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| Filter capacitance-how does it relate to amplifier performance? Hoping Ralph will comment on the situation with my custom built 100 watt 4 x KT77 monoblocks (built by Charlie Cocci): when I took off the bottom plate to admire Charlie's work, I was shocked to see only 2 x 47mF 630 volt capacitors in the power s... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question Correction: the Matrix 801 Series 2 speaker is nominal 8 Ohms (not the 6 Ohms that I had reported). Specifications:https://www.stereophile.com/content/bw-matrix-801-series-2-loudspeaker-specifications With 3 minima of about 6 Ohms. Measurements:... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question "They don’t do it well, so why do it?."Somebody is referring to generalities... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question @mapman: Certain that no maintenance is needed; had the amp back to Jon about two years ago...just to check bias and evaluate overall performance. He made a minor bias adjustment and declared it "operating perfectly." And remarkably, the tube am... | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question Just to demonstrate the reality that while there are generalities that are generally true, there are also instances where the generality isn't true:The xenoliths have B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 speakers with North Creek crossovers. These speaker... | |
| Power Amplifiers Threshold Stasis 2...Jon Soderberg updated(also: Threshold SL-10...Jon Soderberg updated, used for it's MC phono stage only...yowzer it's good!) | |
| Tube amp output taps; use both? Thanks for the reply Ralph; you're one of the members that I know I can trust the validity of technical information from. Your point about a coloration not found in real life is well taken; thank you. By tightly controlled, I meant that cone excu... | |
| Clear Day Cables Speaker Cables Just another endorsement for Clear Day Double Shotgun speaker cables. Two pairs replaced Harmonic Technology Melodyline shotgun biwire cables between our Soderberg updated Threshold Stasis 2 and our B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 (with Van Alstine mo... | |
| Clear Day Interconnects Been enjoying Clear Day interconnects between pre-amp (Soderberg updated Threshold SL-10) and amp (Soderberg updated Threshold Stasis 2) for the last month and a half now. While it does require an extended burn-in; I'd say it took 100+ hours befor... |