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| Russian 6C33C Tube Testing and Matching The 6C33 tube is extremely hard to test. The reason is its highly pronounced positive thermal feedback, turning any fixed bias testing into a test of your nerves. In reality I only recommend testing it using a servo-controlled bias circuit. Barrin... | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters No problems, the only drawback would be in not utilizing the full potential of your preamp. All things being equal, you are better off preserving the balanced nature of the signal all the way to the speaker.Victor | |
| XLR to RCA Adapters Just a couple of quick points here.First - the notion that only one-half of the internal circuit will be used when supplying the single-ended signal is total nonsense. While it indeed might be true in case of some (I presume rare) products, all BA... | |
| BAT REX power consumption Just a bit less. | |
| BAT REX power consumption Well, to begin with, the specs are stating the VA ratings, not Watts. In typical case the VA number will be higher. You can easily google the difference between the two. I just stuck the power meter on one REX power module and got 155W and 180VA. ... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Hi Raquel, This is the question that does not have a simple answer. As one of my teachers used to say - when in doubt whether simple rules apply, consider the extreme cases. Would you keep your units on 24/7 if you only listened to them for two ho... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Just a couple of quick notes here, don't mean to overburden the forum.One - regarding the extended tube life with 24/7 operation... while a common opinion, it is most definitely not universally agreed upon or shared. One could construct many diffe... | |
| Biamping with BAT vk200 and vk60? You can do something like that, but with a caveat. In some cases systems "thrown together" like that will sound acceptable or even right, but you can't count on that.The problem is potential gain differences. Yes, you can connect two amps to two p... | |
| really? .89c ground lifters? There is absolutely no excuse for any need to lift grounds. All properly designed equipment should be quiet without this VERY serious safety violation. | |
| BAT Thoughts..... It is true that the tube amps do run hot... about half of their standby power is actually in filament supplies!Big tubes have big filaments. That is why they can deliver current pulses of several amps with ease.Regarding the total power dissipatio... | |
| BAT VK 600SE: SE vs. Balanced As I mentioned, all our gain stages are typically differential. In simple terms you can say each stage is its own phase splitter. I know some people think balanced circuit has two independent signal paths, but that is usually not so, there is real... | |
| BAT VK 600SE: SE vs. Balanced Bob - that is not correct. The internal circuit in that amplifier is fully differential, meaning 100% of it is working at any time. Even when given SE signal it will still process it in differential fashion. Of course ideally you should give it ba... | |
| BAT VK-200 vs VK-220 amp Since the sound quality is such a subjective thing, it is quite possible that going from VK-200 to VK-220 in some system might provide a subjective improvement. However, as a general rule, the 220 should not be considered an upgrade to VK-200. The... | |
| BAT at CES? Chipmunk - long story plus a mistake! OTOH - why not? :) No connection to the movie... :) Some preliminary info will be on the website soon, problem is the guy who does it is very sick at the moment. | |
| BAT at CES? No replacement for the VK-600SE at this point. |