rodman99999
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| It is 2008 do you know the best start up speaker Pedrillo- You have a nice size room and can easily accomodate a pair of planars. Read the reviews on the Magnepan 1.6's: (http://www.avguide.com/products/product-3762/) , (http://www.stereophile.com/loudspeakerreviews/595/index.html) for instance. | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound And that's why tube amps seem to play more loudly than SS of the same power rating(without giving the listener a headache)- soft clipping. You're preaching to the choir. One day(if I win the Lotto) perhaps I'll be able to afford to go OTL. Of cour... | |
| adding a preamp? You already have a pre built in to the PM15S1. Why would you need another? Surely there are enough inputs for those sources on the PM15S1. | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound Bigkidz- I've been doing that for the past 18 years(and bi-amping in general since 1981). Need any tips? | |
| klipschorn modifications Metal horn damping can be cheaply, and very effectively accomplished with any brand of plumber's putty, or Mortite (http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/rope.htm) which is configured in a way that makes it VERY easy to use. Inexpensively obtained a... | |
| Soundstage...How to determine what's right? hey Scoly1- If you're still in here, check this out: (http://www.upscaleaudio.com/view_category.asp?cat=50) You may be able to pick one of these up used and upgrade it when the funds become available. It would give you a taste of what a tubed sour... | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound That's funny- On my system I can discern the silk of Zildjian cymbals from the brassiness of Sabians(for instance). My guess would be that you've never heard a properly tweeked tube system(could have been the cables, the tubes, the source(who know... | |
| Damping factor or watts? Funny thing Atmasphere: I've got that very paper saved on my computer. I've never liked negative feedback loops, probably what endeared me to David Hafler(his early ideas). I wondered if there was a connection between your name in here and the OTL... | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound That's funny: I always thought of the top and bottom of the waveform being flat as DC(simplest terms), as in while a SS amplifier is clipping. Ya learn something new every day | |
| Damping factor or watts? Audiokinesis- It's been a few years(like maybe 26) since anyone threw any Thiele-Small parameters at me, so I'm still picking up the pieces of my shattered brain here! From what you're describing: I'm going to guess the woofers are about 8" based ... | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound My contention here would be that the square wave, being an irritant and obnoxious to the listener, might be PERCEIVED as louder. Same reason most people would get "listener fatigue" sitting in front of a system with a lot of IM distortion. Ah- OK:... | |
| Damping factor or watts? Not exactly INefficient though, are they? So tell me: Were you, by any chance, using any kind of auto-xformer between the OTLs and your speakers? Gotta keep digging for factors here before I give up any ground! | |
| Damping factor or watts? Atmasphere- I've based my belief in my understanding of electro-magnetic fuction and Newtonian physics. Inertia= When a body is in motion, it tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Yes- the music signal from the amp is driv... | |
| Damping factor or watts? I'd bet the farm that those rooms utilized speakers of high efficiency and extremely low mass. Can you be more specific(amps/speakers)? There are a lot of designs out there that cater to the SET lovers for instance. Speakers that(by design) don't ... | |
| Damping factor or watts? Atmasphere- I'm re-reading your posts in these forums and trying to get a handle on your resistance to the idea of damping factor and speaker control. In another thread you advised the poster to avoid his "very long" speaker wires because his syst... |