pubul57
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| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode I'm 95% there Tvad. It's why I have doubts over the wisdom of what I am considering. I think your logic is impecable. It's not like Roger said, "great idea, I don't know why I didn't think of that." - Although I'm sure he was also interested in br... | |
| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode I'm not so much worried about power, as the Music Reference RM9 SE would be 70 watts in triode - way more than enough for my Merlins, I'm thinking about whether converting an amplifier from ultralinear to triode makes much sense if the amp was not... | |
| Straight wire and gain linestage? Arnettpartners, I'm not sure a TVC will work for you, but I am positive it will be far better than most any other active anywhere near the price - but you do have match the system well, a bit less of an issue with a TVC that other passives. Anothe... | |
| Joule Electra LA150 MkII or Lamm LL2 Deluxe? Hi Mitch2, thanks for the explanation, I'm relieved to know that mine is set up with direct output as my amps have 100kohm input impedance - thanks for the explanation. | |
| Tube preamp suggestions. You did say you want a lot of coloration, what do you mean by that? I think SBank's description of the Joule is dead on. | |
| Straight wire and gain linestage? The units from Promethius seem to be in the price range; their top of the line mono-dual box units are about $1100. | |
| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode I asked that question on AudioCircle in the Manufacturer's forum and still have not gotten an answer. To some exent I hesitate with the idea of the mod (he did not object to the idea), thinking if it was such a good idea, why didn't he do so from ... | |
| Straight wire and gain linestage? I think you may be able to work with a Passive Transformer Volume Control [TVC] in terms of impedance matching, and some have 6db of gain. That will be as close as you can get to straight wire with gain. | |
| Straight wire and gain linestage? Do you need gain from your pre, or is a passive an option for you? | |
| Are tube watts equal to solid state watts? Hlgoh2006, need anymore info? or do you feel your question has been answered? | |
| Triode versus Ultralinear/Pentode So I take it that if I were to convert the Music Reference to triode it should be triode only, optimized for triode, and not a triode/ultralinear via switch approach. | |
| Tube preamp suggestions. I have not heard any of the preamps (but briefly at shows) mentioned except the Joule 150MKII which I currently own. I chose it after considerable time spent with the CAT SL1 Ultimate MKII, Lamm LL2, Placette RVC, and Placetter Active. I use CAT J... | |
| Joule Electra LA150 MkII or Lamm LL2 Deluxe? Mitch2, you say " I am running from the plate direct output instead of from the Mu follower circuit (this is a simple jumper switch)" - What does that mean? Is it easy to do? What are the improvements? And, if it is better, why is it not the defau... | |
| Are tube watts equal to solid state watts? I agree that a watt is a watt, but tube amps can play louder due to smoother clipping characteristics than SS amps of similar power, so they will tend to seem more powerful - at least that has been my experience. There was an interesting demo at t... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Arthursmuck and Fplanner, what the contenders versus the 300.1? That is, what else did you listen to that you felt the 300.1 was better than? |