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| Blank audio cassettes ARE still made, even in the United States https://www.atrtape.com/ ATR Magnetics makes and sells cassettes here in the US. They are selling off their Ampex ATR service division- there is an announcement about that on their home page- don't be put off by it. | |
| EICO Tube Amp HF 14...Transformer question Upon checking the insides I noticed that one transformer had shilac colored fluid....possibly leaking on its bottom. @rocky1313 The filter capacitors in the power supplies of these amps are so old there is no way they are any good. It would be... | |
| Is an autoformer (AVC) always superior to pots and resistors ? This is an argument some of my friends made to me. AVC is always the best volume control, better than anything else such as rk50 or resistor based volume controls. @smodtactical The correct answer is 'sometimes- maybe??'. TVCs can generate dis... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D getting some love My Perfect SET 2-10 Tecktons aren't my forever speakers, however they've given me a lot of joy and aren't going anywhere soon. They were designed to pair well with low powered SET tubes, which had me going down the Decware path. I'm curious how y... | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers Atmasphere - thanks for an informative answer, as always. I am not sure about the Dream Maker speakers You might ask Duke. | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D getting some love I'm very curious what preamp typology pairs best with your Class-D mono's? @69zoso69 If you have a balanced line preamp I would use it. You can use a passive if the gain side of things work out but that's a bit dicey depending on your sources a... | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers I am sure his new class D sounds good. But I would guess it is a case of plus and minus? @o_holter Its been a year and a half now and I've not heard any tradeoffs. But if your speakers are designed for amps with a high output impedance (and min... | |
| Balanced Inputs Balanced inputs often offer 6dB increased gain. @cleeds @charles1dad This is only true if the equipment supports the balanced standard. Otherwise the gain does not change. I don't think any of my gear is truely balanced. I have a modest sy... | |
| AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House If I had the scratch I’d go with AGD just because the designer made his amps upgradeable, which is huge to me especially since GaN amps are in their relative infancy. @soix FWIW our amp is easily updated too. | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers My question is, does anyone have any experience of running a new Class D GaNFET amp into high efficiency / high impedance speakers? @rocketiii My speakers are 98dB and 16 Ohms. I've been running our class D GaNFET amps on them the last year and... | |
| Need help diagnosing a preamp problem Currently I am experiencing intermittent right channel in/out when cables are correctly connected. I have reversed connections several times. @clio When the channel is out, try wiggling the interconnect cables, on the offending channel, to see... | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes It does not have so be 8 ohms or above. My speakers are 4 ohm, but they are very, very flat and very well designed. I bought them to use with an ss amp. The first time I heard them with a tube amp, I promptly sold the ss amp. The statement w... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? I never got to see the exhibit in New York but I have a beautiful hardback of it with pictures of every bike. A group of us misfit bikers took the train to the Chicago and got a special showing at the Field Museum. A year or two later I went to... | |
| Why don't higher end amplifiers come with a separate power chassis? Seems to me the amplifier is deserving of a separate power box and all the rational to not do it doesn’t make sense. The impact on sound could be huge if done properly. @emergingsoul Keeping the power supply as close to the output section as po... | |
| Which Line Level, Balanced Preamplifier? FWIW the first balanced line preamp made was the Atma-Sphere MP-1 way back in 1989. Whatever preamp you get, its useful to know there is a standard for balanced line hookup, known as 'AES48'. I've found over the years that most balanced line prod... |