eldartford
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| Should I Biamp Drrdiamond...Thanks for the info. Your reason #2 is really just an extension of the biwire argument. Reason#1 means that the amps can be located right at the speaker (like monoblocks), and with the price that people pay for speaker wires you could... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover...A slight correction..I am not "hung up" about high distortion as you might note from my remark: "I know that distortion specs are not the whole story, but when THD gets over 1 percent it becomes a big obstacle to overcome by other vi... | |
| Electronic crossover recommendations For DIY experiments you need easy adjustment of crossover frequency and gains. Take a look at ART 310. See www.partsexpress.com item 245-880. | |
| Should I Biamp 1. True biamp configuration requires a low level crossover. If you drive both amps full range, why bother.2. Hook up one channel one way, and the other channel the other way. Feed all the amps the same (monaural) signal. Compare the two channels. ... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Twl...Digital PWM switching amps are a long way from tubes! Interesting just the same. I am contemplating the Spectron unit, if they agree to put out a 3-channel version.I gather from the link, that the adverse specs result from aberations which a... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Sean...About the pop music performers using tube gear..if the naturally-produced distortion isn't enough, they have a gadget that makes more!About the RF application...My hearing range does not extend to RF. But, seriously, when Transponders for l... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Twl...In a nutshell, you say that errors of the amp and a particular type of speaker are "correlated". (That's the word we academic types use for this well-known situation). Could be so. Thanks for the logical explanation instead of just the usual... | |
| Why Does A Concrete Floor/Spiked Metal Rack... Stehno...Cables to the ceiling provide a rigid path to structure: it's just that the structure is rafters instead of joists. Either one could be stable or vibrating.Airborne vibration, which I find to be my only significant problem, is absorbed by... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Twl...I am not all that impressed with academic credentials, although I have some myself. I agree that a listening test would be interesting, but unless I get to an expo it can't happen. Tell me one very simple thing. Are the specs I quoted wrong?... | |
| do bridged amps give the same sound as non bridged Bridging means that each side sees a low impedance, 4 ohms if your speaker is 8 ohms. 2 ohms if it is a 4 ohm speaker. I note that amp distortion specs usually increase for lower impedance loads. | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover..OK, I checked it out. The technology (OTL) is interesting.70 watts at 2 percent distortion, with output impedance of 8.7 ohms, and all for a mere $4500. Sorry, I don't think my Maggies would like that.So I also checked out the other m... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover...Perhaps I am just lucky, but the only failures I have ever experienced with transistorized equipment involved a power supply diode (easily fixed, and could also have occured with many tube amps) and a bad wiring connector internal to... | |
| People who are Irrationally Afraid of tube amps Tubegroover...If you define an "audiophile" as someone who uses tube equipment, you can say that 100 percent of audiophiles use tube equipment. I have experienced the "cutting edge" of tube design, but the wounds are almost completely healed.Serio... | |
| Why Does A Concrete Floor/Spiked Metal Rack... inpepinnovations@aol.com...I guess your system is like a rigid rack except that you are coupled to the ceiling instead of the floor. If you are in a one floor building, this will avoid problems with people walking around your listening room. If yo... | |
| Magnepan MMG It obviously depends on what signal you put into it. A LF warble tone all day while you are at work whould equal many hours of music. If you can't do the warble tone, try an FM pop music station. They compress the dynamic range of their signal so ... |