o_holter
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| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) @mijostyn - congratulations with your MA-2, sorry to hear about your troubles. I have owned MA-1 for twelve years with almost zero problems, and Ralph has given excellent support to me as well. I don't understand why OTL amps are still a minority ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Yes, but I think it is more evident with tube amps than with s-state? The MA-1s can sound ok with 4 ohm (maybe), quite good with 8 ohm, but to know what they are really capable of, you need to go up - my speakers are 16 ohms, staying between 13 an... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing I hope Atma-sphere are successful with the new class D amps. This is certainly well-deserved. I love my MA-1 amps, and have learned to live with them, using NOS tubes, turn them off after listening, and so on. The best advice I got from Ralph was ... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? @lewm - I am just following advice from @jcarr that experimenting with more mass may be useful, and that Lyra carts often sound progressively better up to 16-18 g. 10 pct at the c-w is obviously a rough approximate, very dependent on the pivot to ... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? @neonknight Mass on counterweight: I used a small disc that was part of a footer (cone + disc) with a center cavity that fits on top of the c-weight screw head. A coin with a hole might work too. So with a little bluetac it is stable. Effectiv... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? I am trying the added mass modification suggested by @JCarr for SME V with a Lyra cart, with promising results; sound seems a bit fuller and deeper, with no obvious problems, mistracking etc. Total mass ca 35g (5 on the headshell, 30 on the counte... | |
| Lyra and OMA @JCarr - thanks a lot for advice! I am now testing added mass to my SME V arm with Lyra Atlas. Ca 5g at the top of the headshell, 30g on top of the counterweight. This way, I did not have to screw the counterweight further back. I am using coins f... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Re SME V with Kimber KCAG as phono cable I have used this cable for a number of years without problems - not much hum. I compared to a Hovland phono cable, no big difference. I liked the airy sonic signature of the KCAG as interconnects, thats wh... | |
| Lyra and OMA Thanks to jcarr of Lyra for interesting information. He wrote: "The Lyras will work OK in tonearms of 10~12g eff. mass (for example SME Type V, Technics SL-1200G), but will sound progressively better as the effective mass increases. Normally I’d ... | |
| I just discovered Van Der Graff Generator... Check out House with no door, on the H to He album. Great, spooky, as fresh as it was at the time. | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused Earlier in this thread, thespeakerdude argued that my Atma-sphere MA1 amps wont be a good match for many active speakers (testing the passive speaker in the pair). He showed 1990s statistics of the amp performance. My amp is upgraded to mk 3.2 sta... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? miljostyn wrote: If you are looking for the ultimate pitch stability you need to check out vacuum clamping. I wonder, how would this help me, unless the LP slides or does not stay stuck to the platter? I use a center clamp and see no friction. M... | |
| Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3 Whatever your decision, I think careful amp/speaker matching is a key. My Atma-sphere MA-1 amps sound good with many speakers, at 8 ohm or even below, but they sound great with 12 or more ohm and high efficiency speakers. Even my former Krell FPB6... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Just a small update. My Atlas 2018 is still working well. No problems. I know I should wash my LPs but dry cleaning with the Mobile fidelity brush works ok for most of them, not much clicks or mistracking. Maybe it sounds a bit better with a bit o... | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused thespeakerdude wrote: 02-20-2023 at 08:31pm @o_holter I just searched a measurement of the MA-1 amp and the figure they arrived at was 10.5 ohms output resistance. There are very few speakers that will not experience a huge chang... |