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| Question about wpc on tube amps One would not want to play an amp rated at 2 watts at that level for any sustained period. So, let's say one operated it at only 1 watt. With my speakers that would be an output of 99 db under the rating conditions. Those conditions are in free... | |
| Hovland HP-100 Preamp - Anybody Have Bob Hovland's Contact Info? Thx! :) I liked Hovland's gear. They delivered quite nice sound. One of the Hovland principals, Alex Crespi, can be found here: https://uptoneaudio.com/pages/about-us | |
| Is there a ceiling limit on what you are willing to pay for an audio component? I know someone who had two pairs of amps that cost $250,000 per pair. One pair was a “backup” amp—just a reserve amp in case the primary amp went down. The thing is that, given his wealth/income, this was like me buying a mocha with an extra sho... | |
| Question about wpc on tube amps If anything, a claim/rating of 10 wpc by a tube amp builder is LESS than 10 wpc of a typical solid state smp. Most tube amp “ratings” are at extremely high distortion levels while solid state amps are typically rated well short of clipping. But,... | |
| Best Tonearm for Thorens TD-124. Reed makes terrific arms, so it is not surprising that it worked well with the TD 124. Great table + great arm = sonic bliss. I sort of dislike the notion that a vintage table should be matched to vintage arms; a table as good as the TD 124 dese... | |
| Question about wpc on tube amps I am a big tube fan and run very low-powered tube amps with some fairlyefficient speakers. I have also heard various maggies run with tube amps, some not so powerful, and the sound can be quite amazingly good. But, there were limitations on how ... | |
| need advise, which is the weakest link in my audio chain I would suspect that you would prefer a warmer sounding amp. Even if your speakers are not that efficient, in a small room you should be able to utilize a tube amp of modest power output. I think something that runs EL84 tubes, or 6L6, or KT 66 ... | |
| ProAC / Shunyata / Linn / Rogue Audio - Whats Next? Japanese ? Vintage? One more thing: while I an not a fan of current McIntosh gear, some of their older gear is quite good, including the 240. I am a fan of the 6L6 tube. This tube sounds like the KT 66 tube I mentioned above in the Synthesis amps I recommend. A we... | |
| ProAC / Shunyata / Linn / Rogue Audio - Whats Next? Japanese ? Vintage? You have a nice system, and not what one would expect to find for someone relatively new to the game. Your Rogue amps are quite good, but, I agree that an alternative would be a good place to look for improvement. The ProAc dealer in my area run... | |
| Gold Note PH-1000 Best Phono Preamp? The FM Acoustic variable equalization offers infinite variety of choices. Basically, one picks the turnover frequency on the curve and can choose any slope of that curve. I know that I would simply set both dials at RIAA and not bother, but, tho... | |
| There's No Question I’ve heard the DI’s and the MOAB at shows and I think they are quite good for their price. The sound is full, well balanced, smooth and quite dynamic (alive). The new Source 10 by Mo-Fi is another lively sounding speaker near the price of DI’s. ... | |
| Gold Note PH-1000 Best Phono Preamp? Fremer has provided plenty of evidence that RIAA was adopted universally quite a while ago. But, I've heard some phono stages that offer different curves and there are some recordings, that are quite modern, where, in the particular system, an al... | |
| Who are your favorite custom amp builders for low powered triode amps? I have not heard Aric Audio or Don Sachs amplifiers, but, just what I've seen on their websites they do appear to be interesting builders. There are a number of small builders that make good gear, e.g., Atmasphere, Lector, Synthesis, Shindo, but ... | |
| Gold Note PH-1000 Best Phono Preamp? Best in the world would be a very presumptuous claim. "Best I've ever heard" would be a better claim, but it would require listing the other phonostage one has heard. This reviewer did not even list the other phono stages that he has heard that ... | |
| Who are your favorite custom amp builders for low powered triode amps? The custom builder of my linestage and power amp builds gear based on old Western Electric gear. He utilizes a lot of vintage parts in his builds. While he has done 300b triode amps, most of his builds are low-powered pentode amps. His name is ... |