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| moving coil loading @vtacoustatx You are not loading the cartridge to any effect you can hear until the load is extremely low. The loading resistor is there for the benefit of the phono preamp, which apparently is sensitive to Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Th... | |
| SUT help @lewm Yes, I was just pointing to a reason why SUTs tend to be less spacious, detailed and involving even when properly loaded as compared to when you are able to run direct-in. | |
| Could Class D really be that good? The only way to know if a single component (or several) changes the sound and or measurement is to use the same amp and just change the parts. Then you will actually KNOW something. This statement contradicts this one: I did not say it chang... | |
| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? It’s just an observation that I came to realize after 50 plus years of playing records using different turntables, arms, phone amps and cartridges. There’s no mechanism involved, just personal experience. Could it be wrong? Maybe…Addressing your ... | |
| SUT help @elliottbnewcombjr @lewm @mmcgill829 Here is something you all might want to consider. Audio transformers of all types make distortion. If they are not loaded properly they will make more distortion but you can never make them distortion-free no m... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp @mspot Its driving Fritz loudspeakers Carbon 6s. I use a subwoofer in that system as well. | |
| Could Class D really be that good? I have NEVER in my entire life heard of any high end audio designer, engineer, manufacturer say this Hm. Not been around, apparently. The only way to know if a single component (or several) changes the sound and or measurement is to use the s... | |
| **Smoking integrated tube amp, advice needed: There is no damage to the shipping box, but unfortunately the seller didn’t reply to my request to remove and individually package the tubes prior to posting, so there’s every possibility that something may have been damaged in transit. @fugazi... | |
| Accuphase or Leben for heavy metal @apanhc Just so you know, there's no way to design an amplifier (or loudspeaker) for a certain genre of music. As long as you have the bandwidth and power to reproduce the signal at a lifelike level you're golden, as long as the electronics and sp... | |
| Higher Impedance MC Carts on Transimpedance Stages? @hagtech +1 Transimpedance works nicely if you have a nice low output. Not so well as the impedance of the cartridge goes up. In a transimpedance circuit, the cartridge replaces the input resistor of an opamp. The gain of an opamp circuit is the... | |
| Could Class D really be that good? Did you not read what I said? I said the amps will all measure the same.....this is absolutely true. While it is true that when changing parts the distortion changes....because all noise and veils are distortion. However, you CANNOT measure a ... | |
| **Smoking integrated tube amp, advice needed: @fugazikid1991 Sounds like the amp was damaged prior to your placing it in your system. Was the shipping box damaged? | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp @dtorc FWIW, we make a 5-Watt/channel class A tube amplifier that can sit on a sheet of notebook paper with room left over. I designed it for my bedroom system. BTW, something to keep in mind about SETs: if they have no feedback (and most don't),... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp Class A is always going to run warm. There's no such thing as a 'cooler running Class A.' They would only be cooler by being lower power. There are class D amps that sound every bit as good as the best class A tube amps now so no need to deal wit... | |
| Could Class D really be that good? Yes, the amount of distortion and its spectrum has some correlation to sound. However, it is not the major or only thing that makes and amp SOUND the way it does. You can give me 3 pairs of Atmasphere amps and I will change some of the parts in o... |