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| Joule Electra preamps and amps. What is your impression? OTL amps tend to have a high output impedance. That means that, if they are matched with low impedance speakers, particularly ones with an impedance curve with wide swings up and down, the frequency response of the speaker could vary quite a bit.... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers To me, having an amp that sounds not as good as the 45 SET (if that is one's preferred sound) when playing at the regular volume one listens at, just to have the capability of delivering clean sound at extreme peaks when listening at higher levels... | |
| SET 45 Amp Driving Dynamic Speakers I am a big fan of the 45 tube. I have heard it used in parallel single-ended, pushpull (I own a pushpull 45 amp) and in single output tube single-ended configuration. It delivers a very punchy, clear and detailed sound when operated well within ... | |
| Joule Electra preamps and amps. What is your impression? I like the LAP150 linestage for its warmish tonality without sounding murky or slow. I also have heard and liked very much their OTL amps. These too are on the warm side, particularly for OTL amps, which still manage to retain much of the genre'... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear Sao Win made a few unusual cartridges, such as, a field effect transistor cartridge. The signal generating element of the cartridge was a transistor: the gate element being a permanently charged electret attached to the cantilever which controlle... | |
| 2A3 Tube Opinions Arthur,There are a lot of different 300B amps out there that sound better, to me, than the Sophia, but, decent amps are somewhat costly because they employ quite expensive output transformers.Among the most common low-powered triode tube types--th... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences One more thing to check, particularly if "mistracking" happens only on a few recordings, is to see if that problem might just be the recording microphone overloading. I noticed such a problem with one record where I assumed the problem was eithe... | |
| 2A3 Tube Opinions I find that, among the low-powered triodes, the 2a3 is one of the leaner sounding tubes. It does not deliver either the punch or the weight that most other tubes deliver. I have run a number of new as well as old stock 2a3s in my Audio Note Kage... | |
| Calling all room treatment type specialists... At a show, I heard a couple of nice sounding setups that used the GIK Acoustic panels. The print transfers to the fabric of the panels looked pretty good. Their panels are not that expensive.I believe other companies that make acoustic treatment... | |
| Mellow speakers DeVore makes some very nice, not at all harsh, floorstanders that are more cat-friendly than the Vandersteens. Their speakers sound very good and are relatively easy to drive.Although not necessarily in the "mellow" and warm camp, I like speakers... | |
| Beyond Ayre Pass and Rowland Since we are discussing what might be among the very best amps, has anyone heard the Engstrom Lars tube amp? That beast is WAY too big and EXPENSIVE for me to ever consider, but, I do wonder how it sounds. I have never seen it myself. Personall... | |
| Mellow speakers Although I haven't heard it in quite a while, I would bet that the Shahinian Obelisk would also be a contender. This is a classic design that seems to never change, nor does it need much updating. | |
| Mellow speakers I agree that Vandersteens are good candidates. A lot harder to find would be Tyler Acoustics speakers; I heard the PD15 and thought they sounded pretty good. Odyssey Audio makes a small floorstander called the Lorelei that sounds pretty good. I... | |
| Recommended Power Amp watts vs Speaker Watt power handling ability The recommended power range is only a rough guide. If, as others have mentioned, you play the speakers at reasonable levels, you should be fine. If, as you push the volume upward, the speakers start to sound really harsh and hashy, cut the volum... | |
| Mellow speakers You should look into Audio Note (uk), ProAc, Harbeth, Reference, or JM Reynaud and classic Spendor. These brands offer musical, warmish speakers. |