swampwalker
Responses from swampwalker
| Why Single-Ended? Surely there is best way for any individual. You and I may not agree on what is best since we may value different virtues, but having on opinion on what I find best does not mean that opinion should be ignored. Impossible to argue with that, He... | |
| need more inputs & outputs to run tape machines I think you should check pro-audio sites and stores for a mixing-type console. | |
| Albertporter,Tireguy, Sean, MikeLavigne, Ozzy ?? I'm still floundering around in the swamp, jayctoy. Hope you're well, thanks for the shout-out! I've spent 40 years in the consulting business, getting yelled at and insulted in public hearings, so the negativity doesn't bother me that much...I ... | |
| Protective plastic bag for shipping electronics Great tip, Ruebent. | |
| Insane ground loop; anybody wanna try? This suggests some kind of issue between the Rowland preamp and the Quicksilvers, yes? It also suggests that the AC power by itself isn’t really a problem. But whaddo I know? Any ideas? pbraverman- I don't know nothing 'bout 'lectricity or circu... | |
| Why Single-Ended? The reason that manufacturers designs vary is because no one single design has been proven to be superior. Designer/builder talent, parts quality and implementation are major factors involved. +1000!!! At the risk of beating a dead horse, virtu... | |
| It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp. For $2-3K you can get a really good used tube pre, especially if you don’t need a phono stage. But even if you do. Not to disagree w my esteemed colleagues, but most tube pre-amps (with some notable exceptions) are very easy on tubes, so I would n... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design Ozzy- It was my bad; I was seduced by the warmer sound of a Joule-Electra VZN-80 but once I went to a better pre, I regretted it. Eventually sold the Joule amp, too. | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design ozzy- FWIW, mine are too, although to be correct, they are DIS...do-it-someone else ;-). The S-30 drives Feastrex quasi-full range field coils, reportedly about 94dB, crossed over at about 60 hZ to a Class D Crown for the low end. So it is an e... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design I am pretty sure you will love those amps. One of the only equipment sales I regret is a pair of the M-60s. Luckily, I now have more efficient speakers and I got a good deal on used S-30 w the V-cap and power boost mods. Love it. An added bon... | |
| Why pay so much for super high end? +1 996cupracer | |
| Inside Information There are quite a few industry insiders here. some post regularly, some do not. As far as manufacturers go, Ralph Karsten of Atmasphere, Geoff from Machina-Dynamica, Jonathan Carr from Lyra, and Steve McCormick of McCormick/SMcAudio are some nam... | |
| New Ikea storage unit great for LP's! Thanks for the tip, bdp24. | |
| Tube vs Solid State lalitk- I was not trying to dissuade you from the active bi-amp configuration; I am using it to great effect (at least to my aging ears) in my system. I have the NHT X-1 crossover and it seems to be up to the task. It's quite a bit less $ (cheap... | |
| Tube vs Solid State I am doing what you are thinking about; bi-amping w solids and tubes, but my components are very different. You will need an active crossover, preferably with the ability to vary crossover frequency, phase and gain. In my case, I am running Feas... |