charles1dad
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| When to go solid state vs. vacuum? Kooshballa,You`ve gotten some good replies,The bottom line is it`s speaker dependent. Some are meant to be driven by by SS amps and other speakers truly come alive with tubes.Narrow your list of speaker and then learn which type of amp will mate b... | |
| Tube amp for Harbeth compact 7 If this speaker can be driven by a 15 watt Leben then there`re SET amplifiers that could drive this speaker also. It all depends on 'which' SET one is referring to. A 45 or 2A3 would be a poor choice(in SET mode,2A3 ok in push pull).A good 845 or ... | |
| Amps for Klipschorn speakers Learsfool,Many Klipsch speaker owners seem to feel as you do in my experience. A good quality tube amp is the better choice with these speakers if the goal is superior sound quality.This is from owners who have tried both SS and tube power amplifi... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Atmasphere,Your xample is clear and show how critical the proper cap in the 'right' place/use is.Their influcence is undeniable. You either choose the best cap for the job at hand or as in your case 'direct couple' or use an interstage transformer... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Jwm and Clio09,I don`t see where anyone here has downplayed the importance of the circuit and its instrinsic quality. A good circuit is the foundation but its ultimate potential and performance can be hurt or aided by the choice of parts.a good ci... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Grannyring,Many would agree with you.In my former Quicksilver preamp I relaced the standard MIT capacitors with V-cap and SoniPlatinum(coupling caps). The improvement was profound! There`s no other way to describe the change.There are examples of ... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? "Damping factor is mythological"Atmasphere that may or may not be true(I don`t know) but many amplifier builders sure proudly tout it as a positive attribute.regards, | |
| Downgrading 18k in the hands of an experinced listener can go pretty far if you factor in used prices. It won`t out perform any and all 100K systems but would equal and beat some of them.Some very exspensive systems sound stunning and there are others that so... | |
| Downgrading Many good comments posted here.Rrog, agree increased unemployment along with high taxes = less spending by consumers(poor economic growth).Arh, better sound with 18K system than 100K system, nice achievement! What was the makeup of these two syste... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Knghifi,I said it`s an interesting read and discussion. You`re under no obligation to agree with his perspective.It was suggested for those with "open minds" to other`s ideas and designs.Regards, | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? In the current 6Moons there is a review of the 75,000 dollar Tenor linestage. The designer Michael Broeck has a very interesting discussion concerning negative feedback,odd order distortion,natural sound and 'natural' distortion and the human ear-... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Grannyring,Could be these builders take much pride in their products(experience,time,effort,research etc.) and may feel insulted that someone comes along and says they can improve the sound of their pride and joy components by 'merely' changing ou... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? When solid state components tout ultra low distortion numbers are they just referring to 2nd order or low order reduction in general?And perhaps not accounting for the higher odd order that they produce in place of? the high order odd distortion s... | |
| World's best Pre-amp for $10K and above? Peterayer,Nice post and very good observations.Atmasphere you may not accept the term "voicing" but I find it hard to believe you or anyone can absolutely be sure of the sound of a part or component based 'exclusively' on measurements and specific... | |
| EL34 tube monoblocks that doubles power at 4 ohms What you`re seeking is`nt a characteristic of tubes.This quality is offered by some solid state designs. This does`nt ensure better sound necessarily in all circumstances.Really depends on the speaker being driven.Regards, |