o_holter
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| Class D with high efficiency speakers Atmasphere - thanks for an informative answer, as always. I am not sure about the Dream Maker speakers, but it may be that they are designed for high output impedance from the amps (like your speakers) so that class D might sound a bit lean, compa... | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers I am sure class D can sound great and it would be great to try, with my sensitive Dream Maker speakers (16 ohms, efficiency: 92 dB/1 watt, Voltage sensitivity: 89 dB/2.83 volts). If class D can lift these even further I am all ears. I want to c... | |
| Class D with high efficiency speakers I would not sell the OTL - wait until you’ve tried other types of amps, and give it time. I have Atma-sphere MA-1 v 3.2 monoblocs, mainly fed by the Io Eclipse. They are a daily joy in our system, with top level NOS driver and output tubes and cle... | |
| Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue is an effects album Thanks, all! Yes she is a great composer, musician and artist. Like Dianna Krall. Why are female artists so often overlooked by the men-mostly audiophile community? Even in 2023? | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience rubandscrub - the cost effectivity is certainly an important aspect, like you write. I also have an ASR Mini Basis, now used mainly as a backup in case my main phono stage has problems. If your Denon carts have 0.2 - 0.3 mV output, I am not surpri... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? neonknight - my SME V was made in October 1999. In 2016 I asked SME about service and upgrade. Answer: unless something wrong, maybe not needed. But for 555 pounds they would do a full service + testing + new internal wire (silver litz van den Hul... | |
| Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue is an effects album I've grown to like her. Maybe she was wrongly produced, or sounded too hard, in the beginning. I have the Mobile fidelity LP box version of Cafe blue and the sound is great although the performance is somewhat icy. Mythologies is an interesting al... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Just a little real life experience. For many years (1970s and 80s) I had a SME 3012 on a Thorens player. Then, I changed to a VPI HW-19, and the Souther / Clearaudio Triquartz parallell arm. Despite a huge amount of tweaking, this combination neve... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market With your amp I would check out Audiokinesis speakers. A very interesting speaker concept, that can sound optimal with tube amps in a moderate / fairly large room. The point here is not just the speakers and their components, but how well they man... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience Dear rauliregas You ask "I think your PS is high gain active unit then why a SUT?" Indeed. "Active" is just the beginning, regarding the Aesthetix Io, you could add dynamic, explosive when needed, and especially, pure. Pure tube sound all the wa... | |
| Lyra Etna Lambda SL tracking force This is slightly off topic - but I've found that fine-tuning azimuth on my Lyra Atlas was well worth it. Even though it only needed a small change (which I can do in the arm base of my SME V arm, allthough officially it doesnt have azimuth adjustm... | |
| Newbie want to improve what I have I think of it this way. First you need the dimensions of your room. Then you decide where to place the speakers - usually at the short end, playing along the length of the room. Then you investigate and test speakers and amps to get the best match... | |
| SUT - electrical theory and practical experience Anyone who have tried a SUT with the Aesthetix Io? | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? Thanks to Kenjit, above, for an OK answer to my intervention. I take a leaf from your book ok but maybe not the whole book. You raise a good question. It is easy to dismiss and make fun of. But unless we point out the critical problems in audio, ... | |
| Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there? Kenjit, I appreciate your question, but could you keep it to that - a question? And not make it into a battle where you know "the truth"? Is spherical always best? If that was the case, why are high level speakers showing an amazing variety of sha... |