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| ARC Reference 3 preamp: tube character? FWIW, 'transparent' means, to me, a lack of anything additive to the source, i.e. grain, distortion, variations in FR such as added warmth or an increase in selected frequency gain to inhance the appearance of 'increased detail' or 'resolution' (G... | |
| Stereophile Class A and Frequency Response Does Stereophile specify what the deviation from 'flat' can be at 20hz and still qualify for 'Class A'? Perhaps your 802's fall within their range. Normally one thinks of +/- 3db when talking about a frequency response range, but for example down ... | |
| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode I've never listened to a pure triode designed amp so this is definitely a FWIW. I have three amps were you can select triode/ultralinear on the fly. One, (a Cary) in triode sound much the same as two other's in ultralinear. In ultralinear it becom... | |
| Second failure of new amplifier Something to consider, and which presents itslef in one of my mono amps, on start up and for the first 5 minutes or so there is a light crackling (heard when you are standing near the speaker). I thought it was the drive tubes and changed them - i... | |
| Quad 57 stacked v Wilson watt puppy 6/7 "I thought we had all this sorted out elsewhere". One of the hallmarks of advanced age is increasing short term memory loss. It may be out there but I can't remember where I put it. What did you say again? :-) | |
| Which allround speaker ? I agree with Shadrone re the Silverline Bolero's. If you want a testimonial and you've read the reviews let me know. IMHO they are the perfect marriage of resolution and musicality. | |
| Planar close to a rear wall? Quad for example? Mr T my point was not to differentiate the 63's from the 57's, although not often spoken about, one of the huge differences between them, which is obviously not important to you, is the point source imaging nature of the 63's which is markedly abs... | |
| Planar close to a rear wall? Quad for example? FWIW, re backwave, in my initial frustration setting up Quad 63's I put heavy felt on the back of the speakers. As far as I was concerned all of the supposed benefits of using dipoles disappeared with the 'unmanagable' backwave. The speakers didn'... | |
| Matching power amp and speaker impedance Typically you would expect that the 4ohm tap would match 4 ohm speakers, principally because the 4 ohm taps can deliver the power required to drive the speaker in that part of its bass response, that is at or below 4 ohms. You would/could run out ... | |
| Threadbare and grainy treble, a DAC issue? Assuming everything else in your system is up to par, then yes your problem could be your older SS DAC and a new tubed based DAC might just be the ticket. Might. But the ability to experience grainy/overly bright highs could easly be sourced to ot... | |
| Matching power amp and speaker impedance I'll keep it as simple as possible.Q#1 Continue to use the 4ohm taps. If you get bored compare the sound to the 8ohm taps you might like it better. It won't hurt the amp.Q#2 Tube life will not be affected by your choice of impedence output tap. Wh... | |
| What is a passive preamp? A passive pre-amp doesn't amplify the signal. It only attenuates the signal from the source. A "Passive pre-amp" can come with one or more inputs but the use of the name "passive pre-amp" is inappropriate. Your impression is correct. It is a passi... | |
| tube amps sounding like solid state and vv They don't. The problem is that a lot of folks who think tube units sound like solid state and v/v are only hearing tonal response. There certainly are warm SS units and cold tube units, but that has nothing to do with the qualities that most tube... | |
| Most resolving, transparent amps. Tvad, FWIW, "The ultimate resolving maching" means different things to different folks. All depends on what your goal actually is, I think.For in my home, example using a Wadia direct into my old SF monos into my Silverlines and playing a Shirly H... | |
| Second failure of new amplifier Transl, Unless the dealer and the manufacturer are thugs and will come out and do you harm, why not identify them so that others will be warned and will not duplicate your unfortunate experience? |