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| Win 4 free tickets to 2013 CES/SHOW Dave, I'm sure you meant no harm, but I found the questions and the pic slightly offensive. Not trying to start trouble. Just my humbnle opinion. | |
| How many watts per channel are enough? Agree with Liz. You've got a nice sized room. I'd be looking for 50 to 75 tube watts at the very minimum. I think a good rule of thumb with amps is to err on the high side. Of course, I'm not talking about 400 wpc mono-blocks. But in your case, I ... | |
| Sound Smith Retip of DV 20X2 Cartridge High output | |
| Help me diagnose the problem I agree with the comments above. My amp does not have separate fuses for each tube. So, if I blow tube because it arcs, there's a good chance I took a bias resister along for the ride too. And I agree that changing out a bias resister is an easy f... | |
| Speaker choice: impedance, sensitivity, and tubes Ralph, Al and Actusreus -- if I reincarnate and if my I.Q. is high enough, I would love to be an EE designing speakers and amps. The problem is I have no idea where or what our hobby will be like in the future. In the meantime, I'll keep my day jo... | |
| Speaker choice: impedance, sensitivity, and tubes Actusreus, I'm gonna jump in with my crude understanding of how the various electronic variables of tube vs SS amps interact with "conventional" dynamic cone speakers. First, read Ralph Karsten's (Atmasphere's) white paper that discusses the so ca... | |
| When does seller's responsibility end? Kinda agree with Pdsecl. Just to be Devil's Advcate, suppose your Buyer submitted positive feedback and later surfaced his complaint. Seems to me that a good best practice is that the terms of all sales should be that Buyer must raise any complain... | |
| Audio Research Contact. Kenny, if your post was directed to me, be assured, I'm not losing any sleep over the delay. And you don't have to convince me about how great ARC is. I'm a major booster, as most folks who follow my posts already know. Enjoy the holidays! | |
| How Much Are You Missing From 20khz to 45khz? Ralph, let me see if I understand what you're saying. A speaker which has a flat FR out to 45K Hz will have less (?) phase shift in the audio range than speakers with a lower frequency bandwidth. This is a good thing. If I've got that right, I wil... | |
| Audio Research Contact. John, I'm supposed to be #4 on the list. Still no word when the SE upgrade will happen. | |
| Mellencamp vs. Seger vs. Springsteen Ditto. Linda Ronstadt too. My house rocks when I play Mellencamp -- wife almost killed me. | |
| Audio Research Contact. Try Chris, service tech manager. He generally doesn't take customer inquiries, but under the circumstances he might tell you what's up with Cal. | |
| Tube Cage On or Off. Does it Make any Difference? 6550c, I put my tube cage on my head while listening. It keeps RFI out and my alpha brain waves in. LOL :)) | |
| Tube Amp Watts and Quality Electrons. LOL Thanks Ralph. I re-read it . . . again. Your article touches on a point that I raised in another OP. Namely, how can one determine whether a particular speaker was designed to work best with a voltage paradigm amp or a power paradigm amp. Frankly,... | |
| how much of a difference should equipment make? Csontos . . . to a point, . . . just to a point. On rare occassion, I've cranked it up ALL THE WAY when rockin'. A couple times I chcked my Radio Shack SPL meter -- SPLs were pushing 100-115dbs. You don't have to be an ENT doc to know that listeni... |