muralman1
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| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? Kool, nobody runs Aragons on Scintillas. Duettas, Divas, Calipers, yes, but not Scintillas. Scintillas run on an average 1 ohm, and dips down to .6 ohm. This pulls a tremendous amount of current through the amps, causing huge temp rises. This requ... | |
| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? Wow, Sean, I have been an Apogee nut for nearly twenty years, and I have never heard of Apogee mods... home remedy tweaks, yes.My last speakers were Sigs. Awesome. | |
| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? I have no quarrel with chunky class A amps with huge heat sinks being able to run a 1 ohm load. Classe amps of that descriptin do power the Scintilla well. But that does not mean they have the best synergy with the Scintilla. It may have been true... | |
| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? No they won't. There is no reason why they should have to. There is only one 1 ohm speaker in existance, and precious few of those. No amp builder is making amps for the Scintilla. The Aragon just doesn't have the heat sinks to do the job. | |
| Which basic amps can drive 1 ohm loads ? Scintillas? Seadogsl, how much money do you want to spend? Old krells would be your cheapest way out, but if you want to get the best out the best speaker in the world (IMO), then the Pass Labs X600 monos are unrivaled (IMO). Old Krells probably w... | |
| modified jolida 100, mh cd-25, or audio aero prima I'm running them now, for the first time, Distortion. I don't hear the microphonics that plague nearly all 12AX7 tubes. The mids are very good. There is a trade off between the EH tubes and the Sylvania 5751 black plates (my personal favorite). Th... | |
| Benefits of tube sound with SS amp with tube cdp? I use a tube cdp. I like the rounded feel to voices and bells. There is a spaciousness, and feeling of air I don't hear with solid state cdps. I use a Pass Labs Alepyh P to do switching and volume. Pass labs X600 monos push the 1 ohm load my speak... | |
| Mosfet amps A true compromise betw. tubes and SS? Nearly all multi stage amps need a capacitor in line to facilitate the bridge between the two. The trouble is, any capacitor or resistor in line with the signal is going to add it's own degradation of the signal.It isn't easy to create a circuit w... | |
| The best CD Player for the money Ritteri, a thread is only as good as it's contributors. | |
| modified jolida 100, mh cd-25, or audio aero prima Distortion, I have a pair of EH coming, on your recommendation. I honestly don't expect much, but I'm more that willing to be surprised, since my very favorite tube type has been wiped out. | |
| ideas on all the mods offered on jolida amps Wow, Peter, that is quite an indictment on mods. You are backing up what I have often repeated. Not long ago, a fellow was blaming me for his Jolida's poor performance. My praise for the stock Jolida influenced his decision to buy one, only he dec... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE Thanks for the company, John. | |
| modified jolida 100, mh cd-25, or audio aero prima Distortion, you are just reminding me that we all will hear different responses depending on strengths and weaknesses of team components, primarily speakers. Some speakers are noticeably bass heavy. Others might have a bright tweeter. My speakers ... | |
| modified jolida 100, mh cd-25, or audio aero prima Milind, no one should give final judgement on the Jolida without upgrading tubes, and without breaking in. Your modified Jolida will come with Svetlana tubes. This will give you the impression the mod Jolida is better. Whereas, I can tell you the ... | |
| modified jolida 100, mh cd-25, or audio aero prima What you have are later date 5751 tubes. The two circular grey things you see are mica discs. The strange looking vertical pieces are grey plates.Earlier (50's and 60's) have three mica discs, and usually black blates. There are early grey plates,... |