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| Threshold T200? > IGBT transitors were obsoleteI find it hard to believe that in a world where vacuum tubes that haven't been in production for 50 years are still available on the NOS (new old stock) market that there will be any serious problem repairing the ... | |
| Anyone using Nuforce Ref 9 Mono Blocks? I considered the Nuforce amps but noticed that 6Moons had technical difficulties (twice I believe) and the RFI has been repeatedly mentioned. I ended up auditioning the Bel Canto S300 (stereo, 150 watts per channel, 8 ohms, $1,395) and was very im... | |
| Noise from Left Channel A standard method to find out if a tube is at fault is to switch the tubes in the left channel to the right and vice versa. If the noise switches sides then you know it is probably time for some new tubes. Two caveats. First, sometimes the noise i... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue > How is the average person supposed to know what "sounds > good" or "sounds right" when those supposedly devoted to > "high fidelity audio reproduction" don't even know what it is?Such touching devotion to the common man! ;-)The real que... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue Regarding CD vs vinyl...As one who who has been actively involved in music and audio electronics since the 1960's, I get the impression that many of the modern vinyl adherents seem unaware of just how many medicore and even spectacularly bad LP re... | |
| Half the information on CDs is analogue > TONS of equilization...Digital music is not alone in the area of needing special equalization when CD's are produced. Keep in mind that in the production of all standard vinyl LP records, the RIAA equalization curve has a 40 dB range of boost... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" > It is not difficult to hear the changes in sound produced by > using the Audio Desk Systeme.For the technical details of the error correction of binary data storage on an audio CD, see http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/cdmulti/... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" We're still back to the issue that programming code and data are accurately delivered by CD binary code in CD players but if that code in the same format is delivering music, it becomes corrupted. As for the Krell MD10, the thing has a clear plexi... | |
| Any thoughts on the CD "trimmer" I've always found it interesting that a CD can deliver 40 million lines of code (i.e., Windows XP OS) yet cannot be counted on to accurately deliver the zeros and ones on a music CD without special procedures. The only way light can cause errors b... | |
| Contrast/compare 50W tube amps Tpsonic, any reason the Conrad Johnson MV60 (55 watts/ch with EL34 tubes) or MV60SE (60 watts/ch with 6550 outputs) aren't on your list?I have the MV60 and find it very musical with more than adequate power. (I listen to a wide range of music, tho... | |
| Best speakers under $3K for tube amps, I have a set of Spendor S5e speakers that I use with my Conrad Johnson MV60 tube amp. Very nice combo, though they are 87dB sensitivity, not 86. Spendor also makes a couple of other models at or just under your price point. They are very natural, ... | |
| Electrical properties of cables If you have a sensitive voltmeter, check the voltage being delivered through the cable, both with a load and without. I also assume you've tried a different set of cables for comparison purposes? | |
| Ohm Speakers, thoughts? > What was the MSRP of the Fs back in the mid to late 70s?I bought a pair of Ohm F's new in late 1974; the price was $800 for the pair. I believe the price increased fairly rapidly after that. They certainly had a magic about them.Three or fo... | |
| High Current / Low Current / No Current ?????? Herman, thanks for the correction. Shows the perils of replying off the top of one's head. | |
| High Current / Low Current / No Current ?????? Ohm's law (V=I*R and W=V*I) is in operation here. Say a typical transistor amp is capable of delivering 25 volts into an 8 ohm load. That'd give 3.125 amps of current, which is about 80 watts.Hook the same amp to a 4 ohm speaker and the current de... |