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| "Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers I'm surprised you haven't taken Ralph to task with this premise. Or should I say I'm not? Fact is their is consensus that tubes are distortion for the most part. Also that the best of both converge sonically...to neutrality. Enter LSR&D. How d... | |
| "Warm Sounding" Solid State Amplifiers With all due respect Ralph, I am not aware of a 'warmth associated with real music(and tubes)' consensus. My take on it is simply a subjective preference over accuracy. I find real music to resemble a good, fast, flat frequency response of ss much... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume Wow IS the word. I mean in reference to the Kappas. The amps output 375 watts at clipping but capable of 600+ watt peaks @8ohms. I would estimate about 110db out of the Kappas. I managed to round up another pair of identical LSR&D monos which ... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume Thank you Al. The Kappa 9s are the culprit. They dip below 1ohm at 30hz and 7khz. It was Foxy Lady. | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume Sure, I get that. I'm just surprised the op wasn't given consensus in terms of typical circumstances. It's usually the case in my collection, low and high level recordings being the oddball. I thought pre amps were built to max out the average amp... | |
| clipping and max rated watts/max volume Huh? Is there no correlation between pre amp output and amp input sensitivity? This is what ultimately determines volume control position in reference to max power output, no? I mean generally speaking, if my pre puts out 2v and my amp has an inpu... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state And who would the most appropriate subject of an ABX test be? IOW, how many ss guys care about similarity vs how many tube guys care. Ime, the ss guys only want it to sound good while the tube guys want a distinct characteristic sound. Another per... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state It appears Mr. Ridley has a handle on just what in general gives tube amps their character...'heat'. And it would stand to reason there's a correlation between output tubes and output transistors 'cookin' at full output. | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Geoff, you may have missed Atmasphere's second from last post. I just wish he would name names. Just to add a bit of insight, I think solid state's main disadvantage is that to realize it's full potential, you have to listen to it at max output. I... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state What I find a little self-aggrandizing is the declaration that "Ive finally arrived at the perfect synergy and all there is to do now is enjoy the music". Hogwash! The objective fact is that no playback system even approaches live/real events. Not... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Czarivey, sure, and quite often distinguishing a true one from an imposter is similar to an ABX test. | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Charles, your definition is very accurate. I recognize every aspect you describe in a 'lousy' amp. However, I also observe the attributes you mention in ss. Not sure how that would compare to a great in my estimation tube amp. | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Ralph, can a ss amp have such low distortion as to make that comparison not tenable? I suppose a better question would be, have you ever listened to a ss amp without the typical characteristics you ascribe to them? Could you be fooled in an ABX te... | |
| Do we still need 6550 or KT88 tubes? I remember observing the shear terror in Yeltsin's face as he was endorsing him as his predecessor. I think the announcement was to Yeltsin and not the other way round. | |
| Anything as " fast" as SPECTRAL gear? Psag, agreed. However you can hear it and recognize you're hearing it in comparison. |