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| Tube Amps Watts vs SS amp Sanders biases his arguments towards his own amps which are admittedly great values in high powered amps. Yes, high powered tube amps waste a lot more energy as heat than an AB SS amp. He is also expressing his opinion with a bias toward driving h... | |
| Anyone Here Have Atma-Sphere Amps? jsautter the MA3s are $147,000. That is no joke. But, it takes 3 months to build the entire very large 4 piece set. I do not know how many people are involved in the labor but I would bet it is at least 4 if not more. Given that and parts and you ... | |
| Besides Aja and zeppelin pressings, what others are demo level recordings? Any Analog Productions album. Janis Ian's Breaking Silence is a nice start. It is hard to believe how good the Buddy Holly recordings are. These are handily the best quality vinyl made in the States. Substantially better than regular Mobile Fideli... | |
| Turntables and Trusting Online Reviews The only reviewer I ever trusted was Harry Pearson RIP. His reviews were always artfully written and cogent. Johnathan Valin is okay otherwise forget it. It gets more ridiculous by the minute. millercarbn is correct in that sometimes if you look a... | |
| Trying to reduce noise while listening to tube phono That's why. What is the reason to have unshielded tonearm leads?The first tonearm I had was an ADC Pritchard. It came with the Thorens TD 124 that I bought use. It was a wood tonearm and the wire within the arm was unshielded. As the arm got close... | |
| So just how much vinyl do YOU own? Most of us old music lover audiophiles have large record collections. I still have my Father's pre recorded tapes. He had a wonderful old tube Ampex back then. I never counted. I always got rid of albums that were either poor pressings or music I ... | |
| Trying to reduce noise while listening to tube phono The leads from the Tonearm or from the Phono amp to the preamp? | |
| Power amps into surge protector/Conditioner or DIRECT to wall? Final verdict? Low wattage gear should be plugged into one surge protector (common ground) Big amps (over 100 watts/ch) should have their own dedicated 15-20 amp circuit. No surge protector or power conditioner particularly if the amp has a regulated power suppl... | |
| Anyone Here Have Atma-Sphere Amps? Thanx pstores. It certainly seems hard to find someone with a negative comment. I have not had a tube amp since my Stereo 70 days. Plenty of tube preamps including the first Conrad Johnson which I tore out of its chassis mounted it in a new box mi... | |
| In-wall speakers vs. bookshelves plus subwoofer for Stereo/HT setup Hi Alex. No, you are better off with Bookshelf speakers like Harbeth Monitors. It is difficult to control resonances in walls and it might evenincrease transmission to the neighbors assuming it is an attached condo. The shelves have to be weighted... | |
| Trying to reduce noise while listening to tube phono dhcod you did the right thing getting the low nose tubes. Assuming they are the lowest noise tubes you can get that is as good as it is going to get with that phono preamp. It is called tube rush. Your preamp is fine.This is much different than a ... | |
| Old German turntable If you like rumble. | |
| Cost Effective Sub Woofer Joscow, you have a very large room. One sub is going to get lost. Save for longer and get two identical subs. The best value is a Parts Express kit. Two of the 12"subs would be fine. The drivers are seriously good. | |
| Class A Solid State Sound I had KMA 100s. Old Krells are all Bipolar output stages. Wonderful amps until one blew. | |
| Anyone Here Have Atma-Sphere Amps? Thank you Bob. Yes, I am talking to Mr Karsten and he is very helpful and enthusiastic. I love the workmanship and point to point wiring. Internally they are works of art. He told me it takes three months to wire a set of MA 3s |