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| SET - Limitations from Amp, Speaker Match, Both? As a fan of the systems you descibe, I think your assumptions are a little off. A low power SET amp coupled to a high efficiency driver in a properly designed cabinet will be about as dynamic and as detailed as you can get. There will be plenty of... | |
| Running a cdplayer directy to an amp impedence q The output impedance of the source (CD player) should be much lower than than the input impedance of the load (amp) so the numbers you gave are fine for both amps. The voltages for the amps would be the voltages needed to drive them to maximum out... | |
| Where have all the protest songs gone? Steve Earle can throw together a pretty good protest song. Not exactly mainstream, but I recommend you give him a listen. | |
| Center image on left side and don't know why I too have been plagued with this problem from time to time. It has almost always been solved by speaker placement, toe in and/or distance from the listening position. It is amazing how seemingly insignificant changes in these two factors can caus... | |
| OK 2 use different OT taps for 2 sides of 1 amp? It won't hurt anything, but if the panels and the woofer have the same impedance, the one hooked up to the 8 ohm tap would be getting twice as much power as the 4 ohm tap. | |
| Urgent help: fuse breaker box for dedicated line? If you don't know the answers to those basic questions about voltage and current, you have no business doing this yourself. You are fooling around with things that can burn down your house if done incorrectly. You should hire an electrician. | |
| If tube amp is left on, but not playing........ Dear Mr. Ghost Rider, I cannot disagree. Your point about thermal shock is very real. That is why light bulbs almost always burn out when first turned on. I think it all depends on how much the equipment is used. If you play your amps only on the ... | |
| If tube amp is left on, but not playing........ Hi GS556, I am afraid you are wrong on all counts. A transistor and a tube operate in the same fashion when used in an audio circuit. It is true that a transistor will be off with no signal or bias applied to the base, and a tube will be on with n... | |
| If tube amp is left on, but not playing........ I don't think turning off B+ will help much if the filament is on. The filament will still be cooking away and shortening the life of the tube. | |
| 300B amp options A variation on TWL's suggestion is a 2A3 amp and using Sophia Meshplate 300B tubes with 2.5 V filaments. I have a pair in my Bottlehead parafeed 2A3 amps and they are very nice. That gives you the option to explore 2A3 tubes but does limit you to ... | |
| Balanced impedence? Before the advent of high fidelity , conventional wisdom held that matched impedances were the way to go when transfering audio signals. I don't know why or when, but 600 ohms developed as a standard and still holds today for some applications. I ... | |
| And what do Maggies sound like near a wall...... I would explore Lowther drivers or equivalents in a folded horn cabinet like the medallion, or other horns like Klipsch. These can actually benefit from the bass reinforcement of being placed close to a wall.Check out Lowthers hereThe other proble... | |
| Soundproofing??????????? The problem is that the wall is too solid. Vibrations on one side pass straight through to the other. You need to physically decouple your wall from theirs, which will not be cheap or easy. You could build another wall that is not attached to the ... | |
| What Speaker are Great for Rock and Roll $5K-20K $5K-20K is quite a range. There are a lot of speakers in this range that will rock. In fact, I can't imagine a $20K speaker that couldn't rock. I have never heard a Bugtussel but I would be hesitant to take the recommendations of the Rolling Stone... | |
| Stereophile Test CD questions Very few full range speakers will reproduce bass down to 20Hz. A lot of subs won't do 20Hz either. If you have output at 25Hz then you are doing very well. |