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| VPI Avenger @Stan ... I sent an e-mail to Matt asking about the mag/lev platter. Hope to hear back soon. You've mentioned the Bearpaws before. That a to do follow up for me. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Thanks Bombaywalla. I really enjoyed reading the 1983 Atkinson and Messenger interview of Mr. Johnson. It was like taking a trip back in time. IMO, since that time, ARC has made many significant refinements to their technology that have taken its ... | |
| How important is the amp? Wolf ... you crack me up. So true!!! | |
| ARC ref 5SE current or past owners My Ref 5 SE is hooked up to my ARC Ref 150 SE via balanced I/Cs. No other choice really.I pulled this off the ARCDB website re Ref 5 SE impedance matching: "600 ohms Balanced, 300 ohms SE main (2), **20K ohms minimum load and 2000pF maximum capaci... | |
| How important is the amp? @Bombaywalla, you wrote the following "side comment" above: "In the end, I also agree speakers are the worst offenders but I learnt that not everyone agrees on this. This surprised me as it's so easy to hear the distortion thru speakers esp. if th... | |
| VPI Avenger Stan (Stringreen) ... wow, no kidding. I own a first generation Classic, with a Classic 3 tone arm, SS wand and motor (300 rpm) upgrades. The platter is the original 20 pound aluminum monster that rides on an inverted bearing. Are you saying that ... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Beavis ... there are ... many other factors. As Kijanki posted, music is more than listening to sine waves. | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? @Kijanki ... thanks for your informative response. You wrote:"Damping factor of 14 is OK. 8ohm speaker's impedance is mostly resistive. Assuming, that it is approx 6 ohm it limits effective DF to 1.33 . Amps DF of 14 will make it worse only by 9.5... | |
| ARC ref 5SE current or past owners Icorem ... I can't speak to how the ARC Ref 5 SE compares to the other brands you mentioned. I can only say that I own the Ref 5 SE and am extremely pleased with what it does for my rig. Please note that I probably get the best from the Ref 5 SE b... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Czarivey ... I think your post slaps quite a bit of paint with a very wide brush. My ARC Ref 150 SE has a relatively low output impedance, resulting in a damping factor of 14 (assumes an 8 ohm load; would be half if the load is 4 ohms). That ain't... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Thanks Bombaywalla ... but what is the purpose of partial cathode coupling. Is it a form of local negative feedback?? Does it ameliorate some of the adverse affects associated with NFB that Ralph has written about, e.g., TIM distortion that raises... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? @Bombaywalla ... "I'm not even treading into the realm of "is 14dB too much global negative feedback?"!! ;-)" Scardy-cat! :) LOLRe NFB: FWIW, many years ago, I recall speaking with either Lenard or Kal (ARC customer service tech rep; Len has since... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Bombaywalla, I just caught your post re the Soundstage measurements of the SF speaker. I surmise that you would agree with the general view of many that when deciding on a tube amp's output taps to use for a particular speaker, that one should use... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Bombaywalla, as you probably know, my amp is the ARC Ref 150 SE. I mention this because ARC designed my amp, and indeed, most of its tube amps, using NFB. In the case of the Ref 150 SE, I believe the NFB stat is 14 db. Ralph has written quite a bi... | |
| Turntable set up- How easy is it I own a VPI Classic (first generation plinth) 2.7 (hot-rodded). First couple of times, a little scary. Now I can set it up in my sleep. That said, if you read through some of the vinyl threads, we have some OCD members who, IMO, are a bit over the... |