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Passive preamps - differences between technologies You might want to consider how someone that designs a passive implements it and don't underestimate what the "switch" adds to the mix. For example, in a resistor-based passive you can have shunt, ladder, or series type attenuators. You might also ... | |
Invert ? Clark Johnsen has written a lot of pieces about absolute phase and polarity. He was a lot of fun to hang out with at the Las Vegas shows and we often had dinner with him and a few other industry folks, including the late Arthur Loesch, at a local ... | |
Invert ? The booklet The Wood Effect was written by Clark Johnsen. If you do a search you will find a number of sources that discuss this topic. I had met Clark a number of times at audio shows as he made it a point of coming to our room to hang out. He al... | |
Spendor SP 1/2e....TECH HELP NEEDED! You have an excellent speaker and it's well worth replacing the damaged parts. I first bought my 1/2e's in 2002, sold them 10 years later, then bought another set in 2017 and this pair isn't going anywhere. The new Spendor Classic series pales in ... | |
Amp Repair Scott Frankland Associates in San Jose is who I would recommend. | |
Beveridge RM1 RM2 repair tec needed Where are you located? You can contact me regarding these. I worked for Roger the last 5 years he was alive and he let me take over the business after he passed. We still do repairs and sell tubes. You can find me here: www.ramtubes.com. | |
New speakers unveiled from Clayton Shaw - Caladan @prismvineyards I live in Central Napa so I will be sure to do that. | |
Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing @docroasty Use the shorting plug if you are using the RCA inputs on the amp. You insert the plug into pins 1 and 3 of the XLR input. | |
Corner base trap- to the ceiling? @emergingsoul what would you consider those acoustical issues to be? | |
Bacch Dsp, True stereo? @hifidream thanks for that link. I have a pretty good idea now of the various set up configurations that can be supported. It appears though that the RME interface is a critical piece of the puzzle. Perhaps I am missing something, but it appears I... | |
Power Tube Matching The RAM EL34s are either from China or Russia. Roger used to purchase large volumes of raw stock from the factories or other sources. Then he would test them and only keep the tubes that tested to his desired specs. The NOS stock EL-34s we carry a... | |
Power Tube Matching @tonydennison RAM Tubes is the company founded by Roger Modjeski and run by me since his passing. You can find it here: https://www.ramtubes.com/ | |
Power Tube Matching From that article, it looks like he is saying that the top, 2 digit, number on a tube box will be between 32 to 42. @tonydennison No that is not what he is saying. If you read the very last paragraph Roger wrote Bias is matched within 4% and Gm... | |
Power Tube Matching Roger Modjeski designed his own proprietary computer tube testers to ensure appropriate matching of power and signal tubes. So here is a tutorial from a very knowledgeable amplifier designer and tube expert: https://www.ramtubes.com/article-5 that... | |
Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Good to see the website is back up and the product is available again. |