swampwalker
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| Help with a tube amp recommendation I'm going to be a bit of contrarian. Having had all 3, I prefer the sound of "conventional" OTL amps (Joule and Atma-sphere) to the Berning with VSM-MMs. And to be a bit more contrarian, right now I prefer the Atma M60s to the Joule. | |
| Loose volume knob on Forte 44 preamp-can I fix? You are going to have to open 'er up. Use a #10 blade, but make sure you have an experienced stereo surgeon scrubbing in ;~). | |
| Budget Preamps for Atmaspheres? If you want to try a balanced unit, look for a used BAT VK3 which should come in at your price. The Atmas do sound much better run balanced. | |
| Technical Question: Pre Amp into Power Amp The nominal output voltage is 2v on the pre. The input sensitivity is 2v to yield 250 w, which is the rated output power. the pre should supply plenty of voltage. | |
| Loose volume knob on Forte 44 preamp-can I fix? The set screw (not necessarily allen head) should be in the knob to tighten it to the shaft. You should not need to open the case. If you find a small threaded hole, perpendicular to the shaft, then the screw fell out. If the allen screw is tight,... | |
| What Happened to Neil Young's New Release ??? Its on the web. | |
| Need help with Grado 325i vs. Senn 600's Voodoo- Neither of those phones will give you anything like what they are capable of w/o a headphone amp, but you can use one in place of a pre-amp in most systems, if they have a loop out feature. For detailed reviews, go to head-fi.org. Most fol... | |
| Will Sonic Impact T amp work w/ original Quad ESL? Generally planar speakers want lots of current and I am not sure that the Sonic can deliver lots of amps. Driving an amp into to clipping is a very common cause of speaker damage. I would be wary, but then again I am NOT a tech head. | |
| Western Electric 300b Tubes - Differences AFAIK, what Bander says is exactly the case. Major problem is that most of the OEM tubes are not sold as matched pairs. But if your amp biases the tubes independently, that may not be much of a problem. | |
| Supratek preamp vs Lamm LL2 ??? Never heard them both at the same time, but have heard them both in different systems. Very diff sound. I was not impressed with the LL2 (Sorry Bob). Like the Supratek much better (course, I owned one, so YMMV). | |
| Buildling a Frankenstein HT system.... Sorry, Yamaha. | |
| Vandersteen 2wq with two way monitors It depends. By design, the 2WQ subs cross over at about 80 hz, with a shallow slope, so your mini-moniter would need useful output about 1 octave below that. | |
| Buildling a Frankenstein HT system.... Just get a used HT rcvr like a Yammie or an Outlaw or a Marantz. Should be able to do it for under $500 easy. Like this one: [url]http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?homeproc&1151384715[/url] | |
| Preamp match for Mccormack DNA-125 Actually, I did have a problem with DC leakage/amp shutdown with a 0.5/3i combo. BAT diagnosed it as a bad resistor, fixed it in 24 hrs and I had it back in about 4 days total. Never had the problem again. And a hearty re-inforcement with the gain... | |
| Preamp match for Mccormack DNA-125 BAT 3i at the bottom of your price, 5i at the top end. |