larryi
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| Does anyone have any experience with Trenner & Friedl "ART" monitor It has been a while since I heard it. I liked the lively and vivid sound of this system. It is a really nice small box speaker. | |
| 300w tube amp monos - which one? What are you looking for in an amp? I have not heard any extremely high powered tube amp that I would want. If I needed such extreme amounts of power, I would look at solid state. Most of the high powered tube amps have a "brittle" sound, to me... | |
| Recommendations for against the wall high efficiency speakers I like the Audio Note speakers quite a bit. They are reasonably efficient and designed for corner or near back wall placement. The Gradient Revolutions are also great at near wall locations (very flexible because the bass section can be tuned fo... | |
| 300b lovers I heard, and liked very much the Songer fieldcoil speakers I heard at Capital Audiofest. I believe the dipole driver speaker and the more conventional box speaker were the same price, even though it appears that you get much more with the dipole ... | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? Flea power is not going to work, but something in the 40 watt range would probably work if you don't insist on head banging levels. | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? My speakers have a nominal rating of 99 db/w at 8 ohms. I have always run low wattage amps, both single-ended triode (Audio Note Kageki) and custom-built pushpull amps. My current amplifier is a pushpull 5.5 watt per channel amp that has more po... | |
| I'm thinking about a low watt tube amplifier? 97 db per watt at what nominal impedance? If it is 4 ohms, that would be closer to 94 db per watt equivalent at 8 ohms. A single efficiency number does not tell the whole story about how easy a speaker is to drive. Even if 94 db per watt is the... | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. A local dealer builds custom speakers (mostly horn-based, using vintage drivers). I’ve heard these systems being tuned in, which includes changing internal wiring and crossover components. The sound can be quite significantly changed by choice o... | |
| Why do speakers improve with more powerful amps? With high efficiency speakers, one can compare high and low powered amps without unfair prejudice against the low-powered amp. My preference tends to favor low-powered tube amps. Tube amps tend to sound more alive and engaging at lower volume le... | |
| 300b lovers I too am a fan of the 45 tube type. I also like the 2a3. But, it is not only triode tubes that I like. I am a big fan of the 349 pentode; I wish this were not so rare a tube. Other pentodes I like include the 350B, and thankfully not as rare 6... | |
| Do my ears deceive me?? It is VERY hard to get old school horn system sound from commercial products that are not extremely expensive. The better modern systems I've heard are custom-built using either vintage drivers or extremely expensive modern drivers. The Volti ... | |
| 4 8 or 16 ohms. The different taps have different source impedances. The 4 ohm tap has the lowest impedance of the amp itself in order to minimize the frequency response changes from the interaction with the low impedance of the speaker. This tap would also low... | |
| Picking Speakers 20k-30k Maggies sound good and are a very decent bargain at each model’s respective price level. However, the OP had some location restrictions that may not suit Maggies (close to the back wall). I’ve heard them sound quite good when placed closer to th... | |
| Do my ears deceive me?? In a magazine interview, Mr. Lyngdorf, one of the pioneers of DSP room compensation/equalization stated that a serious audiophile carefully selecting gear for a particular room, setting up speakers in the ideal location, using appropriate room tre... | |
| Picking Speakers 20k-30k My overall suggestion is to go to a good audio show to hear the vast array of quite good, yet different sounds available to you, many well within your price range. I have not heard your brand of electronics, so I don't have so I don't have much... |