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| Gain and linestage There *are* other possibilities...Of course there are, you’d have to be ignorant to think otherwise. Some others in the industry are hedging their bets on different circuit configurations, when one is going sour no matter how hard they promote/pus... | |
| Different amplifier class for different music genres? greg_f OP1 Of course it could be that he was talking lots of rubbish... No I believe something else was going on.My friend has that same amp, top Total Dac feeding it direct and it’s more magnificent the more the Class-A is switched up, into his ... | |
| Gain and linestage That is why preamplifiers cut the voltage from the source through the volume pot and then gain up that divided voltage out to the amplifier. That’s like lowering the output of any source, and that’s bad news for noise/distrotion, because then it h... | |
| SET vs OTL SET vs OTL vs SECC(Single Ended Capacitor Coupled)One could also bring in SE tube or transistor amps with no output transformer, but with quality "capacitor coupling" instead, which to me is the better way. cost shouldn’t differ, maybe even cheape... | |
| Gain and linestage In short it works like this.If the poweramp needs 2v in to get it's rated full power, and you only have 1.5v max at full volume from whatever is feeding that poweramp, then your .5v short of getting the amps full power. But then the speaker has to... | |
| Has anyone compared the Terminator Plus to the Holo Audio May (KTE edition)? John Atkinson was very impressed Even more so with the Holo May, the Weiss only "rivaled" it. https://www.stereophile.com/content/holoaudio-may-level-3-da-processor-measurementsIn almost every way, the HoloAudio May (Level 3) is the best-measurin... | |
| Different amplifier class for different music genres? High bias mode the amplifier was excellent for classical music but not so good for metal or hard rock, perhaps softening the transients. If that were the case, then the amp or it’s power supply is not up to scratch for the current draw of the high... | |
| Class A amplifiers No reason why a Class A amp of any rating can’t be designed with enough ventilation and heat sinks to last a lot longer than that. Obviously no experience building >100w Pure Class-A biased amps.This is why the Plinius 102 is no way 125w Pure C... | |
| Class A amplifiers While they are "high bias" Class-A Plinius 102 amps cannot be biased "Pure Class-A to their rated 8ohm wattage output". They run A/B. To have those heatsinks at a constant safe 55-to 60c they would have to be approximately 4 x that size for the am... | |
| AAA vs DDD... To add to that +1, I'll always also go for the "version release" that gets the best DR (dynamic range) figures from here, and it's never let me down https://dr.loudness-war.info/Cheers George | |
| AAA vs DDD... +1 | |
| Best DAC? erastof Best DAC? First you need to say what format of digital you are mainly using.Are you mainly going to use PCM Redbook 16/44, 24/96 or DXD download?Or are you mainly going to use DSD streaming?This will decide on what type of conversion tech... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? What are the weak points of Pass amps Earlier Nelson Pass Amps, particular Threshold used Bi-Polar output stages that had far higher current ability, which allowed them to drive lower impedance speakers without strain or current limiting like toda... | |
| Schiit CD Transport on the way soon. There it is! 48th min, and still coming 😵 | |
| Class A amplifiers Give it a lift up to be even better than your hearing now, replace all the power supply caps and any other electrolytics on the boards they will all defiantly without a doubt need doing by now.Cheers George |