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| Merlin vsm question Stereo, FWIW Merlins are designed for tube gear. The result is that some of the characteristics of transistors will cause a lean sound in the speaker simply because the speaker design does not anticipate that the amplifier used will double power a... | |
| No preamp 'Balance' control? Balance controls are really tricky to implement, but valuable if done right. Tricky as they can cause degradation of the sound the way a volume control can (loss of detail and bandwidth are the 2 big issues).OTOH if you don't have one, recordings ... | |
| Merlin vsm question Juancgenao, the Merlins are easy to drive and will work fine with your Quicksilvers. They are very revealing and neutral and do not have an excessive footprint. We have a lot of very happy customers using them with our 60-watt amps- I would think ... | |
| Tube amp selection- for Magnepan 1.6QR The Maggies are easy to drive if you have a set of ZEROs.http://www.zeroimpedance.comWe have a good number of customers driving them with our M-60s, using the ZEROs to deal with the impedance (otherwise the speaker has reasonable efficiency and a ... | |
| The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ? MrT, that is what we did in the old days to develop our reference system- so we could know what the heck we were up to! | |
| MC Load Resistance Dertonarm, I'm not familiar with any MC unit that actually loads correctly at 10 ohms! I imagine that the results might sound like the application of excessive negative feedback, but it is *not* in fact feedback.Even though the Jensen transformers... | |
| MC Load Resistance Dertonarm, the use of the word 'feedback' in your posts above either has a new meaning for the term or else the term is misapplied (language issue). My theory is the latter right now.There is an ideal loading for any inductive audio device wherein... | |
| Solid state bias adjustment. Danno25, The bias adjustment is important. If improperly set you will get either excessive heat or excessive crossover distortion, especially at low power.Many SS amps have a bias and a DC Offset control. I would start with the DC Offset- the amp ... | |
| The Best Tube Amplifiers vs Spectron ? Michael_moskowich, I doubt that Wayne has heard everything out there either. A lot also depends on the speaker that is used with the amp- if designed for an amp that does *not* double power as impedance is cut in half, you will get tonal anomalies... | |
| Forward Monitor with Detail Speed and liquid Highs Mailman199, I see. I've used the High Emotion Audio P7 as a monitor and it integrates easily with only 2-3 feet. It is one of the fastest and detailed monitors I've heard, and it is also relaxed. What is fun about it is that it is more detailed th... | |
| SS Amps that are NOT warm and euphonic ? Well, FWIW, you are going to have to struggle to find a transistor amp that *is* warm and euphonic, but given that, that would have nothing to do with how the amplifier can deliver bass, so I would not worry about it!You've got plenty of good sugg... | |
| Forward Monitor with Detail Speed and liquid Highs OK- I don't get how the Druids 'overpowered the room'. Isn't that a function of the volume control?? Did they work OK if you kept the volume lower?Also, the P7 monitor from High Emotion Audio http://www.highemotionaudio.com is one of the most reve... | |
| Best amplifier for Wilson Maxx 2's Wilsons in general are very friendly to tubes. The national sales manager for Wilson ran a set of Atma-Sphere MA-2s on his Maxxes for quite a few years (Soundstage.com reported it was one of the best systems they had ever heard during a Wilson fac... | |
| 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... |