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| What Class A is better? SUGDEN FPA-4 or PASS LABS XA-25 Looking at the parts only inside viewpoint, the Pass25 has got the nod over the Sugden. Bigger tranyMore supply capacitanceMultiple smaller PS caps for lower esrMore heatsink fin area, which makes me question the Sugden’s amount of Class-A.Pass:ht... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions Amendment to the above the new B version has the new digital input board.But U13 R55 R59 R54 have been deleted just below U1 and U2 on the new B version, not added.Cheers George | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions I’ve look long and hard magnified at the A (MkI) and B (MkII) boards and I can see the digital input board is different, and the middle of the dac/output board on each channel after the dacs U1 and U2 has a new opamp U13 and a couple of smd resist... | |
| Reasonably Priced Fuse Upgrade for Magnepan 3.7? cjwessing I can't seem to find any hifi fuses that are reasonable priced. Seems like hifi fuses start around $100 each, I need 4 fuses, and I don't want to spend $400 on a whim. Can anyone recommend some fuse upgrades that are reasonably p... | |
| Oomph or pressure? Yes he does, for amps with low input impedance (<20khoms) that aren’t passive friendly, you need a unity gain buffer (no gain as he infers) and those amps thankfully are very not common place, and are around 5% of the market share. some Class-D... | |
| Oomph or pressure? 52tiger Emia autoformer as my preamp. It sounds fantastic but one thing I noticed is I have to turn the volume up quite a bit to get any oomph out of it. thanks, Scott Nothing wrong with having to do that, as Nelson Pass explains below. Scott, p... | |
| How Is MQA Fareing? How Is MQA Fareing? Stereophile started off being very pro MQA.But in the last three or four issues there were substantial hearing/lab test done in two part articles that spanned over two issues in which MQA didn’t come across as pro as what they... | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC lowrider57 Power supply specs are: 12v, 1A, 2.1mm connector. The DAC has a grounding post if needed. Great linear supply using "R" Core Transformer Panasonic caps ect, and not too expensive.https://www.ebay.com/itm/TeraDak-DC-30W-TOUCH-DC12V-1-8A... | |
| 4 pcs of Martin Logan Clarity to one Integrated Amplifier Marantz PM 80 What ML esl’s have is a nasty 1ohm load at the HF, down low this model has no impedance v phase graphs done on it yet, but if they are like other small passive hybrids ML’s of the past they really need amp that are a bit more substantial than your... | |
| 4 pcs of Martin Logan Clarity to one Integrated Amplifier Marantz PM 80 arnelsolon1114 You had a chance with two ML’s on this amp, which is a nice amp. But 4!! you’ve got buckley’s.https://www.google.com.au/search?ei=9ECLWsWbMcib0gTHu4DwAQ&q=buckley%27s+meaning&oq=buckleys...Cheers George | |
| Rolling KT150s in Primaluna hp integrated Thanks George. Primaluna endorses the use of KT150s. That's good that you said, they say it's OK, because that's is then it's under warranty for owners to do it with peace of mind. Cheers George | |
| Flooring advice on basement listening room. allansumnall OP7 posts02-19-2018 11:36amFloor floor is cement now. Best floor you can have to spike the speakers/stand with. Just make sure your water proofed it if below ground level, and use a good quality underlay and wall to wall carpet as yo... | |
| Rolling KT150s in Primaluna hp integrated jbhiller Are you saying that you think it's a problem based on your personal review and expertise? I'm having trouble understanding your point. I've had tube amps come to me for repairs on the heater circuit too many times because customer... | |
| Waiting on 802D3 to arrive -- Will I need a sub? Do you think the 60.8 will do justice to the speaker? They will very much so, BUT!!! to a certain level. Depends on what sort of music the owner listens to, and how loud. Cheers George | |
| How to "mount" acoustic foam ? @ether What did you really expect from geoffkait? +1Just check out his website, he actually tries to sell this snake oil to the gullible, he has no shame, tells you something about him.http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina5.htmhttp://www.machina... |