atmasphere
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| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. Quiddity, take another look at my post. I merely pointed out that a lot of belt drive machines get away with using weaker motors, not that **all** of them do. The motor I use in my machine has a lot of torque and behaves very much like a second fl... | |
| Amp for Quad ESL 57 Jim, you're a dealer for deHavilland, aren't you?Mr. Tennis, there is something I don't understand: If you like a dark unfocused presentation, why are you working with Quads (which can be really revealing)? | |
| 2008 RMAF – – – all things analog. To start with the Triplanar is a more capable arm than the Schroder, with all due respect.Having spent years in the service sector repairing audio gear, I don't think I would agree that just because a turntable is belt drive that that means it wil... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? For years I have had the Classic Audio Reproductions T-3s. It has always been an excellent compromise on the various issues that beset a speaker- good to 20Hz, revealing, images well, smooth while detailed, etc.However at the RMAF the new version ... | |
| Amp for Quad ESL 57 Mrtennis, any updates for the ST-70 planned? | |
| TRELJA in Denver - 2008 Trelja, we had a music server in our room too on the main floor. I think it helped that is was plugged into one of the better DACs I've heard in years- the Stahl Tek, and many of the sound files on the server were 192KHz 24-bit, something that you... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA2 Mk2.3 / Krell KSA 250 / Passlabs? FWIW there is a general rule of thumb that you can follow regarding MA-2s and MA-1s. That is: if the speaker is known to work with tubes, it will be OK.IMO there is a myth that a speaker has to be 'OTL friendly' (for example in the case of the MA-... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA2 Mk2.3 / Krell KSA 250 / Passlabs? FWIW the MA-2s can handle a load like this easily. Customers have reported excellent results. Being a much larger amplifier than the M-60s they are not nearly so sensitive to load and there is a much longer list of speakers that they will play wit... | |
| What is the proper way to dispose of old tubes? Jim, locally here in town we have an operation called 'Asset Recovery' where we take things that the recycling people won't pick up from the curb. They take hazardous waste like vacuum tubes, and so once a year we take all our bad tubes, circuit b... | |
| Holographic imaging Detlof, in working with CD and LP mastering and with digital and analog master recordings, over and over again I am always struck and disappointed by the signal losses that occur during the mastering process, regardless of the format. If anything,... | |
| XLR Pin Vocabulary 50% of your recordings are out of phase anyway. I would not worry about it too much, unless they are all 2-mic recordings, in which case a phase inversion switch would be handy. | |
| Holographic imaging Pubul57, Something fun to try is to listen to a live performance and see if you can place the mics in such a way that a 2 channel playback over speakers has the same perspective as your ears. This is usually not an easy thing to do, but when I was... | |
| SS or Tube Preamps with Dual-Balanced outputs Zephyr24069, our preamps have balanced inputs, even for the phono, which is actually a balanced source. The internal circuitry is fully differential and balanced from input to output. | |
| Holographic imaging Pubul57, I hear about timing a lot these days but its one of thoese things that I really can't say what causes it, although I do know that a lot of circuit complexity does prevent it. I don't like the word 'dynamics' as too many times I have found... | |
| Holographic imaging FWIW, the reason recordings don't have the same perspective that you hear in the concert hall, that you have a greater holographic quality in them than in real life, has to do with the microphone placement and post processing (if any).Try spending... |