atmasphere
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| balanced is inherently flawed Hi all, sorry it took a while to get back to this.Herman thought I did not present some balanced sources, so I will repeat myself. Nearly all phono cartridges made today are balanced sources: the Shure M-95 from 30 years ago was a balanced source,... | |
| balanced is inherently flawed Dang! Spot on!I can't tell you how often I have people call me thinking they have a 'balanced' input on what is clearly a single-ended amp! Just 'cause you have that connector- don't let that fool ya.I would think that it goes without saying that ... | |
| balanced is inherently flawed Thanks for the input Sean, one always needs to know that there is sanity out there.As you pointed out about the noise thing, I did use on purpose 'in theory'. In practice unless your circuit is way extra bad, 5db is easy. That means 10 db less noi... | |
| balanced is inherently flawed Hi folks,Hate to bring this up but all of Herman's arguments are completely flawed! As you might expect me to say, but all I have to say is, if you've not tried it, you have no idea what you're missing.I'll give you some examples (refer to the lea... | |
| Negative feedback, voltage and output impedance The idea that:>Amp's input and driving stages do definitely have a feedback so the statement "no feedback" isn't truthful in any case.-is incorrect. It is quite possible to build an entire amplifier without feedback of any kind.There are two ty... | |
| Negative feedback, voltage and output impedance Hi Marakanetz,Just FWIW, as a manufacturer I have to be careful what I say as this forum is moderated. At the same time what I am expressing is actually the way I see it and that has served me pretty good so far for the first 26 years or so anyway... | |
| Negative feedback, voltage and output impedance Traditionally the accepted notion is that adding negative feedback will decrease voltage gain in an amplifier and also decrease the output impedance. However it is interesting to note that the addition of negative feedback will not alter how much ... | |
| What is the amp for magnepan's: tube or solid? If you can find a proper tube amplifier, word up is that is a much better way to go. Magnaplanars can reveal quite a bit that you may not want to hear from a transistor amplifier. Although usual word is that you need a 'high current' amp for these... | |
| Why do tubed preamps image better than SS? Eldartford-Staying OT, the thread is about preamps not amplifiers...But since you brought it up, the fact that certain transformer coupled amplifiers oscillate with high feedback is of no particular concern to me- but I'm guessing that you knew th... | |
| Why do tubed preamps image better than SS? Imaging is a direct result of low-level detail recovery and proper phase reproduction. Low level detail is a thing that tubes do better because of their better linearity at the low levels in the area where things like ambience and the like reside.... | |
| Speaker Recommendation for Tube Fan Here is a simple recommendation. If you are investing in a tube amplifier, your investment dollar will be best served if you get a speaker that is at least 8 ohms, particularly in the bass region. 16 ohms is even better. All tube amps, regardless ... | |
| Corroded tube pins - need help After you remove the corrosion, you might consider tinning the pin with solder to protect the metal. Otherwise the corrosion will be back. I would not attempt this unless you are adept at soldering. | |
| A cry for help to Snell B owners I ran Bs for some years. They did quite well. We were putting a lot of excursion on the LF drivers and had them replaced twice before Snell replaced them with a beefed up set and we had no further problems. The reason you can't get a grip on the d... | |
| Headphone tube amplifiers and OTL The Berning is a nice amplifier but in no way can it be considered an OTL. Just FWIW. | |
| TVC vs. active pre? The job of the line stage in a preamp is to similtaneously provide volume control and also control the effects of the interconnect cable. A depressingly large number of preamps (especially tube preamps) fail at this task. Passive volume control sy... |