atmasphere
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| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Raul can be very difficult to translate at times and he has a knack for saying things in what seems to us an adversarial way which he truly does not mean. @mijostyn He also has a knack for saying things in an adversarial way that he truly means... | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Sometimes you just can't explain why something works when the scientific mind says it shouldn't. I see Picasso and am dumfounded others see his stuff and marvel at it. Audio is like this. @dolfan That was true in 1985 but measurement tech has a... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp The main limitation with some SET amplifiers is the choice of weak/inadequate driver tube. Just as you say, this driver needs to be robust. The DHT output tube demands this. He chose the 6EM7 rather than the 6SN7 for that reason @charles1dad Th... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp Which leads me to suspect that the 96 db sensitivity rating is exaggerated or (More possibly) the speaker’s impedance curve and load just isn’t suitable for an SET 300b. @charles1dad That wouldn't surprise me at all. The impedance thing is why ... | |
| Compact ~20WPC Tube Amp If you can find a Dynaco ST35, its a lot more linear amp than its bigger brother. But it makes about 17 Watts/channel. SETs tend to have a limited amount of what I call 'usable power'. By that I mean its usually not a good idea to push them past ... | |
| How do you know when your capacitors need replacing on a vintage SS amp? If the amp is over 35 years old, just do it. Caps can bulge, you can have the plastic sleeve on them shrink a bit (an indication its been running warm) and on computer grade caps, there's a little rubber plug near the terminals that should be per... | |
| Most desirable vacuum tubes for SET amps ^^ At very low power levels the distortion of the amp is very low- hence that 'inner detail' you hear so much about. As the power increases distortion rises with it. If you are nearfield yous speakers may be efficient enough that you're not gettin... | |
| Buzzing from speakers on TT rig @mofojo Sounds like the arm tube isn't properly grounded. Try running the wire from the chassis of the phono section to the arm tube itself. | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta Why continue raining on other's parade when you don't agree with their enthusiasm, or beliefs. It's rather confounding. @kitsap2 FWIW, the manufacturer of the amp did get on this thread and confirmed something that @kuribo caught quite a bit ... | |
| Great YouTube on Class A-A/B VS Class D Can't image what might seperate an $800 amp fro a $4000 amp. 'If you don't know, now you know' -Trevor Howard Power supply, chassis, overall execution and where its built. | |
| Burson OpAmps - Consensus? ?? Why not use something like the Texas Instruments OPA2205? I looked at the Burson website and specifications on the performance of the opamp are notably absent. FWIW, there is no such thing as an opamp designed specifically for audio. That isn'... | |
| Vandersteen 2ci with tube amps Vandersteen 2, 2c and 2ci have all worked great with our tube amps which are OTLs, which tend to be load sensitive. So no worries using a tube amp as long as it has enough power, which in the average room seems to be about 60 Watts or so. | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? 😁 funny thing about that... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? FALSE, I do not posted that: " you mentioned ". Yes, actually you did. ?? I'm ascribing this to an issue with your understanding how syntax in the English language works. Just so you know, your use of the colon in your quote suggested otherwis... | |
| Four Hour Tube Amp Warm-Up @bolong +1; a weak tube can take a long time to warm up properly. |