o_holter
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| Vacuum tube amplified headphones... Would this be a kind of update on the Audioquest Nightowl / Nighthawk headphones? I look forward to a comparison. | |
| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) @mijostyn - I admire such dedicated work! I have two questions. Is your room very long and narrow? Seems so, from your system info. Maybe the Sound Labs dont have the space to breathe, on the sides? Also, I see you have a screen in the middle. I... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) @mijostyn - thanks, I see them now. Your system probably sounds amazing. | |
| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) Bad luck - in my case, I’ve found that less is more. I gave up on subs, and my ’effect’ speakers are no longer in use - the main speakers (designed to resemble Sound labs) do the job better alone. Heat - a cheap fix is to mount computer fans behi... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA 2s for Dummies (by a dummy) Yes, I know this is Ralph's opinion, and I agree up to a point. For 12 usd I would go for it. Moreover, you can support Ukraine. I paid 40 something for RCA NOS some time ago. | |
| 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. |