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| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... "I thought Atmasphere was suggesting that balanced amps have near zero distortion levels. "yes, but in comparison to the same amplifier configured in the single ended mode...Also Atmasphere, in other posts, postulated that good sounding amplifier ... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... "... they don't hold a candle to the clarity my ICE amps have. "I am sure you are absolutely correct. No one in his right mind would challange your assessment of your own amplifiers.Athmasphere was just helping me understand why the best tube amps... | |
| Tube preamp for Pass Labs amp You got to be very careful. Input impedance of most Pass Lab amps is realtively low so most tube preamps will have poor match with them.I can recommend therefore Joule-Electra LA-150 Mk2 used (but latest generation) or new or demo, call them. This... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... Athmasphere,Thank you, thank, thank you for explanation !!!This is EXACTLY the same philosophy of use Spectron in fully balanced configuration: cancelation of all distortions: even, odd, blue and read !!!Per Simon Thacher of Spectron the KEY lies ... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... "Dob, I'm confused. I thought that warmth of tubes IS euphonic coloration since tubes enhance even harmonics (artificially added warmth). "I don't think that BEST tube amplifiers shows artificially added warmth but life-like presentation. What rol... | |
| Shindo and Joule Electra Preamps " The concern you raise about repair/parts is valid, but owners of Shindo equipment have posted in few threads that it is not a concern as Shindo has been around for years and provided repair/replacement service"The fact that Shindo has been aroun... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... class D amps with tube-like sound - I read and read. I think the best comment on it is on Spectron web site:" The published measurements of many class D amplifiers reveal that while their THD is primarily second-harmonic in nature, there are also ... | |
| Shindo and Joule Electra Preamps I tried Shindo before I bought LA-300ME (I don;t remember the model but it was about the same price) and I liked its sound. I liked much, much, more LA-300 but it may be personalThe main reason why I did not go to investigate further lies in the p... | |
| Tube Preamp with adjustable gain all Joule-Electra preamps have adjustable gain from 0 to 17 dB ( by change jumpers, extremely easy) | |
| Ideas re Spectron mated to Joule-Electra Hello Drubin," Dob -- yes, it was a Mk II." Well, you have very good ears - you describe the sound like it was detaiuled photograph.With your very fair demands you need to have either LA-150SE and if you can afford LA-300ME. The LA-450ME of course... | |
| Help to store hi-rez on external hard drive. "I think I have picked out 'HQPlayer' to deal with the hi-rez digital files "Hello,What is HQPlayer? I told you I am not the expert... I am searching myself for good and user-freindly and not too expensive Hi-rez server (I have APL HiFi DAC with h... | |
| Ideas re Spectron mated to Joule-Electra "The LA-150 is a seductive preamp... " There are three LA-150: Mk1, Mk2 and SE - from your description it seem that you have Mk2. Indeed very lush and 2007 Golden Ear Award winner. Mk1 - is lean and I don;t like it. " sweet and delicate treble, th... | |
| Help to store hi-rez on external hard drive. "...how to store downloaded hi-rez digital... "I believe almost no one actually addressed your question but rather described how they use computer audio.I am not the expert and, thus, don;t want to give any advice but hi-res download is mostly in ... | |
| anyone compared ASR emitter amp with Spectron ? "Dob, have you owned either of the amps in question? Your reply suggests not yet you decided to offer an opinion anyway. I suggest mine was actually a bit more relevant "I do own Spectron and know it rather well However, I have not owned or auditi... | |
| anyone compared ASR emitter amp with Spectron ? " Now, I have never owned or even heard a Spectron amp, *but* I have owned many class D amps of similar design.."Me too, I also never owned or even drove Ferrari but after my experience with Yugo I have difficulties to trust vehicles with internal... |