lynn_olson
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| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Don and I are pleased that Raven owners have an equal choice between RCA-input power amps and XLR-input power amps. The Raven treats both the same, so the sonic choice is on an equal footing. Classic vacuum tube amps almost always have RCA inputs... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Although Don and I optimized the Raven and Blackbird to deliver their best performance with each other, we went to considerable trouble to make sure they add sonic value to other systems, too. For the Raven, this means optimal performance when mat... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Thanks for the review, phono2024! Always good to hear compatibility reports as well, much appreciated. | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp That’s the logic of inflation. Buy Now, because it will cost more tomorrow. Once this gets baked into everyone’s consciousness, it affects pricing (and expectations) throughout the entire economy. Deflation is the reverse, but is far more dangero... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp I started as an audio designer at Audionics in 1973, so I’ve seen a few ups and downs in the audio industry. Don’s been doing his thing in Canada since the early Eighties, so between the two of us, we’ve seen what’s been happening in the North Ame... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Electronics in particular are globally sourced. Here’s a simple example: say there’s a circuit board that AtmaSphere, or Spatial, buy in small quantities, say in the low hundreds. That’s a lot of circuit boards for a high-end manufacturer. The ci... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Don and I are not part of Spatial’s pricing decisions. We just design the things and provide technical support, and show up on the forums when people have questions. He’s in British Columbia, Canada, while I’m in Colorado, USA, while the preamps a... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Transformer coupled line amplifiers were the recording, broadcast, and television-audio standard from the Thirties through the Seventies. After that, discrete-transistor op-amps (discrete output transistors have enough power to remain in Class A w... | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp The Raven will drive any power amp with an input impedance between 10K to 220K, in either RCA single-ended mode (which uses half the transformer secondary) or XLR balanced mode (which uses the full secondary). The output transformer is optimized t... | |
| 300b lovers Well, I know more people than Whitestix bought the Blackbirds. My guess they are not on this forum (yet). | |
| Spatial Audio Raven Preamp Same here. Post removed. But ... now is the time to make a substantial purchase, if you're sitting on the fence. | |
| BEST SPEAKER THAT COMES TO LIFE AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS I have no dog in this fight, since what I’m about to recommend is quite contrary to what I normally design. That said ... A full-range driver with a tonality YOU like. They are all colored, none are neutral or flat, but some are really pleasing a... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? What changes are audible in a power amplifier? Sorry to disappoint, but not anything a user can alter, or even measure. It takes intimate knowledge of the circuit (and the design philosophy) to make these changes. First, a high-current driver se... | |
| Krell Moves to new location Srace1 can probably chime in here, but if memory serves, the order of payoff when a company is dissolved is: 1. Back pay for former employees. This is a matter of state, not Federal, law, and state attorneys pursue this matter on behalf of the em... | |
| Krell Moves to new location That's good news; I hate to see knowledge dispersed and lost. |