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| Which amp matches best my JM Lab Mezzo Utopia ? Aleko, if you use a balanced amplifier with the single-ended inputs, the entire amplifier gets used. Your speakers are tube-friendly but they need more power than most SETs offer, and the issue that you face with SETs is that the more power they h... | |
| Best new loudspeaker MrT, I've done a lot of recordings in halls and watched major labels at it too. They all put the mics up towards the front, so as to give you the perspective of the 'best seat in the house'. IOW if your equipment gives you a different perspective,... | |
| PRE_AMP for ATC- actives?? ATCs work fine with tube preamps too if our customer's reactions are any indication- of course our preamps have balanced outputs and plenty of drive (not that the ATCs seem to need it). | |
| Best new loudspeaker Shadorne, I think you are better at saying all that than me! | |
| Best new loudspeaker MrT, that which is real exists in time and space, and has the property of being measurable. Obviously specifications are measurable and therefore real, but so is love- it too exists in time and space, and the one experiencing it can definitely mea... | |
| Best new loudspeaker MrT, you might contact ML about that impedance. Its been that way with them for a long time, since the CLS 2 FWIW. I remember some of the Sequels were a little easier, and the old CLS 1 was the easiest of all...With regards to the communication: I... | |
| Best new loudspeaker MrT, most Martin Logans are about 0.5ohms at high frequencies, usually starting out in the lows at 4 ohms. There are literally no tube amps made that drive loads like that without difficulty. Its not a presumption on my part- its just the way it i... | |
| Euphoric Realism vs. Euphonic Romanticism Exlibris, I bet moving the speakers into a different room had as much effect as any amplifier you tried!Larger SETs over about 7-15 watts have trouble making bandwidth at both extremes due to the issues of the output transformer. My guess is that ... | |
| Euphoric Realism vs. Euphonic Romanticism Exlibris, some things about this thread are striking. First, are you really running a 300B amp your MBLs? The impedance curve of the MBLs is a mismatch with zero feedback tube gear and will result in a brightness in the midrange. Here's what is go... | |
| Reel 2 Reel Well- OK, I have used the very same machine to record LPs and CDs that I or others have released. Its not any harder to set up than other machines are though- and sooner or later they all need it- you either do it yourself or have someone do it re... | |
| Best new loudspeaker if a spekaer reveals both musical and non musical information in a manner whcih is not realistic, then it is too revealing.(sic)Seems what you are describing here is something other than 'too revealing'; if it were me, I might describe that as a c... | |
| Reel 2 Reel I run an Ampex AG-440 transport with 351-2 electronics which have been updated and upgraded. I run both 1/4" and 1/2" heads running 2 tracks. Works great but it is kind of a pain to move :) | |
| Best new loudspeaker the speaker might be too revealing.Can a speaker or any other piece of equipment be 'too revealing'?? This is not something I've ever heard of before. Is it possible that you prefer equipment that is chosen with a preference for a lack of detail (... | |
| Could this be a Major Breakthough ? Hifisoundguy, if you are into better mileage, find a copy of the DVD 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' http://www.pluginamerica.org/wktec.shtml | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound Rodman99999, the clipping of an amplifier does produce a square wave, and those 'corners' are where the odd harmonics reside. If you compare a tube amp to a transistor amplifier when both are clipping, the much harder clip of the transistor amplif... |