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| The best phono stage out there? Hi Ecka, active phono EQ works inside a feedback network in the phono stage (the feedback takes a bit of the output signal and feeds it back to the input). Because the signal propagates through the phono section at a very finite speed, the feedbac... | |
| Coincident Victory or Eminent Tech LFT8 Coincident got a rough ride from Stereophile years ago if memory serves. Like happened with a number of other companies during that era, the Stereophile comments were undeserved. On account of that, Stereophile developed a reputation in the indust... | |
| Help me get the most out of my Merlin TSM MX Hi Bobby, I think you have been using OTLs longer than that- it was at least 10 years ago that we first showed with you (in that time, FWIW, we've made a lot of progress- the newer amps have a lot more authority and are smoother with more detail..... | |
| Help me get the most out of my Merlin TSM MX Another way to make sure you are getting the most out of the speaker is to use an OTL. Either the Merlins were designed on OTLs or else the speaker was designed to be very tube friendly. I would not mind finding out how Bobby has used OTLs with th... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Mrtennis, the only way I've seen proper bass out of Quads with transistors was when the panel was too close to the rear wall. At the same time the highs were dreadful- harsh and lacking real speed. I have trouble believing something like that coul... | |
| The best phono stage out there? Noise floor is not the final word in phono stages by any means. Some phono stages are quiet, until you put on a record and realize that there are an awful lot of ticks and pops. Other phono stages (usually ones with passive EQ) may have a slightly... | |
| Help gaining knowledge on SET FWIW unless you really listen near-field, not many SETs are going to work with a speaker that is only 91 or 92 db. SETs in general don't make a lot of power- 22 watts is a big one, and 22 watts will not do the job on a speaker with efficiency that... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Hi Sarcher30, in the case of transistor amps, the ideal is to be able to deliver the same output voltage regardless of the load impedance. That being the case, then a 100 watt amplifier driving 8 ohms will make 200 watts into 4 ohms and 400 watts ... | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Hi Sean, Whatever that was that you read is misleading- it violates Kirchoff's Law, the law of electrical energy conservation. IOW if you put 100 watts into 4 ohms or 100 watts into 8, the output will be the same if the speaker efficiency is the s... | |
| The best phono stage out there? The word 'best' exists for a reason. In the audio world though, defining what that even means is troublesome. So what is the best? Is it something that everyone agrees on? no.The best specs? Maybe, but likely not. Its now well-proven that what is ... | |
| Best high end monitors? A great monitor but needs a lot of power. | |
| Solid State Amps for Quad ESL 57? Sarcher30, Innersounds are built with lower impedances in an effort to make the speaker more compatible with transistors. The Quad ESL 57 has a peak of more than 50 ohms in the bass; there simply are not a lot of transistor amplifiers that can dri... | |
| Quality inversely related to power output? Hi Shadorne, the Classic Audio Loudspeaker model T-1 or T-3 would suit the bill nicely :) My contention though is once the speaker efficiency has fallen below about 89 or 88 db, there really isn't anything out there that is affordable (meaning: un... | |
| Mysterious Hum Palewin, When the preamp is off it has a high impedance- so its nearly the same thing as having the interconnect cables connected to the amp with nothing on the other end.When the preamp is on, its output impedance is low and you don't get hum pic... | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre Hi Undertow, you do **not** have to modify the tone arm. Most arms are already set up as balanced sources, even the lowly BSRs, Garrards and Duals of yesteryear. You do have to jump through some hurdles with the air-bearing straight tracking arms,... |