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| McIntosh autoformers vs direct-coupled output That is exactly the purpose of the output transformer. To drop the output impedance normally of high impedance tubes to an impedance low enough to drive loudspeakers. SS outputs have low impedance to begin with and do not normally need a transform... | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges That is easy to say when you have a $45 Shure. $16,000 Goldfinger? Not so easy. | |
| Re-tipped phono cartridges Retipping a cartridge is a silly idea. There is much more stuff inside the cartridge that wears out such as the suspension and coil connection wires. The manufacturer will remanufacture the cartridge giving it an entirely new armature/cantilever/ ... | |
| martin logan speakers That just happens to be what they sell so it is always going to be the best and for most people it will be as they have not heard anything better. | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. That may be with the old transformer. The newer toroids are more efficient. Myron’s set could be either but he can get them upgraded if need be. The newer PX panels are also more efficient. | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? If reliability and security are most important then Mac is an easy recommendation. Sonically it’s not bad stuff it is just not the absolute sound. It gets dissed a lot by people who can’t afford it. It is true that their speakers are generally a n... | |
| McIntosh autoformers vs direct-coupled output It is extraordinarily hard to blow a Mac amp. The transformers protect the amp from impedance irregularities and back EMF. Mac amps have this sort of floating smoothness for lack of a better term that many find attractive. On the speakers I use th... | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. Atma Sphere is very much still around and they are very popular with Soundlabs owners but they are very expensive even used. For ESLs the Soundlabs are very easy to drive. You want at least 100 watts/ch. Between 1-2 K is tough. A used Parasound am... | |
| Wiring Multiple Subwoofer Drivers ptheo, it depends on your amps and in your case with that high damping factor you can do anything you want. I would go with 5.3 ohms. This should be amazing with those amps. If you really want to thunder lay the cabinets down long side against the... | |
| What is trully important? Unfortunately mahlman that is usually exactly what you get, what someone thinks you should be listening too. Mostly because they think it is what you will buy, a dynamically compressed in your face version meant to be listened to in your car or on... | |
| Digital Amplifier Company Thanx for the reply snapsc. I read the article and he mentions TACT. I owned two of those amps which sounded great into ribbons but could not handle my ESLs. He does keep his proprietary information close to the vest but I learned that he samples ... | |
| Turntable Advice? Send your table back, get the total eclipse package which is a new DC motor, drive and regulator. Also get the new platter and bearing. The new bearing has no thrust plate. The platter sits on opposing magnetic fields like the better clear audio t... | |
| Building a 27hz single fold horn for a two way horn system. Very impressive. How did you place them in your room? Do you have pictures of the system? I'm sure they are very efficient and do not require much current. 12 guage twisted pair cord will do just fine. If you are using mono amps keep them as close... | |
| What are the advantages to a Class A amp & what are the trade offs? jdl57 those amps are the nuts! An other classic John Curl design. Back in the late 70s we had 8 of them driving the ML HQD system, one on each Quad, Harltey sub and Decca ribbon tweeter. 200 very expensive watts and boy was it impressive back the... | |
| Speaker Break In...? Or listener “Break In”? There are painfully few audio components, devices, wires etc that improve performance with use. A single wire is not directional in any way.Electrostatic speaker diaphragms are heated to shrink them tight and they do loosen up a little with use im... |