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| DIY question on a preamp problem could use help... From my own personal experience I think Upscale's testing is a bit spotty. I have bought two separate sets of "low noise" tubes from them with the purchases several years apart. Both sets were noisy.Try to contact Roger Modjeski. He has done pream... | |
| Turntable Swamp. . .what to buy? David I do remember the AR table. Hope you and Danny are doing well. I miss hanging out with you guys. Don't get back that way any more though as I live in Las Vegas these days. As for the VPI tables I am not much of a fan. Personal preference tho... | |
| Turntable Swamp. . .what to buy? The Vinyl Nirvana overhaul is not a bad idea. A friend here locally bought an AR table from Dave and it was an excellent table. I would also add SOTA to your list. They are under valued and you can go direct to SOTA and talk to them about some of ... | |
| Less than top line reel-to-reel worth it? Yes they do. I use RMGI SM 911 blank tape. Many other brands to choose from as well. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? TelWire is solid core copper, the Mogami stranded copper. I made a set of speaker cables using 1 x copper solid core combined with 1 times silver solid core per run. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? TelWire from source to LSA and Mogami from LSA to amp. | |
| So what's a good preamp? Check out the K&K you won't be sorry. Along with the Hagerman Trumpet it's one of the best phono stages I have had in my system. Too bad about the LSA, did you talk to George about potential fixes for the ground issue? | |
| Gold Point Passive pre-amp We can work something out as I live in Las Vegas and own a home in Denver. I have a Lightspeed, DIY autoformer volume control using the Slagle/Chapman modules, and one of our own:http://www.electrafidelity.com/magnetic-line-amplifier/If you are in... | |
| Gold Point Passive pre-amp Passive preamps can be excellent choices in some systems. Your amp is sensitive enough and has a high enough input impedance. Your source also has an acceptable output impedance. Only way to determine if they will work is to try one and see. Does ... | |
| Negative feedback Amp=more faithful reproduction? Roger Modjeski has some interesting views on this topic and the application of negative feedback in designs. FWIW I have an amp he designed that uses negative feedback and another that doesn't. I enjoy them both quite a bit. | |
| Does the volume control effect sound quality? The Atma-Sphere M-60 amps are available with a volume control upgrade that IIRC is implemented at the amps input. Pretty sure it is a stepped attenuator as well. | |
| Replacement for Maggie's? I tried a set of Maggie's purchasing a used 1.6QR. I tried to like them but while I was amazed at their ability to image and create a huge sound stage, their lack of bass was a big issue for me. I am not a sub woofer fan so that was not an option.... | |
| Anyone modded a Steelhead? Still using the Decware and 3A's.? | |
| One more time: autoformers? The Atma-Sphere amp I own will put out more power into higher impedances up to a certain point, which I believe is 32 ohms. After that point the power will drop. So you really need to know the impedance peaks of the speaker and where they occur as... | |
| One more time: autoformers? If you haven't already check out the Paul Speltz Zero page where he discusses the benefits of using autoformers between the amp and speakers. I used a set we built between my OTL and planars to increase the impedance of the speaker which allowed m... |