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| Double down, good or bad? Ralph just thinking off the top of my head.Because most speakers report "nominal" impedance and thier real impedance curve is all over the place, a doubling down amp would create serious spectral balance problems.Looking at a frequency versus impe... | |
| Double down, good or bad? We can conclude then that a technically correct amp is good. Doulbe down if done right is good. See(hear?) Bryston amps. It depends on where you are going and how you want to get there.If you pass on Ralphs' amps merely because they don't double d... | |
| Double down, good or bad? I always thought that doubling down was the sign of a technically correct amp that could handle the "WICKED LOADS" (without oscillating or otherwise becoming unstable) rather than a requirement. I would never go so far to say it should be avoided.... | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - Good or Bad? "...Agreed, but would they still sound neutral without signal distortion?...""Without signal distortion." That is neutrality defined. Second order harmonics is a pleasant distortion. But distortion none the less. Second order distortion is not inh... | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - Good or Bad? "My personal favorite is the high magnitude even order harmonic distortion that you get with vaccum (sic)tubes."Not to get off topic but the more accurate statement is, if tubes have distortion it is more likely to be even order.The better tube de... | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - Good or Bad? "think your buddy would tell you that twice the volts gets you twice the amps, when other factors are equal."Makes sense since my 120 line fuse is 15 amps and my 220 line fuse for ac is 30 amps.Point is you can get a high voltage low amp line. Tod... | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - Good or Bad? As my electrician friend told me its amps not volts that kill. | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - Good or Bad? I think Albert has the best solution. You should however remember that the power company uses various step down transformers before it gets to your house. Thus there should be no real problem. | |
| Bad preamp choice? Yes you made a mistake. You read those reviews after you have already made a purchase. Fortunately, you will not have to suffer the consequences. Have a beer and relax. It's a fine preamp. | |
| Founder of Valve Amplification Co. VAC passes... I did not know your dad.I did know the Vac/Talon/Rives combo. No one is immortal but he certainly left a legacy for his family and the world to enjoy. | |
| esoteric x-01, ux-1 etc reliable? "The tone of your question is odd.I apologize. | |
| esoteric x-01, ux-1 etc reliable? TVAD being the honorable audiophile you are you should first reveal your involvement with APL. If there is any?"Have you ever read of anyone having a problem with an Esoteric transport, other than this owner of two APL modded Esoteric UX-1 players... | |
| esoteric x-01, ux-1 etc reliable? Get an Accuphase. No problems. The reason d'etre of the esoteric is the transport. If it's not reliable then what's the point? | |
| VIP, SOTA & Oracle Turntables Sirspeedy.You truly are out on a limb working with out a net. I said something similar in my system post. Essentially some very expensive tt's with some very simple designs. |