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How loud do you listen to your music?
50 to 60db sounds right. Amplifiers generally only pump out fraction of a watt to generate music most of the time.Makes one wonder why most posters seem to have this need for 100wpc (and higher) amps. Hearing issues I guess ... ;-)RegardsPaul 
How do tube Watts compare to SS Watts?
Bartokfan, the assumptions you make pertaining to the characteristics of tube are incorrect. There are a great deal of variance is sound characteristics of any given tube from different manufacturers. A Tungsol 6550 sound very different to an Elec... 
How do tube Watts compare to SS Watts?
Bartokfan. A pentode is a vacuum tube that has three grids, namely a control grid, a screen grid and a suppressor grid. The screen grid was added to isolated the control grid from the plate to reduce Miller effect. A tetrode is a tube that has a c... 
SET for 88 dB 4 ohm loadspeaker
Hi PawlowskiMy speakers respond well down to the 30’s (I believe the specs are –3db at 34Hz ) and the amp does provide a very deep and controlled bass. I have measured response down to the low 20’s, although that must be down 10-20db at those low ... 
SET for 88 dB 4 ohm loadspeaker
I use a 12 wpc SE tube amp to drive 88db/mtr efficiency speakers and can achieve quite high volume levels.RegardsPaul 
How do tube Watts compare to SS Watts?
03-14-07: Eldartford "The sound level that can be produced by a tiny amount of power"Now that I can agree with ... :-) 
Increase tonearm mass to match low compliance cart
Hi BinarYour calculations are correct, but a DL103 compliance is higher than 5cu/dyne. A number of posters on the vinyl asylum had tested them and I believe found it to be around 12cy/dyne. In short, it will work well with your RB.If you are skept... 
Break in period
when I upgraded mains from ATC 20's to ATC 100's I actually had to make an adjustment to the reduction in harmonic distortion in the extreme LF at higher SPL levels. ATC 100 have less harmonic distortion at LF at high SP levels than ATC 20? Really... 
How do tube Watts compare to SS Watts?
Rascal, the most important factor when using a tube amplifier to drive speakers, is that the speakers must have a benign impedance curve. If the speakers have an impedance curve that varies significantly, even a 1000-watt tube amp will have proble... 
All tube system or Tube with SS phono?
"Sometimes tube equipment does actually 'think' it's solid state, but that thought is actually an unfulfilled wish. cf Freud on Preamps"LOL. :-)Actually a number of transistor amps are voiced and marketed as sounding tube like. Never seen an ad fo... 
Bottlehead Seduction Phono Stage question
Gnugear - Mundorf & V-Caps will be great in the Seduction. I currently have dynamicaps but will go V-caps soon. I would suggest you do the C4S upgrade also.Mark, I drive my power amp directly from my Seduction by way of a 5mtr IC. No problems ... 
Bottlehead Seduction Phono Stage question
Yep. It is a stunning phono stage, and responds well to mods. Mine is definitely a keeper.I compared it back to back to a friends Krell. He was a little skeptical at first, the seduction being a "home rolled" phono. After the needle dropped he was... 
All tube system or Tube with SS phono?
"Bass suffers in tube equipment"Both my tube phonos (Audionote & Seduction) must think they are solid-state units then?BTW, the Seduction retails at under $300 ... 
Break in period
"IMHO, in reality, one can select high quality electronics equipment that does not drift measurably or audibly in as little as a few hundred hours; equipment that can function accurately from day one and for many years."Break-in has nothing to do ... 
Break in period
Most components require some break in. Film capacitors will break-in over 100 to 400 hours. Resistors, tubes and the cabling will also break-in or settle as they are exposed to current.I wouldn’t worry too much about it, just run the amps and enjo...