atmasphere
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| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Both speakers can have the same dynamic range assuming a sufficiently powerful enough amp for the lower efficiency speaker. @jonwolfpell This statement is false; the reasons why explained on the first page of this thread. | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? So how does the RCA connector accommodate 2 connectors(positive and negative) and a ground wire. @jumia Simply by careful soldering. | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Topping Dacs do not sound good in the mid range with human voices. They sound shrill. Many Ess dacs sounds like this. @laoman Obviously, since you quoted my prior post, you can imagine I don't agree with this. I use recordings I made as refer... | |
| Amplifier current vrs watts; why is current more important? I'm far from an electrical expert but I'm starting to understand the above. So far the criteria I've gathered from research is to look for: Amps that double wattage from 8-4-2ohms Amps that are 2ohm stable Larger power supplies @christian... | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? The second standard is Differential input RCA which is balanced like XLR and uses two wires to send signal on wire one and inverted signal on wire two. No shield is used. There is no standard for balanced differential amplification using an RCA... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? Again, not trying to offend anyone on new gear, I just feel the specs are near perfect in the tonality. @webking185 They aren't. Please reread my initial posts on this thread. None of all amplifier designs made prior to about 1995 had enough... | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? @kijanki I try to always use caps in the spelling too. @jumia Look at it this way. If the signal is passing through the shield as it does when only the shield and center connection is present, then the construction of the shield and any noise to ... | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? Electrostatic speakers can have compression from transformer saturation at high power levels Just to clarify on this comment, at the point the transformer saturates it will also be making distortion and thus describe an upper limit on the range... | |
| Eminent Technology 8b Speakers - Amp/wattage Recommendations I would think it might be good assumption, but I’m not sure about tube amps. It would be better to ask tube amp experts like atmasphere. @atmasphere Ralph, could you chime in? Does limitting low end allow to play louder? I know that with some am... | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board @kokakolia Seriously, getting an amp to be quiet on a speaker that's only 91 dB should be a walk in the park! 15W seems surprisingly low for a speaker rated with that low sensitivity FWIW! | |
| Higher sensitivity - more dynamic sound? The 86dB efficiency speaker on a 250W amp has more total dynamics to cover incoming source material of a wider dynamic content than the 102dB/20w amp system. Huh? Why? The dynamic range is a function of the recording being played back. Its not ... | |
| Is it me or new audio gear is too perfect and give ear fatigue? For example, my current DAC is a Chinese DAC that measures extremely well. @arize84 Topping makes some DACs that are quite smooth on top and measure well and are also inexpensive. High end audio is not driven by cost, its driven by intent. Howe... | |
| Class D amplifier with TPA 3250 board @kokakolia Sure, but if you have a subwoofer already it might compensate right? If you drive the sub from the preamp, yes. My OGY speakers are very efficient at 91db SPL. That's not high efficiency! That's a moderate efficiency; you enter... | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. I am looking for a little warmth in the sound and no harshness. I want some slam and afraid I will lose it if I go with tubes. @arichison Lose the fear. The only thing you have to look out for is to make sure that at 20Hz, the output impedance ... | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? Let us change the problem to a phono cartridge and a pre-amp. By your understanding, even if one side of the phono amp input is grounded, the system is "differential", and hence will receive the full benefits of twisted pair wiring. That is wrong... |