atmasphere
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| Distortion from speakers - amp? What's an Atma-Sphere R13?? You'd think I should ought to know that one but I don't. | |
| TriPlanar Tips I thought tightening the screws on the weights was a no-brainer. Yes, you can hear that.Albert, if you are still watching this thread, the Mk7 has a lot less slop in it than the arm that you had!! Especially in adjusting the VTA on the fly, the Mk... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. I think one of the things that makes a discussion of the goal of high end audio tricky is the models we use for the result. IMO, the room is part of the result. My model is that the stereo can 'graft' the wall of your room onto a musical event in ... | |
| Tube amps with BALLS in the low end registrer ??? Or you could get one of these...http://www.atma-sphere.com/products/ma3.htmlSo far it carries the greatest low end authority of anything *I've* heard- and it can drive 2-3 ohms easily... there is a built-in tube tester and AC line regulator- it ca... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. Pubul57, it appears that you have attached meaning where none existed. My description of Holt's living conditions were merely accurate, not a judgment of his character nor listening ability. Also, the comment about Audio Research earlier is someth... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. I would love to see the double-blind test happen- with our stuff in the test to boot. I understand JGH's comments, but I fully don't agree- there are plenty of manufacturers out there other than myself who still hold to the ideal of an exact repro... | |
| help with s/n ratios of preamps and Moving Coil 1KHz is the more relevant number. at 20KHz the noise is going to be a lot less due to the rolloff of the RIAA curve, I.e. the figure will look better. | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Guidocorona, you may not believe this but I agree with you- I don't like 'tube' colorations either. I think many of those colorations have to do with design considerations rather than the tubes themselves. Consider that because you have heard some... | |
| Suggestions on Balanced Pre-Amp for Claytons If you go with a balanced preamp, it will help if it supports the low impedance (600 ohm) balanced line standard. This will reduce the effects of the interconnect cable dramatically, and free you to have the cables as long as you want.There are ve... | |
| Balanced outputs vs balanced design Eldartford, its likely that your amplifier has a lot of differential circuits already- many transistor amplifiers do.There is more than one stage of gain in most transistor amplifiers, so you get more than 3 db on the noise figure. Doubtless that ... | |
| Balanced outputs vs balanced design The advantage of a fully differential preamp or amplifier is that distortion is canceled at every stage in the device. As a result fully differential products can be lower distortion for a given amount of gain. Noise can be lower too- and the effe... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Muralman1, I've not checked out all the modules that are out there, and I was careful to comment to that effect.FWIW though, distortion has nothing to do with what impedances an amplifier will drive. The two issues are unrelated. Neither is THD a ... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Muralman1, you're in a good position to record that viola- and then play it back. *Thats* what I'm talking about. You already *know* what the instrument sounds like.That's the technique I use when I am auditioning anything- speaker, a tweak in one... | |
| Class-D amps - a different re view Muralman1, I am sorry you took offense at my comment, but if you look at my last post and your initial reaction, it will be obvious that you attached meaning where none existed.My point was that if you go ahead and make good quality master tapes, ... | |
| Moving away from tubes. Is this a good idea? Djh, FWIW the transistor amp you are mentioning at the beginning of this thread has marginal power for dealing with a low-efficiency speaker like you have. A lot has to do with your listening habits in this regard, but if you like to rock out or y... |