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| bose 1801 amplifier I am not intimately familiar with this amp and only have heard it with Bose 901s over 25 years ago. The name doesnt inspire confidence but only those that have heard this amp with speakers other than the 901 should comment. | |
| IM Distortion, Speakers and the Death of Science I tihink it was likely specifications and measurements that are responsible for lower impedance speakers. What specification would tell you that most amps sound better driving an easy load than they do putting out the additional power? | |
| My list of seller red flags I think a buyer that provides such an extensive list of red flags is almost guaranteed to be a difficult person to work with. The gall of a seller to stand firm on their price! Please give an example a non-gimmicky price. | |
| Tubes The fact that current production equipment almost always comes with current production tubes has nothing to do with the quality of the tubes! Manufacturers use current production tubes because they are cheaper and available in large quantities. | |
| What should my next cartridge be? Yes it is! Sorry I thought that the highest end Hanna was much more expensive and closer to the price of the Hiyabusa. | |
| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. I would not suggest using any old stock U.S. made 6AS7Gs in Ralph's OTLs. | |
| What should my next cartridge be? I just heard a Mu-Tech Hiyabusa and was very impressed. Compared it directly with the top of line Hana and it wasnt even close. To be fair the Mu-Tech is more expensive I believe. | |
| Which brand of 45 tubes do you use? Just a point that may be of interest. Philco never made a tube but they did rebranding. So when br mentions Philcos these tubes were most likely made by Sylvania. Our company has multiple matched pairs of old stock 45s and one of the owners has ov... | |
| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. Schiit products are simply not in the same league as your M 60s. Kind of like putting low octane in a performance car. I think you would be better served by Ralph's entry level preamp (only single ended) than anything made by Schiit. | |
| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. Actually we used an Audio Note 300B, an Audio Note Kit 300B parallel single ended, a Mastersound 32B (crushed the other SETs). VAC Phi 200 and Atmasphere M-60s. Preamps used were Essence Jasper, CAT, Audio Note, Thor Audio and an older VTL. The pr... | |
| Recommended Speaker List for Atma-Sphere OTL Amplifiers. My concern with Klipsch speakers would be possible dips in the impedance curves of each speaker. Efficiency is only part of the issue.When we compared the M-60s to several SETs the results were significant. The M-60s were like water while the SETs... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage I have heard numerous phono stages including the 2 on your list and thought the Herron was better. Then I listened to the Zesto Andros Deluxe and was smitten. I highly encourage you to audition this or any of the phono preamps in their line.Discla... | |
| Thoughts on Tube vs SS amplification for Sony SS AR1s If you could find a used Adcom 535 you see how your speakers react and then sell this amp for nearly what you paid. This is the only amp that Adcom made that I liked. In fact this amp powers my garage system. I also owned the 555 and the 565s but ... | |
| Thoughts on Tube vs SS amplification for Sony SS AR1s Almost without fail, tube amps will have greater low level detail, better linearity and a more organic presentation. Almost without fail, tube amps will react much more negatively than S.S. to low impedance speakers or impedance dips. One type of ... | |
| Can speakers sound worse during break-in period? NOS would suggest that your speakers are older (vintage) but never used. Do you mean to say never used speakers that were made in the last few years? |