atmasphere
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| Audio advancement - why? Milpai, true, we are stuck- for now. Believe it or not I would be the first to jump on the transistor bandwagon if I thought I could do it without sonic sacrifice! | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high I think this is a similar issue that the motorcycle industry had to solve! In the case of shaft drive motorbikes, if they have a simple swingarm for the rear wheel, when power is applied there is what is called "drive shaft jacking" where the rear... | |
| Audio advancement - why? Actually there are transistor amps that do that, but you can count them on one hand with fingers left over. None of them employ global negative feedback- it seems that NF is a design element that has been holding advancements in audio back.So far ... | |
| the perfect tonearm Dertonarm, obfuscations aside, the reason the Triplanar is more precise is because when you set it up, it stays set up and does not require fiddling to keep the azimuth correct. This is a problem for the G2.2 when the LP thickness is varied or if ... | |
| Audio advancement - why? Eldartford, what you say is partially true- the problem is that the distortion signature still enhances odd-ordered harmonics.Milpai, humans *were* able to make advances in audio- and it turns out that tubes are the way to do that- appropriate tec... | |
| the perfect tonearm Well Dertonearm, first there is no Mk8 of the Triplanar...The Mk6 was out about 4-5 years ago. You might well see one for about $2K. FWIW, I don't sell them :) Your respect notwithstanding, the Mk6 ran/runs circles around the G2.2 and does it in a... | |
| the perfect tonearm Dertonarm, the G2.2 and the Grado cartridges are well-known for something that is sometimes called the 'Grado dance', although it is certainly not the fault of the cartridge! It is merely that the effective mass of the system is incorrect for the ... | |
| Audio advancement - why? In case it was not clear, the point of my prior post is the fact that tubes happen to obey the rules of human hearing to a much greater degree than transistors do, hence the reason why it is so much easier to make a musical sounding tube amplifier... | |
| Audio advancement - why? Milpai, as humans we hear in a very specific way- there are certain types of distortions that our ears don't care a lot about and there are other distortions that our ears care *a lot* about.For example, we used the presence of odd-ordered harmoni... | |
| the perfect tonearm If you do get the G2.2, just be aware that it is incompatible with the Grado cartridge line.Of course if you have a budget of $2K for a used arm, with some patience you might find on older Triplanar, like a Mk6 or early Mk7, which seems to be a be... | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Dertonearm and Raul, I have a suggestion for both of you that you will find very useful if you are not doing or have not done this already:I'm all for advancing the art. One of the most useful things I have done that has helped me immensely is to ... | |
| Riaa curve I might have a different viewpoint here- I feel that it is not a good idea to excercise synergistic effects. Instead, I prefer that each component operate out of its own strengths, that you are not compensating for a brightness in one component by... | |
| Riaa curve Eldartford, its my opinion that in high end audio you build the equipment to do the job, then figure out how much it costs when you are done. It is a bit different from targeting a bomb :) | |
| What year did tube lose to SS In 1986 Pioneer and Sansui were both still making a tube receiver (all tube except for the phono section). By 1969 both had stopped. So my vote is 1968 was the last year that the major audio companies were seriously into tubes.Mac got out in 1969.... | |
| Riaa curve Eldartford, that one is easy! We use a linear recording method, even if recording digitally. By that I mean linear as opposed to logarithmic.The linear system requires flat frequency response. So we adhere to getting the RIAA correct in the same w... |