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| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing OP typed: in my system I found the Atma-Sphere Class D was slightly better than the Pass XA30.8. Holy smoke people! Let that sink in. That Pass amp is a current, state-of-the art true class A power amp designed by one of a handful of the ... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing A-S Class D vs. a highly regarded $3k SRP stereo amp with possibly the all-time lowest SINAD specs, only about 13#, not class D, a patented circuit, released around 2015 and winner of a ton of awards. The stereo amp had audibly more musical detai... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing I have Atma-Sphere Class D and suspect it outperforms every other brand in its price category. I can’t recall if Ralph mentioned anything about break in time, but he did say they have virtually no warm-up time to achieve best performance. I never... | |
| Are Music Reference amps still available new? I first met clio09 in the early 2010s. He has a long history associated with some of the world's best tube gear. He is one of the nicest, most pleasant, generous, easy going and professional people I have met. I'm an audio lifer in my mid 60s. ... | |
| CLASS D MONO AMPS buy ATMASPHERE MUSIC SYSTEMS Last I heard from A-S earlier this week, Class D mono block $5400/pr SRP. I have a pre-production pair and it's the best amp I have owned by big margin. I agree with Ralph and two others (one an A-S dealer, the other not in the business) who ar... | |
| Holo Serene vs Denafrips Athena (anyone compared these preamps?) Just a note Re. AB test, May KTE DAC balanced vs. unbalanced output. All cables ultra-premium Clarity Cable including ca. $2500/pr "Natural" (DAC to preamp) balanced and unbalanced cables. Preamp: Atma-Sphere fully balanced differential MP-3.3 cu... | |
| shindo vs. atma-sphere I have a high-performance DIY unbalanced line stage with single 5842 RF tube p/c > Magnequest output transformers (tube rectified OPS.) My 5842 outperformed a highly regarded commercial 300B preamp and ditto a 6SN7 preamp. Yesterday I finally... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. Elliot,Your Qs followed by replies. 1. why/how do 16 ohm speakers make amps sound better, with more resolution? For an estimated 99+% of amps the higher the load impedance the greater is the amp’s current capacity and the more pleasant and agreea... | |
| SOTA preamps: Tortuga LDR3000T, microZOTL MZ3, or Kinki EX-P7? I got the Kinki EX-P7,which meets or exceeds my very high expectations. I still love tube amps and preamps for all their well known attributes. A tube preamp might portray more density than the P7 but I similarly suspect there are multiple other p... | |
| Amplifier Input Impedance Suppose a system comprises a DAC with preamp and on-board analog volume control (generally I suspect analog volume has higher performance potential vs. digital volume control). Let’s further suppose one has a separate high performance pure analog ... | |
| So what ever happened to Kinki Studio??? My EX-P7G (Goldmund Edition) is fantastic. Custom server/streamer/renderer running HQ Player, Roon library. Standard laptop-type PS > primary NUC; HD Plex 200W LPS > renderer, same HD Plex > outboard regulator > DAC fixed analog output... | |
| Parasound A23+ vs. Emotiva XPA-DR2 My all time worst sounding amp was an Emotiva XP whatever, circa ten years ago. The sound of nails across a chalk board comes to mind. It actually sounded like the designer/maker/seller's intent was to make the worst sounding amp possible withou... | |
| Congratulations Atmasphere! Congratulations Ralph.I am anxious to hear Ralph's SS amp.Am I correct this technology translates only to power amp function, and would NOT translate to a preamp line stage? | |
| Moerch UP-4 v. Audio Technica AT1100 tone arms Thanks very much for sharing your thoughts! I had a chance to get a UP-4 as an upgrade from the AT1100, and suddenly it occurred to me that the AT1100 may outperform the UP-4 (I had a UP-4 decades ago and remember little about it). I have two... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Set the volume at the lowest setting at which the woofers pump with the platter spinning and the stylus in the groove. Place the arm at rest. Does the pumping stop or continue? If the woofer pumps with the arm at rest (at a volume at which you... |