charles1dad
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| Marantz PM-15S2b first thoughts Nonoise,If you're getting SET sound(which I love when done right) from your SS Marantz amplifier that's quite an achievement. Congratulations and continue to enjoy your music. Regards, | |
| CD vs CD/SACD Player – Tube-based or Not Nonoise,A number of comment on various forums support what you wrote about the upper level Marantz players. The Esoteric gets many raves but I find them to sound lean and clinical/analytical rather than natural/organic. Have you heard any Esoteric... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Onemug,Good points, I wouldn't advise anyone to use their output tubes 24/7.I do have my amps on 8-12 hours on some days and have had no problems. The 300b is long lasting if not pushed hard by circuit design as you noted.Regards, | |
| Zu Druid & Definition Roundup Germanboxers,It's interesting that the CSL out performs the DAC direct with the Audion Black Shadow amplifier. Yet with its stablemate the Frankenstein it was "slightly" bettered by the direct route. Just confirms once again that each individual s... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Time to give bass traps a try, you have nothing to lose. | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Maril555,Bass traps were suggested early in this thead(there` no harm in trying them) to address room acoustics. There`s no reason why that and mechanical grounding can`t be done simultaneously,this is fundamental physics and the promblem can be s... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Duke,If one product`s purpose is to "absorb" or hinder vibrantion/resonance(attempting to isolate), this is different than "mechanical grounding"(MG). With MG there`s no attempt to absorb, rather you allow the vibration/resonance a rapid and compl... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? Bifwynne,A good friend of mine recently bought a pair of the Rockport Altair speakers. They are a nominal 4 ohm load but are driven effortlessly by tube amplifiers and sound wonderful and very natural. For this reason I'll assume they must have a ... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? I'd agree the problem here is a speaker with wide load impedance fluctuations coupled to a power amp with high output impedance. My stipulation of good transformer and power supply isn't the solution in this case.NFB is an option for lowering the ... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass It would be very interesting to compare the "absorbing" product to the "mechanical grounding" method to hear which is more effective in minimizing/eliminating the bass boom . I'd hope Mr. Horning would offer more input, who has more insight on thi... | |
| 90db 4 ohm with tubes? I would say in general tube amplifiers respond favorably to higher load impedance and potentially sound their best under these conditions. However if the tube amplifier has good quality transformers, stiff power supply and 4 ohm taps they can work... | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Amuseb,Tommy wasn't keen on the port damping approach apparently. Did he offer any suggestions for the bass issues you have? As the builder you'd think he knows this speaker better than anyone and could really help you. Regards, | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Amuseb,It`s good to know that such a simple (and cheap) solution has led to this level of improvement.Turning your speaker into a partially sealed box is obviously effective. I`m glad you can enjoy your system now.Regards, | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass Duke,That is a good idea for a ported speaker.If that does not work or if it partially solves the problem would some degree of bass absorption benefit him?Regards, | |
| Horning Eufrodites - help needed with boomy bass That`s why I had made the earlier suggestion that a good bass trap for absortion of the excess bass energy.Why not give it some consideration? Changing placement has not helped and I don`t believe your amplifiers are the issue either(certainly not... |