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| Plinius SA amps A 5-6 years ago, I have had the same if not bigger problem with my SA-102 and I also sent it to distributor, tried various preamps etc. Nothing helped. Otherwise excellent power amp and I felt very sorry dealing with it.I sold it and bought Spectr... | |
| Isolation of stacked components I am in the same position as a have to stack some equipment.The best you can do is to use Still Points "Comonent Shelf" with 3 or 4 legs. Non inexpensive but worth every pennyAll The BestRafael | |
| Joule Electra LA 150 MK2 upgrade "I prefer "300" but it cost twice more then LA-150SE so for money its no brainer. "Hello Mike,Its diminishing return law. The more you invest then less (in percentage) you get but, but, BUT its very indivudual to find this point then "enough is en... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 related question.... Hello Audiofun:I mentioned that " Time to time the company must change hardware and if I need to send my unit to them once per 3-4 years - its fine". However, some companies introduce "next generation" that old unit cannot be upgraded to. Many exa... | |
| Playback Designs MPS-5 related question.... " Music Playback DAC is software upgradeable, sooo the mkII line of thinking doesn't really apply."Yes and no. Time to time the company must change hardware and if I need to send my unit to them once per 3-4 years - its fine. The problem is when t... | |
| current versus watts "use of negative feedback is violating one of the fundamental rules of human hearing perception. "Hello Ralph,I spoke with Simon Thacher from Spectron and he is in full agreement with you as it relates to negative feedback in conventional amplifie... | |
| Review: Joule Electra Marianne Electra Memorial Edition Tube preamp LA-300ME just now got Harry Pearson "2010 HP Editor Choice Award" (TAS, issue March 2010)for being "most romantic" ...yet without euphonic coloration.I love this preamp, really bring to into the music, "grabs" you and do not let you go... The BEST... | |
| Joule Electra LA-450ME "I have no doubt that a good measure of the sound improvement in the 450 is due to the Mundorf and Vcap upgrades "There is MUCH MORE in Marianne-Electra series preamp (300, 450 ans OPS-4) then capacitors !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Scientifically its... | |
| current versus watts ".... output current when the amp is outputting 300W. You should realize that such an event is unlikely to occur frequently..."Well, measured (MEASURED!!!!) peak power needed to drive B&W 805 bookshelf speakers at musical peaks waw 3500 watts ... | |
| current versus watts " The amount of current that flows through the POWER SUPPLY when it is shorted out for 10 milliseconds. That's the official spec. There are a number of tube amps with ratings that high. So when you see the idea of 'current reserve' being bandied a... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Hello,Currently Spectron Audiois haviing promotion for its Musician III which should fit in your price range. They do not have problem with impedance as their recent models have all 50 kOhms input impedance !In recent post by Lube3 (Lube?) he comp... | |
| Esoteric . . . your thoughts please Thank you thefirstchorus,I am waiting for something like new X-01 but wih high quality digital inputs (with or without USB - I don't mind to install good sound card in my computer. I have SA-50 but would not mind to upgarde it...Rafael | |
| Esoteric . . . your thoughts please which is better sonically: D-05 or D-07? The later one has more "modern" DAC but I don;t know and wonder if anyone listen both?ThanksRafael | |
| Preamp for Jadis Defy 7 mk2 recommendations A friend of mine owns yours Jadis power amp and he matches it with Jouole-Electra LA-300ME. Sound is simply unbelievable!!!!This month, J-E LA-300ME has received Harry Pearson of TAS "HP 2010 Editor Choice Award", He wrote that it is the most roma... | |
| Amplification for Wilson Watt Puppy 7s or 8s "Dob, you might want to try it before you write off tubes with the WPs "Hello AthmaShere: Both amplifiers I mentioned in regard to the sound of W/P were tube amplifiers: AEC Classic 60 (60 wpcs) and Equilibre (225 wpc)I did so call "soprano experi... |