atmasphere
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| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? However, in that case, "more musical" may differ depending upon one's musical tastes. If one was a thrash-metal fan, one might find different equipment "more musical" than if one was a fan of chamber music. If one was a fan of the latter, one m... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Sure, @atmasphere , but what is meant by "more musical"? @immatthewj That which is better able to sound like real music. | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? I guess opinion and taste might enter into it? No accounting for taste. As far as what makes equipment sound musical, that is very predictable, For those who do not understand engineering, their opinion will matter (to them), but that won't ch... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? My summary of this thread is that the term ’musical’ is not a good term to describe sound or equipment characteristics. It appears to have multiple different means to different people. We’ve been getting nice reviews on our products for decade... | |
| Dc voltage sent to my speakers Um, not the one's I've seen especially "high end" amplifiers that pride themselves on not having any. @erik_squires Sounds cringeworthy to me- yikes! | |
| Dc voltage sent to my speakers Most solid state amps have a protection circuit to prevent damage to the speaker in case of output section failure (which is how they typically put out DC that can damage speakers). So this is a bit unusual! | |
| Are Quicksilver power tube amps in the same league as VAC, VTL, BAT, ARC, ...? With more than 25 years, you can use it in good condition. What else tube amplifier could be that way? I do not know. Most competent amplifiers will go 25 years with ease. The ones that can't make 25 years are likely to put the producer of suc... | |
| Integrated amplifier for Fritz Speakers I use the Carbon 6s in my bedroom system. My integrated amp makes 5 Watts/channel. I don't run it out of gas and the system plays as loud as I want. Images float easily in space; the speakers are very good at imaging and detail. Not bad in the bas... | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... All these years and you still assume I'm typing in the least informed context, @atmasphere , give me a little credit? I meant to say, being forced to now give an exhaustive/exhausting answer: Ralph, others have posted here and there with the ... | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... @8th-note If I can add to that: The power paradigm I suspect that a lot of what we think of as the need for power is really the need for high current @erik_squires Current cannot exist without power and vice versa. So if the amp can make the ... | |
| Need someone to look at my Dynaco 70 @sparkymaui The weak spot in the ST-70 design is that they really needed dual rectifiers. So if you play the amp at higher power levels the rectifier tube is the most likely tube to fail. When it does so it will likely also blow the main fuse. T... | |
| A little deeper on amp power please.... @soix Got it in one 😁 SETs are where this is most important- they only have about 20% usable power out of whatever they are rated for. You really don't want any amp to be asked for more than about 50% of full power even on peaks. The harder you ... | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? Isn't there a better way to transfer that good quality to newer age media to make things sound better. @emergingsoul LPs have wider bandwidth both top and bottom, as well as lower noise and lower distortion. So that could be a media... Usually... | |
| Step Up Transformer Question @rmdmoore This is why Jensen. You can get transformers from them that are only 1:4 or 1:8 which allow for greater bandwidth. There's no point in having more gain than you need since there are always performance tradeoffs to get the greater gain. | |
| Step Up Transformer Question My question is where do I go from here? Bob's makes the sky 30 which is switchable from 1:15 to 1:30 which I like because I can play with the gain tubes in my preamp and potentially go to a quieter 12au7 than the 12ax7 that's currently in there. ... |