atmasphere
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| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system I do have spares but I’ve had poor experiences purchasing tubes over the years already. Had a brand new power tube fail within a month or so. And a NOS Black Treasure flare up and die the first time I plunked it in. With these being matched pa... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Yes I can. The short explanation is that tubes generally are more linear. Semiconductors have a significant non-linear input capacitance which as any solid state designer knows can be tricky to deal with (in fact radios are tuned by the use of var... | |
| Let's talk power cords And then I thought, the exact same wire I was using is still in the extensions. So WHY is that not making the later wire the same as it is on it’s own??? Anyway, I do not have the answer. However it IS a project anyone could do. make a PC out ... | |
| Phono preamp/turntable connection question. Tone arm to preamp. If that connection gets messed with, nothing you can do about it downstream.FWIW, cartridges are a balanced source so you can run a balanced connection between the tone arm and preamp. Balanced lines are more neutral, so this c... | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system If you like what you have, why not have a few spare tubes on hand? | |
| Need help please can anyone help i am so angry lol Microphones can't drive headphones. You need a preamp for them. Preamps usually can't drive headphones either, unless equipped with a headphone power amp.Microphone mixers usually have headphone power amps built-in. Your Y adapter will work there.... | |
| Balanced to SE to Balanced Again? There may be an advantage at the output of the preamp if you have to run longer interconnect cables (for example I run 30 feet at home between the preamp and amps). This will allow for short speaker cable runs and you may well hear more resolutio... | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW The rest of my system has a mix of RCA and XLR. I cannot say the XLR have any superior sound advantage over the RCA within this Kimber model. If the equipment does not support the balanced standard, then variable results will be the case. Switch... | |
| which is a better match for best results OK- I was under (apparently) the mistaken impression you designed speakers. You can see then why I thought you must be able to answer the question. I've already made my posts on the topic- no need to repeat. | |
| Is there actually a difference? Usually tube has good presence but loss of fine detail. Solid state sounds more tight but very detailed. I find that tubes generally have more detail than solid state, in particular when it comes to low level detail. Its the low level detail that ... | |
| which is a better match for best results ^^ Erik, perhaps you can enlighten me- how do you tweak a speaker so that it does rock better than any other genre? | |
| Switched from RCA to XLR Interconnects - WOW No sense to have XLR from your cartridge but everything else analog should be XLR, preferably the components should all work at pro level to give you the maximum headroomThis statement, IMO, is false. Cartridges are a balanced source, so it tota... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200G or SL-1200GR On the other hand, you would find the older SL-1200mk2 to be quite inferior to the SL-1600mk2 because it has no isolation of the plinth from the base, which is nestled in a rubber enclosure on rubber feet. Agreed! The older SL1200s have appearan... | |
| which is a better match for best results Ok, not sure what absolutist bible exists that portends the efficacy of all amps for all music types! THAT is lunacy. Classical, jazz and rock can favor very different frequencies and musical tastes. This may come as a bit of a surprise, but d... | |
| Fixing up a Fisher KX-200 Its OK that the cardboard/paper shell can spin. Its not actually part of the capacitor inside. Its just glued on. That cap is part of the voltage doubler circuit; here is a suitable replacement that won't need the cardboard tube, but you will need... |