jtgofish
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| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k "In my experience, there is a spacious dimensionality in high-quality tube amps that I never quite hear in SS amps of the same caliber / price range. Texture and tone, particularly in acoustic and wood instruments. Also, the assured warmth without... | |
| 300b lovers Any thoughts on the Chinese Western Electric 91A mono amps on Ali Express? https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwiN6byo24j_AhVOmmYCHQQiD3cYABAHGgJzbQ&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESbeD2kzDOBRl7ASZAHvWHT... | |
| Amp and Preamp recommendations for Yamaha NS5000 I have heard them sounding superb with the Yamaha AS 3200 integrated.Maybe too obvious? | |
| The 300B World Thanks for that Ralph.Rising distortion with rising frequency due to decreasing feedback seems to make sense.I think some tweeters are going to expose that more than others.In my experience higher sensitivity ones like compression drivers seem to ... | |
| The 300B World Yes you can certainly achieve good sound with a zero negative feedback SET but that will require more than a hint of two wrongs making a right.And some good luck. Many SS and Class D amps also overdamp rather than underdamp speakers so they produ... | |
| The 300B World A typical 300B SET with zero negative feedback. Frequency response .The green line represents a simulated 8 ohm speaker.This was a Mastersound but is typical for the breed.Tube selection is unlikely to make much difference. | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I have a Sys passive preamp and tried it on quite a few power amps.It does not get the best out of any of those amps compared to a decent active preamp. | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Well if you want to experiment with a good active preamp it has probably never been cheaper.You can try /buy one of the cheap Chinese clone preamps like the FM Acoustics 155 copies for about $300 on Ali Express.That is s a superb sounding active ... | |
| What's your experience with snooty HiFi salesmen? I knew a snooty salesman that used the ploy of asking customers how much they wanted to spend then demonstrating a well matched system that was much more expensive before saying -But of course you can't afford that -before moving to a bad soundi... | |
| Shifting center image and recommendations on an approach Sounds like Yamaha NS1000s!You end up moving your head from side to side trying to get a central image to lock in but it never happens. | |
| What Class A is better? SUGDEN FPA-4 or PASS LABS XA-25 People need to be aware that the Sugden class A amps have higher output impedance /lower damping factor than most SS amps.They are medium for these traits wheraes most SS amps have low output impedance and high damping.So electrically they operat... | |
| Sleeper preamps: $500 new/used The best sounding cheap preamp you can buy is the Chinese copy of FM Acoustic 155 preamp I believe the patents on that design have expired so anybody can copy them and the Weiliang/Breeze Audio copies are very close to the real thing which cost ar... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread If you are struggling to get the centre image balanced may I suggest- .Try swapping left for right speakers and right for left and see if the imbalance is still there.One speaker might be faulty. .Swap the tubes left for right and right for left... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? The Almarro 318B can drive Tannoys quite well and that is a SET of about 15 watts. It is a bit unusual for a SET however because it uses a fair bit of negative feedback.Most SETs use zero negative feedback.The 6C33C valves can also supply a lot m... | |
| Amp pairing with Tannoy Turnberry? Tannoy DCs sound best with amplifiers with medium output impedance /damping factor.That generally means push pull valve amps of more than 15 watts. There is also a few SS amps that will suit them-Bakoon,Dartzeel NHB 108 and Sugden A21 as they ha... |