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| Turntable got absolutely crushed by CD I've been reading this post for a long while now and I have to say there are some things that everyone has missed. First, there are distortion mechanisms in digital that do not exist in analog LP, likewise there are distortion mechanisms in anal... | |
| Cryo EL84 vs non / JJ vs EH Oops, yes, you did say EL84's, I read it as EL34's. So, why is there an endless supply of CV4003 tubes? I don't use them but I am curious. | |
| Cryo EL84 vs non / JJ vs EH I have a pair of CJ's that use EL34's. I looked at the options and ordered the Electro Harmonix EL34's, thinking they are the best bet. I did not see an option for cryo treatment, so I have no opinion on that.I have quite a number of used tubes ... | |
| Good source for NOS tubes in SF Ba y Area? Most of the brick and mortar electronic stores have closed up since mail order is so competitive. As an EE, I do miss the real stores where I can touch and feel things. I use this place now: https://www.tubedepot.com/ They have a lot of cho... | |
| Toto Tungsten Speaker Cables by Bogdan Tungston? It's Interesting as to why anyone would use a material that has such a poor conductivity rating i.e. compared to copper or silver, to make cables. That was my thought, curious indeed. | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? The Kill A Watt meter is ideal for things like freezers or refrigerators. These items vary their power consumption on whether their compressor is running, how often the door is opened, and what the ambient temperature happens to be. For amplifi... | |
| Toto Tungsten Speaker Cables by Bogdan I haven't heard them but are they really made from tungsten wire? | |
| Increase total Speaker Impedance -- Potential Solution Yes, sort of; clearly, a definite maybe. :-) What you need to do is buy two more speakers identical to what you currently have, and wire them in series. That would do it. The reason one cannot put another 4 ohm driver in series with it is t... | |
| Class D vs Class AB - Looking for best used budget amplifier for Magnepan MG12 This is an interesting question. I have had a Marantz four channel Class D 450W amp on the four subs in my system for some years now. I often wonder if the sound would be better with a good quality 250 to 275 W Class AB amp. One of these days ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @phomchick - Actually I doubt most cable companies could afford the R&D equipment to define their products improvements. I suspect most of these guys are small shops. | |
| The invention of measurements and perception @edstrelow - for that you will have to become a member of AES and read up on their publications. Once in while, they do have a good paper that correlates cabinet movement to tweeter movement. | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? The only way to correctly answer your question is to find out the RMS current of the two amplifiers at idle and compare them. This is how you do it -> The wattage consumed for each will be the respective current times 120. Divide that pow... | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? BTW, just to clarify, when I state Class A, I mean the entire amplifier is Class A. There are quite a number of amplifiers that have Class AB output stages with Class A driver and amplification stages. Those amps are still Class AB by IEEE defi... | |
| Which amp will cause a larger increase in electric bill? Actually, if an amp is pure Class A, it won't matter if it is push pull or not, assuming the power output is the same between the two. The reason is the maximum load current flows 100% of the time, so if the power output is the same, then the di... | |
| 2019 calendars "Not I", said the duck. But I am eager to see a source for some! |