atmasphere
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| What is the cause of Mosfet Mist or Veiling? Hi Rwwear, if you remember reading that mosfets are not linear either you remember wrong or the material you read was wrong. Mosfets tend to have greater linearity then most bipolar devices.The Gamut is a good example of what can be done with them. | |
| Tube amp troubleshooting question You have one of three problems, or a combination thereof.(assuming that the output tubes are properly biased)Either the filter caps are bad, or the value of them is too high, causing excessive current to exist in the rectifier tube, especially dur... | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? Yes, Ghostrider, the output impedance of course is a current limiting factor as more and more of the output voltage is dropped across the output section as opposed to the load as the load impedance is reduced. However in the case of the ARC this i... | |
| Is a Tube Amp Capable of High Current? The idea of a 'high current' amplifier is a bit mythological. If your speaker is a 6 ohm load (not particularly difficult for tubes, BTW), then it is easy to show, using Ohm's law, what is really happening.Let's say that you've settled on a tube a... | |
| Preamp Matching? -You can't retrieve lost information in the amp if the preamp lost it! | |
| Integrated Amp for Girlfriend? -As long as she can get by with only 15 watts/channel. You'll need easy to drive speakers but the amp is very nice sounding and the investment is minimal.The unit will accept high output phono cartidges so a turntable is possible. The line section... | |
| What Rags carry the most review weight??? -for the entire history of audio, if the reveiwer's, dealer's or manufacturer's lips are moving, he's probably lying. *Almost* everyone says they make the best stuff in the world, but only one truly can be (else they are using an alternative meani... | |
| Are you manufacturer's paying attention? -which is why I think if comparisons are made, then keep the prices comensurate too. If a particular amplifier performs out of its price catagory, *then* find out what it does compare to. Would it be the bang for the buck amplifier then? What if i... | |
| Class A/B switching cause sonic problems? no text. | |
| Are you manufacturer's paying attention? We've tried really hard to keep prices down over the years, one of the more obvious being we just don't price our gear to the same formula that a lot of manufacturers do.Despite that, the market has consistantly told us that it prefers to pay a li... |