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| Ultra high resolution MrT, it seems to me that you would be a fan of the Westminster label. They had a distant mic perspective. Am I right? | |
| Help with finding ultra-transparent pre-amp We have also found that if you run the Wadia through a good line stage, that it is actually more transparent than running direct. Of course, we do it with tubes, but its all balanced. | |
| The Anatomy of the Acapella Violon - shocking find Amfibius, based on the results that you posted, it looks like the woofers are in parallel, and so are 4 ohms while the rest of the system is 8 ohms. If this is so there will not be a tube amplifier made that will play the bass at the right level. ... | |
| Balanced versa single-ended Balanced operation does indeed offer lower noise as well as greater interconnect cable immunity. You are not likely to get all that with a passive system though- part of the balanced standard is that it operates at lower impedances, something that... | |
| Help with finding ultra-transparent pre-amp The issue with the Wadia has been that while its a great player, the volume control gets you into trouble. In basic terms, its no good below about 85 on the display- you loose too much resolution. So to get the best results with it you have to hav... | |
| Power amp for Reference 3A speakers? Our customers have always reported good results with the Ref 3As. They are very tube friendly- you won't have any trouble finding a good amp for them. | |
| Ultra high resolution To get resolution without glare getting rid of global negative feedback is going to be a good first step. But- to do that and insure low distortion, the amp will have to be class A as well. A simple signal path helps; without feedback you don't ne... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help Either the preamp has a noisy (dirty) volume control (Radio Shack tuner cleaner could sort that out quickly enough) or you have DC on the volume control too.The DC levels are not enough to trip the Classe protection circuit (I am assuming it has o... | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? I use my Ampex for recording on location, recording as a mix-down deck from 8 channel to 2 channel, and playing the masters and pre-recorded tapes.When doing direct recording I use a set of Neumann U-67s direct-in. I like to bypass my preamp when ... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help Leoturetsky, did you try a different speaker cable? I doubt the cable is an issue (I've used them for years) but its best to eliminate as many variables as you can. | |
| How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks? I run an Ampex AG-440 transport with 351 electronics. | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help If you suspect the preamp has DC at its output, that is where you should measure for it. Some amplifiers have an input coupling cap and many don't so there is no guarantee that you will read DC at the output of the amp just because there is DC at ... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help Leoturetsky, in this we have narrowed it down substantially. I'll be surprised if it is the speaker cable, but I would not let that stop me from trying a different one.If the cable has no effect, the simple fact is you have had a run of bad luck, ... | |
| How do autotransformers affect sound? Arthur, FWIW the ZERO (zeroimpedance.com) has a very low turns ratio as it steps from 16 ohms down to 4,3 and 2 ohms. Its a nice problem solver when trying to get a tube amp like a small OTL to drive low impedance speakers. Its also very helpful w... | |
| How am I frying all my amps? Oscillating? Help Leoturetsky, OK- I'm convinced that the RF is not from a radio station or the like. In your testing above, was the digital system plugged into the wall even though it was not connected to the amp?I would indeed try a set of zip cord or similar spe... |