar, and the cartridge tracks beautifully- getting image stability that I had previously associated only with reel to reel tape. If you've not heard that, let's put it this way- most... | |
| moving coil speaker for tubes You've got the right idea- take a look at http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/paradigm_paper2.htmlfor more information.Good choices include (but are not limited to) Audiokinesis, Merlin, Coincident Technology, Ref3A, High Emotion Audio, Ridge Street... | |
| Best Live Recording on LP The BBC recorded the Pink Floyd back in the early 70s, with a 2-mike Decca stereo tree. The recording is a spectacular documentation of a band playing- a band that happens to be Pink Floyd at (IMO) the peak of their creative career.Finding the ori... | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier Kirkus, I'll see what I can do. The modern 15 FC woofers made by Classic Audio have some very large motors too. | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier I've also heard Duke's speakers at length, and they perform with some of the very best and IMO perform well outside their price points. He definitely did his homework.FWIW in the old days, field coils and a lot of the other in-house coils were mad... | |
| impedence value.? amp to preamp. Hi Bob, no worries! The higher the value of the control, the greater its artifact (and that of the cable) is going to be. If you have a higher input impedance, like Vett93 above, the problem you get into is high frequency roll-off.The lower the in... |