atmasphere
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| Watt do I do? Sounds like a great candidate for a tube amplifier. | |
| Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in That phono section is still great sounding as was the CD input. IME the phono section should sound better... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? ^^ They also build the equipment so it can be easily serviced. | |
| Rebuilding elgar 6000b conditioner? Replace the main filter caps. There are also some electrolytics on the circuit boards that should be replaced. Its also a good idea to remove the power transistors and reseat them with fresh heatsink compound. We've also found it to be a good ide... | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic That speaker has efficiency rated in the upper 80s- you do need some power. In practice it seems to be conservatively rated, but there is a reason why Bobby ran more powerful amps - 60 watts or more. | |
| Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in Maybe, but some AI preamps have three knobs. One is labeled as volume and the other two are labeled as left and right. How does that work?Pretty well.That's how our preamps are set up. The individual Gain Trim controls are used to set balance a... | |
| Recommendations on stuff to look at for upgrading a 300B SET amp Yes- I get what the allure of the SET is all about. That inner detail they are known for comes out of the fact that as power levels are reduced, the distortion decreases to unmeasurable. When the distortion is gone, detail is revealed. There aren'... | |
| The best coupling caps in power amp ?? Mundorf, Infinicap ?? We've not seen the bass restricted in any way with the V-Cap Cu caps. Its just very neutral. They are still the best caps we've heard- and one of the most reliable. | |
| Best LPs to Test Turntables One LP that brings many stereos to their collective knees very quickly is Paranoid by Black Sabbath. You'll need the original Vertigo English or German white label (not a promo) pressing in good condition. Most stereos simply can't play it at volu... | |
| Recommendations on stuff to look at for upgrading a 300B SET amp @jbhillerWhat you are up against is that to make more power, SETs have to sacrifice bandwidth. 300b amps are at about the limit of what can be considered 'hifi'; even then its very difficult to get them to go from 20Hz to 20KHz and most of them do... | |
| Looking for the best Preamp with a phono circuit built in @mdrummer01Do you need balanced or single-ended? All phono cartridges are balanced sources for what its worth. | |
| ECC31 tubes in 6SN7 slots of Line Magnetic amp. Possible? That might damage something! The ECC31 has its cathodes tied to a common connection- the 6SN7 does not. They are **not** inter-changeable! | |
| Digital Microscope advice SRA An additional bit that can mess with things is that the cutter head's rake angle isn't a certainty! A cutter stylus lasts about 10 hours of cutting. It has to be heated for best noise floor; as it wears it gets noisier and the temperature has to b... | |
| Tube Sound Question Since the tube sound is mostly attributed to its high output impedance (which is why they are described as warm, as most speakers are ported). So, a tube amp is magnitudes more influential in coloration than a tube preamp.This statement is inco... | |
| Sell your $$$ cables and conditioners... affordable LITHIUM is here! "Thanks for reaching out to Goal Zero! In the specs for the inverter, it is listed as a max of 5% Total Harmonic Distortion."So- about 10x the distortion of an Elgar power conditioner. |