tomcy6
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| Why has amplifier power become a big issue Some of the sounds speakers make, such as a sharp whack on a drum, a firm pluck of a bass string, a loud voice or voices, the plink of a piano key (transients), can require lots of watts for a very short period to reproduce the leading edge of tho... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. McIntosh has autoformers in their solid state amps and specifies that the rated power of the amp remains the same into 8, 4 or 2 ohms. In the MC275 tube amp they call the output transformer an output transformer but in the specs they list it unde... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. ivanj, I asked about McIntosh because I have read many threads where Ralph recommends Zero autoformers for hard to drive speakers and even for not hard to drive speakers. Since McIntosh makes amps with autoformers designed specifically for a parti... | |
| Rolling Stones Mono Box Set (lp or cd) One problem with the Stones early albums is that their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, insisted on producing them even though he knew nothing about producing records. I don't know if that's your problem or that they were mixed digitally. | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Thanks for the replies, guys, very helpful stuff.Ralph, I’d still like to get your opinion on McIntosh amps with autoformers. Just in general, do you think they are a good sounding amp compared with other amps in their price ranges? Do they implem... | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. Ralph, I think that there must be some other reason that ML designs their panels with such a low impedance at 20khz. It’s such a radical design that there must be a sound quality reason for it, don’t you think? I don't think anyone would think, I... | |
| Dipole Asymmetry OP: "Thanks for all the feedback. I think, personally, I’ll take rearward firing energy out of the equation and go with a conventional speaker design."Conventional speakers also have rearward firing energy as well as a lot more energy hitting the ... | |
| Dipole Asymmetry I think that many people get great sound from MLs placed 3 or 4 feet out from the front wall. Martin Logan recommends 2 to 3 feet. I don’t think having your rack behind one speaker would be that big a problem. You can experiment with diffusion on ... | |
| Telefunken in Disguise? The Tubemonger Library, a great resource for identifying tubes has a couple of pictures of Telefunken 12AU7s labelled Mazda Belvu here:http://www.tubemongerlib.com/gallery2/v/12AU7/Telefunken+12AU7A+ECC82+Smooth+Plate+Diamond+Bottom+Mazda+Belvu+La... | |
| Tube for a Noob ??? You could try a PrimaLuna cd player. These are full blown tube players, even using a tube for clocking. Call Upscale Audio and have an idea about what you want the player to sound like in your system and Kevin Deal can probably tell you if one ... | |
| A nice read on tubes! Great article. If articles like this were printed in magazines or websites directed at younger people, we might be able to convert some earbud listeners into audiophiles.As far as tubes vs solid state, it just goes to show that there's no right o... | |
| Climbing the Preamp ladder Check out the Aesthetix Calypso. It fits your criteria pretty well. | |
| Esoteric X-01 vs K-05... I haven't heard the X-01, the K-05 is a very good sounding player. What I have read is that the X series are a little lean sounding, the K series are richer or more musical. Which of these would work best for you I can't say. | |
| Tinnitus worries... The best suggestion I have is just accept that you have tinnitus and pay as little attention to it as possible. My tinnitus bothered me much more when it was at a much lower level than it's at now. Then I decided I just had to accept that it was g... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? The demise of the music CD inevitable? Not in our lifetimes. In the long run, all current formats will disappear, as will the Earth and Sun. |