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| can anyone recommend tube amp for dartzeel preamp? Charles1dad: I largely agree, and you raise an important point about the practicality of the two designs. The Phi amps may be better suited for the typical 87 db. efficient / 4 ohm speaker. While the Renaissance amps have excellent power supplies ... | |
| can anyone recommend tube amp for dartzeel preamp? Jwm: Kevin Hayes is a good guy, but he's a businessman and is not going to say that his current production gear is inferior to his past gear ("Yeah, gee, we don't make'em like we used to"). I know two VAC dealers, however, who can speak to the cha... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Mr. Karsten: Many thanks for your responses. The 6SN7 Sylvania chrome tops in my VAC Renaissance amp, used as driver and splitters, are beginning their eleventh year of use (in on/off service), and for all I know, they may have previously seen ser... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Thank you, Mr. Karsten. Incidentally, does your MP-1 use solid-state rectification, and I wonder what the voltages are, relative to maximum recommended voltages, on the 12AT7's and 6SN7's (BTW, are the 6SN7's standard or GTA/GTB's?)? If this infor... | |
| can anyone recommend tube amp for dartzeel preamp? Jwm:The only "current VAC amp" that is point-to-point wired is the Statement 450. I remain skeptical that it is, overall, equal to or better than the Renaissance vintage of amps. It does not appear to be a triode circuit and it is not biased fully... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Darkmoebius:I can think of a few other fully differential balanced phono stages: BAT, Einstein, Rowland. I run a Rowland Cadence. | |
| can anyone recommend tube amp for dartzeel preamp? I would ask Jonathan for his opinion if you have not already yet done so. I cannot respond directly to your question, but note that I have a darTZeel amp and a VAC Renaissance 70/70 Mk. III tube amp that I run with a solid-state, battery-powered R... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Rtnl:You wrote "Raquel, just for clarification, the BAT should be left on standby when not in use?" I cannot answer this question - you would have to ask BAT. Again, it is generally much better to leave tube equipment featuring small signal tubes ... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Madflloyd:Some tubes in some tube power supplies can pass a relatively large amount of current and will wear out like output tubes in a power amp will wear out (certain tube preamps actually use output tubes in their power supplies - the ARC Refer... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? Output impedance measurements for tube preamps are typically made at 1 khz., and the story will usually be very different at the frequency extremes, especially in the low bass. As for the BAT Rex, Atkinson's measurements in Stereophile revealed, "... | |
| Anyone compared BAT Rex vs. Atmasphere MP-1? I doubt you're going to find someone who has compared both in a variety of systems over a lengthy period of time - even top-notch preamps generally have a subtle effect on a system and take months to properly evaluate. I would draw out any person ... | |
| how to clean brushed aluminum faceplate? Ignore any cleaning tips that appear in this thread and ask the manufacturer (of the brushed aluminum faceplate, not the black crap). | |
| Audio valve challenger thoughts They are superb amps, but whether they would have synergy with WP7's, I do not know. That said, WP's tend to work very well with good tube amps. | |
| Summertime ss amp Question Springbok10: In an attempt to get a better feel for your tastes for purposes of your question, I went back through some of your A-Gon posts. If you are still running an Atma-Sphere preamp (which is differential balanced), are intrigued by Jena cab... | |
| Summertime ss amp Question Rleff: I did, yes. Assuming your question goes to the differences between battery power and wall power, I had 20 amp dedicated lines and battery power was still the way to go. The batteries, even in a highly resolving system, brought no improvemen... |