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| I need an AMP for my Hyperion 968's Hyperion 968s were designed to be driven by tube amps (8 ohm impedance, 90 db efficiency). You will hear magic in spades with most well-designed tube amplifiers.845 SET amplifiers are a match made in heaven with Hyperion 968 speakers, if 20-25W is... | |
| Audio Aero cap mkII and Olive Opus 4. Here is a partial answer:I have connected my Capitole's DAC to an OPPO 970 DVD playing music DVD Audio discs (24/96Khz encoding) into the Capitole's SPDIF input. No problems, no need for special settings, the Capitole accepts a 24/96 signal, locks... | |
| Pass XA 100.5 plugged into Power Plant Premier? Mluding, undervoltage is not usually a problem in terms of reliability. The amp will run slightly less hot and maybe output 5% less power, not a big issue IMV.Also, I would never use a Class D amp (PPP) to supply power to a fine class A amp. You w... | |
| Cary CAD 805 AE tubes HiThe Sophia 845 is not really an 845-equivalent tube, it draws only 1A heater current.Since the Cary 805 heater power supply is not regulated, the heater voltage will shoot up probably 20% and the output tube will not last long. Clearly not a goo... | |
| New amp being touted as among the best ever...... I read the review as a technical endorsement of a new technology and more importantly, a rave review of high-resolution discs / files. The reviewer states that the amp's sonic performance is nothing to write home about when playing regular PCM CDs... | |
| Frustrated with new pre-amp and need advice A bump when changing sources could be a poorly designed or miswired source selector switch.Bleedthrough is avoidable, if the manufacturer shields the input wiring and uses a high quality source switch with low crosstalk.Some preamps go to the extr... | |
| B&W 801 series 80 batteries? Based on Stonedeaf's info that the APOC circuit uses relays, a battery with one quarter the current spec of the original battery may not trip the relays, or trip just a few times then go dead.This is just a hunch, so you may want to try the lithiu... | |
| 4 ohm load vs 8 ohm load? What is prefered? Kijanki, I doubt that anyone can pinpoint the difference between a damping factor of 120 vs. 230. Only poorly designed, very boomy speakers require a damping factor above 20. These are just numbers, as you pointed out. The OP should decide based o... | |
| What is your favorite tube for a preamplifier ? Ecclectique, you are correct, I forgot to mention that 6J5 has only one triode as opposed to two triodes in a 6SN7.I wonder if you have found a military equivalent of the 6SL7, similar to your favorite 7193 in place of a 6SN7 ?Best wishes for 2010 | |
| Gallo Ref 3.1, what amps do they love? The specs look good and seem compatible with your speakers, though there are no distortion measurements @ 4 ohms.65 Amperes is the figment of an over-enthusiastic marketing department, the amp has built-in overcurrent protection, the website state... | |
| need help with an audible illusions mod 3a pre-amp Hi ChrisPure Direct mode disables the video and tone control circuitry, but the signal must go through the Denon's built-in selector switches, volume control and line-level preamp.So in fact, you are comparing two preamps in series to one preamp (... | |
| Gallo Ref 3.1, what amps do they love? Dave, Gallo 3.1 speakers love amps that deliver high current into 4 ohms (their actual impedance in the bass).I have used them successfully with Gamut D200 and McIntosh Mc402 amplifiers.I do not believe one needs more than 200W RMS/channel into 4 ... | |
| Thinking about buying Zu Definitions, need advice I suggest that you try the speakers in your room, they behave unlike most audiophile (bass-reflex) speakers.The Definition sub-woofers are loaded by an acoustic suspension enclosure and the sub-woofer amplifier level is fully adjustable. Also, bas... | |
| Anyone with technical knowledge RE: ADS L1290 Tilt the speaker forward with the help of a friend-undo and remove all the tweeter screws except the one on top-slowly unscrew the top bolt-in 90% of the cases, the tweeter will fall forward and stay in place, hanging by the bolt. Hold the tweeter... | |
| Dared MC-7P optimal tubes Nikos, I suggest that you call the distributor and make sure that the Dared preamp has a regulated heater supply for the 12ax7 tubes.A plain, unregulated DC supply (as found in 95% of tube preamps) will shoot up 20% if you remove two tubes. The li... |