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| I have Maggie MG 1.6's - need amp advice Maggies are easy to drive up to the 'knee' of their magnet system which is not push-pull (MG 20.1s are an exception and are easy to drive at any volume). Getting additional volume above the knee requires a lot of power as the speaker dynamically c... | |
| tonearm match ZYX Universe Moerch and Triplanar If you can afford the Triplanar it will work well even on a cheap turntable and better than a cheaper arm. I run the ZYX Universe on the Triplanar and it is unstoppable. Records that I thought were noisy are quiet and records that I thought were d... | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers A lot has to do with the output impedance of the driving amp too. A lot of horns are highly reactive and this plays havoc with feedback networks in transistor amps... | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers In my band I run transistors with horns all the time. That is not what I would do at home though. It seems that horns are far more likely to own up to the bad side of their reputation with transistors (honky, shrill) and that transistors are large... | |
| Amplifiers and Horn Loudspeakers Why do you think it is that amps with zero or very little negative feedback sound so much better than those with lots? And that on amps with adjustable feedback changing it is indeed very AUDIBLE?Horns for the post part are expecting constant powe... | |
| Opportunity to buy the best Preamp... but which? There's been no discussion about SE/balanced... in preamps this can be a big deal on account of the interconnect cables.So- if funds are unlimited for a preamp, what amps do you have? Will they accept either input? | |
| Replacing metal oxide with Vishay/Dale metal film The Vishay metal films will be an improvement. To really get what they are about, you will have to replace all the resistors in the signal path and all those that are in the cathode and bias circuits as well.Coupling caps are another area you can ... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Ralph, I am slightly confused. Are you trying to say that:A. The perceivable synergy of the Rowland 312 and the Mahlers exists in spite of the amps high damping factor?B. The 312's damping factor is immaterial to its synergy with speakers in gener... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Damping factor plays a role in system performance, just not a large one. Damping factors above about 15 or 20 to 1 will result in no audible improvement, but such amplifiers that do have such damping factors have proven themselves incapable of pla... | |
| Why Tube Pre-SS amp over SS Pre- Tube amp? Alright- I'll bite- The reason tube preamps are often preferred over transistors is that they loose less of the signal. Transistors are pretty good at loosing low level detail so if you have transistor preamp driving a tube amp you will be missing... | |
| Running monoblocks in parallel to increase watts?? Bridging is definately balanced. That is why you see bridge-able transistor amps with balanced inputs that only run in balanced mode. But there is no association with greater gain, although it is possible to achieve greater gain with less noise wh... | |
| balanced pre amp Phono cartridges are a naturally balanced source too. It really seems to help running them balanced! | |
| Running monoblocks in parallel to increase watts?? The inversion technique works with transistor amps (and is the way that car stereos get 15 w/channel while running only 12 volts).That technique is: the load goes between the two '+' outputs. This assumes that the '-' outputs are tied to ground. O... | |
| Tube Amp & Preamp for ML Summits? Hi Pal, some of our customers have reported very good results using the MA-1 with the Summits. Recently one of our dealers reported that an audition went very well with M-60s too. So my comments are based on customer reports, which jive with our o... | |
| Tube Amp & Preamp for ML Summits? Definitely consider tubes- for some reason the Summits are bit easier on tubes than some of the other ML models (even our M-60 drives them). Tubes and ESLs are the tradition since the 1950s- its the right thing to do. Above all have fun! |