atmasphere
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| The future of preamps I'm a bit confounded why it would be implicitly, and quite arrogantly assumed I'm not using my ears when stating the above; I most certainly base my findings on actual listening impressionsPhusis, I would guess that the reason is you have had a sp... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp FWIW this is all about distortion. Solid state amps have a harshness due to trace amounts of odd ordered harmonics (5th and above) that the ear uses to sort out how loud a sound is. It is because of the latter fact that the human ear is very sensi... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... One of the more legendary guitar amps was made by Sunn, and was nothing more than a Dynaco MkIII. Looked a lot nicer than the Dynaco though :) | |
| tube amps and electrostatics ^^ Yup! We shown with Roy's speakers at audio shows in the past. Never had a problem with them. | |
| good preamp for dynaco mk3 monoblocks with maggies You could always find a used Dynaco PAS-3 and pay to have someone refurbish it. With some simple mods that preamp is a giant killer... | |
| The future of preamps another situation is that I cannot use typical tube pre-amps or sources direct to amp, or I would have to activate the coupling capacitors that are not active inside the amp to protect is from tube unstableness!Audiolabyrinth, best I can make out,... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Impedance can be measured with a potentiometer of about 50 ohms or so, a signal generator and a DVM. It takes some time, as with this technique you have to put points on a graph.You put the pot in series with the speaker and drive the combo with t... | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, Krell states that the gain of their amps is only about 25db. FWIW that is quite unusual (I had assumed their gain to be a more typical 30db), so in a high power amplifier you would indeed need more than 4 volts to full output. The ... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics The B&W 802D is, FWIW, an excellent example of Voltage Paradigm technology. The woofers are each 8 ohms, but also 3db less efficient than the 8 ohm mid range and tweeter. They are in parallel, which requires the amplifier to double its power i... | |
| The future of preamps Wadia is still very much around. Owned by the same company that owns ARC. They are a good example of why an analog preamp is handy- their volume control is an example of what I was talking about earlier.Audiolabyrinth, I can tell you with great co... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics +1 Mapman | |
| The future of preamps The loss of transparency introduced by the preamp needs to be counterbalanced by other sonic benefits.Actually if the preamp is working right, most people experience an increase in transparency, not a loss. I have already mentioned one reason why;... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Mikewerner, one argument for tubes you may not have considered: semiconductors are going obsolete all the time. Just try finding output devices for a MOSFET amp made in the 1980s and you will see what I mean.In the tube world we don't have this pr... | |
| tube amps and electrostatics Bifwynne, another speaker you might look at is Audiokinesis. His speakers are not only more efficient, they are also very easy loads (some of them are 16 ohms) without crazy phase angles, yet also quite musical and good bass extension.I think you ... | |
| The future of preamps Hi Al, take a look at this link on DIYaudio:http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/161371-krell-current-audio-signal-transmission-c-s-t-current-mode-technology-cmt.htmlScroll down a little and you will see something very similar. I rather doub... |