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| Could this be a Major Breakthough ? Long story short: no. | |
| Balanced SET? North Audio We've done something *like* this for the last- 29 years? or so... (of course we got rid of the output transformer too). What we found was that to be effective *every stage* in the amplifier had to be summed in balanced mode- in effect every stage ... | |
| Avantgarde Trios, SETs, and Impedance Curves I have a friend with the ART PX-25- its not bad on the Trio at all. There are no 45-based SETs that can drive the speaker- try as you like, 0.75 watts is not enough...Most people I know that are driving the speaker successfully use surprisingly la... | |
| Are monoblocks better than stereo, with tube amps? I prefer to run mono amps which allow me to run very short speaker cables with long interconnects. OTOH, I run everything balanced, so I can get away with that. | |
| Are monoblocks better than stereo, with tube amps? True that!! | |
| TVC Gain effects There are 2 explanations I can think of:1) The higher gain setting will likely result in some sort of rolloff, probably at both ends of the frequency band. This could provide a filter effect, i.e. a synergistic effect that might be pleasant in som... | |
| Are monoblocks better than stereo, with tube amps? Modulation of the power supplies is the issue here. Since almost nobody regulates the power supplies for the output section of their amplifiers, monoblocks will sound better for this reason alone. The result is greater authority, improved soundsta... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? FWIW, the issue you face with TVCs is hysteresis loss, which introduces low level distortion whenever the signal changes polarity (IOW- loss of low level detail). Additionally there will be changes in bandwidth depending on the tap selected. Caref... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Unfortunately this is not the case. You listened to tapes that were slowly deteriorating over time played on a tape deck that added it's own colorations played through speakers or headphones that also added colorations.This is not exactly true- th... | |
| What are the best tube amps for Klipschorns? Yes- I was listening to them before I got into the business 29 years ago (I was a tinkerer and probably the retailer's worst nightmare). I've played bass and keyboards since I was about four- in orchestras, jazz and bluegrass combos and rock bands... | |
| What are the best tube amps for Klipschorns? Hi Boa2, you're certainly not in trouble with me! I can't say about whatever god(s) :)OTOH, I have to admit that I am used to slightly different tube amps than the ones you describe. With full power down to 1 or 2 Hz I have yet to hear a transisto... | |
| What are the best tube amps for Klipschorns? I can't imagine how a transistor amp could be preferred on a speaker like the Klipsch- unless one has never heard a decent tube amp! First off the Klipsch doesn't really play the bottom octave, so the idea that a tube amp would have less punch is ... | |
| Atma Sphere MP 3 pre-amp compared to FWIW I use a ZYX Universe with the MP-3, which has a 0.24mV output. This is the setup we used at RMAF so plenty of people got to hear it. The preamp is equipped with the regulator option. There is no appreciable noise and no need for a step-up dev... | |
| watts or joules? Watts. The output power of an amplifier is never specified in joules. Joules refers to the amount of energy storage that is in the filter capacitors of the power supply. Generally a higher number is better, but will not tell you much except in com... | |
| Need help understanding tube wpc In AC circuits there is often an inductive nature that can result in current lagging behind voltage. So it is true that current may not be peaked in all cases of loudspeaker; the more 'resistive' the speaker (i.e. magnetic planars, Avalon) the mor... |