jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| BAT VK-56se The best place for tubes is use in preamps. That way they will work into a fixed high impedance load - the input stage of a power amp | |
| BAT VK-56se Tube amps with an output impedance of one ohm and greater will function as audible tone controls as the signal tracks the speaker's impedance curve. The response will not be flat/accurate. Add to that the variable quality of today's tubes and reli... | |
| Synergy Cartridges, like speakers, are transducers (convert mechanical energy to sound) and have the biggest impact upon systems SQ. That's why listening to different cartridges/speakers with one's own system is important. | |
| RIP Magneplanar Inventor Jim Winey (1934-2024) The interview is a tedious boring waste of 58 minutes! | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Doubling the 14 guage wire as you plan is inconsequential. For a typical setup 14 guage is fine! Now if you want to run 50-100 feet ... | |
| Are there any issues with connecting speaker wire in this manner? Wrapping the wire around the amp posts is a real kludge! Get some good banana plugs instead! | |
| 2a3 ? I have both! A Will Vincent custom- built 45 SET using Emcron output trannies; a 2A3 Sanei 560A with Tango power, choke and trannies from Japan. Neither in use because I sold my vintage Heresy's - the only speakers on hand capable of use with low ... | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... Could be an aging tube in that channel. Try swapping tubes! | |
| Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music @pdreher : Bolero's, Santana 1's, Segovia's and Stonehenge 1's. Previously had Valencia's. | |
| Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music Good choice of a TT, arm and cartridge! I have the same setup as one of my vinyl playback systems! | |
| Best Vintage Speakers for Classical & Jazz music Quad 57's have a following when nicely restored. I have various Altec's but I will sell those before I part with my two pairs of 57's! | |
| What to do with dead equipment Too bad BAT won't take it as a partial trade for a new preamp. They built it so they should be able to fix it and resell it! | |
| Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present @dekay : Nothing wrong with using the Pioneer SC-85 as a preamp! | |
| Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present The R8 also has a much higher output impedance than the X2. The higher the output impedance the lower the damping factor and the ability to control the motion of a big woofer like in the Heresy. | |
| Willsenton R8 gets muddy When Too Much Sub Bass is Present Output transformer cores are rated for the amount of current that can be passed before saturation. That is why it has always been difficult to build high-wattage tube amps. The bigger the output transformer the lower the high frequencies it can pa... |