atmasphere
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| 6N8 tubes The Russian 'N' looks like an 'H' and so the Russian 6SN7s are often marked '6H8' when the actual number is really '6N8'. You may run across Chinese 6SN7s that have the 6N8 number on them.If this seems confusing its OK- it is :)So if this is what ... | |
| XLR interconnects? Lacee, I agree. I suspect that your CD player does not support the balanced line standard, and so the cables are making a difference where they should not have. RCA cables have a connection standard, but no termination standard. Balanced line has ... | |
| XLR interconnects? I've run a lot of cables as a manufacturer. Not only that but we made the first balanced line product for high end audio- the MP-1 preamplifier. Over the years one of the more obvious deals for an interconnect between the preamp and the amp has be... | |
| Daisy chaining XLR cables As long as the source supports the balanced line standard you will have no worries. If it does not, then you will hear the connectors. | |
| Attention Minneapolis Audiophiles Hi jd, I know at least one guy in Deephaven, but I don't think he's on audiogon. I wonder if a meetup for the local 'goners is worthwhile? Have you been over to other's places to hear their systems? | |
| Attention Minneapolis Audiophiles I had no idea there were so many goners in the area. You certainly don't see them at the audio society meetings.Shadorne- you're in White Bear? | |
| What could I expect to hear from a Class A amp? The 'big players' prefer to sell convenience. IMO, their equipment sounds like it is built for that too :)So there is plenty of room in the market for smaller companies that base their marketing and products on higher performance features like Cla... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system If the preamp is dropping the ball with the signal, loosing detail and bandwidth, that sort of thing, there is no way the power amplifier will be able to restore it downstream. As a consequence the preamp is the heart of the system- everything ema... | |
| Please disclose your commercial affiliation With regard to the conflict of interest: in my own case, I simply respond to questions that I actually know the answer to. I try to avoid directly recommending our gear, though I am often tempted. It just seems to me that if you go for that bait t... | |
| Please disclose your commercial affiliation I always figured my moniker said it all. That's why I chose it. | |
| stillpoints question The way it works is, if you have to isolate from the platform you are on, use squishy stuff. If you have to couple to the platform you are on (it is acoustically dead), use hard points like the Stillpoints.A 1" thick hardwood platform is not likel... | |
| "tube watts" versus "solid state watts" So if its not clear- the difference in tube and transistor watts has to do with distortion- generally speaking tubes have more distortion, but most of that is lower order which the human ear/brain system does not care about. Transistors tend to ha... | |
| Driving 1 ohm The Scintilla does not need a lot of power. We drove it very easily with a set of MA-1s and a set of our Z Music autoformers (we no longer make that product, but something similar is sold under the name ZERO). Its not normally a load that you woul... | |
| Best amp for Coincident Total EclipseII Israel has a set of MA-1s. Most of the speaker line concept was developed in the late 90s when he had M-60s. | |
| Driving 1 ohm Rwwear, in the real world, people want to use OTLs with low impedance speakers. If you use an autoformer to do this, you often meet with success. The fact of the matter is that the autoformer has bandwidth that is wider than most amps, tube or sol... |