clio09
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| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. We get requests from folks who want their old RM-9s refurbished. One of the common side requests we get is to put in an IEC inlet in place of the captive power cord, which from Roger’s perspective is more than adequate for the job, of reasonable l... | |
| Best phono DIY kit Too bad the K & K Audio kits are no longer available, that would have been a no-brainer.This one looks interesting though: http://glass-ware.stores.yahoo.net/aiphpcb.htmlAlthough a little above your price point Audio Note has a nice kit as wel... | |
| OTL Tube Amps and Full Range Electrostatic Speakers We have a number of customers using the RM-200 with their ML speakers. It's an excellent amp for the job. OTLs can also sound great, if Atma-Sphere I would recommend the MA-1 which is 100 watts. I'd recommend putting the autoformer in between the ... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. I'd like to echo Roger's comment regarding the use of the term "hybrid" in reference to the RM-200. I also once thought of this amp in the same manner, but given my access to Roger I have the opportunity to not only listen to a lot of his designs ... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. If I am a good guesser I would have to say that since wolf_garcia plays guitar and he has mentioned the Grateful Dead in a few of his posts the reference would be to the Doug Irwin Wolf guitar (known for the Dire Wolf inlay) made for Jerry Garcia.... | |
| Does anyone care to ask an amplifier designer a technical question? My door is open. Yes the Beveridge RM-1 with RM-2 power supply. A legendary component in my opinion with 2 phono inputs. Roger broke the mold with this one. If you have a chance to buy one get it, they show up for around $1000 on eBay. It will most likely need to ... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? I use MM and MC with my MP-3. The MM is 3 mV and the MC 0.4 mV. Enough gain either way. I also don't load down my MC cartridge, never have loaded them really. It was something I picked up from Keith Herron who didn't have a MC load selection on th... | |
| Whats the FATTEST sounding Tube amp to warm up Lean speakers? The Atma-Sphere OTLs and the Music Reference RM series of amplifiers are not going to "fatten" the sound, they are very flat and just get out of the way. As I mentioned on your other thread old Cary amps and as also recommended here old Conrad Joh... | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? My friend and I preferred equipment that gave us a sound that was true to the source. So if you a looking for warmth, or what some might refer to as classic tube sounding, older Cary and Conrad Johnson amps/preamps would be worth seeking out. I on... | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? You will regret replacing the Avatar as I once did. I am not sure why it doesn't give you what you want, but in my own experience I sure missed everything it did well, and it did a lot well, when it was gone. Coincidentally I used the Avatar with ... | |
| Running Benchmark AHB2 in bridged mode and 4 Ohm Speaker You are correct, other than the recommendation by Roger, we haven't really had any discussion on that. Vertical bi-amping is the way I roll these days and see no reason to go back, regardless of which pair of speakers I am using. I think using two... | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? @kalali - 33 1/3 minutes. I actually always thought that was a bit amusing given that is the speed at which most LPs are played. | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? I have several amps here. Atma-Sphere M60s, Music Reference OTL and RM-10, Electra-Fidelity A3-500, Acoustat servos. Give me a bit of time, I will try it on the existing set up first with the Acoustat servos. If that doesn't work I'll swap in my b... | |
| Reel to reel deck directly to power amp ? Next step could be asking Ralph to custom make playback head tube preamp or maybe playback head/phono stage unit, and match it precisely to his amps, and match the amps to speakers. Now that would be high end.I have an Atma-Sphere MP-3 that has sw... | |
| Quad ESL service, Electrostatic Solutions or Quads Unlimited ? If you need someone on the West Coast to work on vintage tube amplifiers then contact Roger Modjeski at Music Reference/RAM Tubes. You can email him at tubeaudiostore@gmail.com. He is quite familiar with Quad amplifiers and ESL speakers. Might eve... |