atmasphere
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| Single driver full range speakers What I am hearing in my test with single drive is really good. So good it triggered me to go up the ladder to a better more expensive driver, and it did get better. Single driver may not be for everyone, it does have its short comings, but what i... | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers @retiredaudioguy Its important to keep in mind your numbers reflect a distance of 1 meter. | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? I suggest that an inherently loud music (e.g., rock) is easier and more natural to reproduce loudly than an inherently non-loud music (e.g., jazz). @niodari All electronics don't care what kind of music you put through them, which is to say the... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? How can an audio system be accurate if it isn't loud like some live unamplified music is? @invalid It wouldn't be! It must reflect that of the signal (since that is as close to the music as an audio system can get). If the system sounds loud ... | |
| Knight KN-755 schematic & vintage audio transformer Test Site I don't know about that, but FWIW I used to own the KA-95 decades ago, which used EL34s. The transformers in the amp were low profile, similar to what is seen in the KN-755. So they were custom wound. Are you trying to duplicate this amp or part... | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers @onhwy61 I agree, however for me its really about how it can sound even better and thus be enjoyed more too. Put another way its about getting the most out of your hifi investment. | |
| Part ID and name Packaged Electronic Circuit, PEC for short. I've seen a few of them go bad. If you can find the schematic, sometimes they show the values inside. They were used for tone control sections. | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers Just because a loudspeaker will work better with a big solid state amplifier doesn't mean it won't work very well with your moderate power tube amp. I am not familiar with either the loudspeaker you are considering or your current amplifier. The... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? But, as you have also mentioned in a number of different threads, measurement and theory do not necessarily correctly reflect how the sound is actually reproduced. @niodari Actually I've said quite the opposite, although decades ago we could he... | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers @mamifero I forgot some things. There is a phenomena known as 'thermal compression' in loudspeakers. Its where the voice coil heats up with bursts of power through it. The more it heats up the more compression. This is why you read about more e... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? So if you listen mainly listen to (an amplified) rock or electronic music, push-pull would be fine. But if you want to fully enjoy an acoustic music, you will do that better with a set amplifier. @niodari This statement is misleading at best. E... | |
| Amplifier recommendations for 86 dB Sensitivity Speakers @mamifero The speakers you have in mind are 86dB and 4 Ohms. Sometimes its worth considering what this looks like in terms of efficiency rather than sensitivity, since efficiency is stated in Watts rather than Voltage. This is especially importan... | |
| SS amp or receiver that sounds like Tube Amp Any other and hopefully newer SS gear sounds like a quality tube amp? Tube amps usually have a natural sound and lots of detail with high clarity. @jimbennet There are class D amps out there now that sound very much like a good tube amp. I use ... | |
| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT To do this, Allnic uses a “floating power supply circuit”, a design that deals with the issue by not creating any DC potential in the first place, or such a small potential that it is harmless.” @kevalinaudio We have two patents concerning a me... | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? Virtually all the amplifiers on the market are based on a push-pull symmetry model. The push-pull symmetry topology has no particular basis in nature. Vacuum tubes and transistors don't either. This is a red herring. I don't normally disagree ... |