bifwynne
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| Audio Research Corp Ref 5 SE Brill, stay with it. My Ref 5 SE sounds great! I've got about 700 hours on it. | |
| high power tube amps vs ss But Ralph, I think you may have mentioned yourself that if a "pure" Power Paradigm tube amp that doesn't use negative feedback and that has a somewhat high output impedance is matched up with a speaker having a "bumpy" impedance curve, there could... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Al, kinda curious about the variable negative feedback switch you mentioned. Out of curiosity, if you were driving a speaker with a bumpy impedance curve, how much "smoothing" would be achieved if you used NF?? For example, if your speaker had a 2... | |
| Audio Research Vs115 Smatsui, I'm sorry to read about your troubles. It's hard for me to react to your situation, other than I'm glad you found an amp that suits your needs. Just a couple of responses to your last post. Yes, the power tranny does get quite warm, but t... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Al, does the autoformer lower the output impedance of the amp, or increase the perceived impedance load of the speakers. I appreciate the DF math works the same way, but just wasn't sure what changes. In other the DF of amp is 20:1 if speaker impe... | |
| Audio Research Vs115 Smatsui, not sure you laid out all the relevant facts about your resister problem. But based on what you did say, I surmise the VS-115 was under warranty since the resister problem occurred within one week of taking delivery from your dealer. When... | |
| Audio Research Vs115 I own the VS-115. I can't say enough positive things about it. I've read old posts from other members who claimed it sounded 80-85+ percent as good as the now discontinued Ref 110. If you decide to spring for the VS-115, use KT-120 tubes. They mak... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Jea48 -- great post. Kudos on your prescience!!!Al -- on the one hand you say balancing the load between the two phases has no relevance to the output phases of my gear because the AC current is converted to DC anyway. Ok, that makes sense. OTOH, ... | |
| Audio Research Ref 5 SE Just a guess. The Ref 10 series, with its $30K price tag, is directed for an extremely upscale market. Hence, I don't think it's relevant to include the Ref 10 and Ref 5 in the same conversation. As far as the Ref 5 is concerned, as I said I have ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Minorl, I take your point. The biggest energy vampires in my system are the power amp and the sub woofer. The rest of the gear doesn't draw that much current. Let me be clear. If the line stage and phono pre are fed off a true dedicated line from ... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Mapman, I'm not sure where you are holding with SS vs tube amps. But I think it's important to restate for emphasis sake that what Al and Ralph have been trying to explain all along is IME accurate. If you read my posts about the SS/tube amp Parad... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Got it! My thought is that the in-wall house circuits will feed the TV, the DVD player and the VPI TT. Four (4) separate dedicated lines for: (1) the amp; (2) the analogue fronts (linestage and phono pre); (3) the CDP; and (4) the sub-woofer. Will... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Ralph, I tried your experiment of ramping up the gain. I was playing an EMI CD of Tchaikovsky (sp?) Nutcracker. The dynamic range is between 20 and 30 db. I never made it beyond 95db. At that point, external distortion made me turn the gain down. ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Jea..., I tried cutting through the NEC material. Have to admit, I got lost. As I said, I will hire a licensed electrician to install separate lines from the circuit box, or a "satellite" box off the mains to run discrete and separate lines. If I ... | |
| Dedicated Power Lines Any suggestions on the gauge, e.g., 12 gauge for 15-20 amps (??) 10 gauge for 30 amps. Would it be a good or bad idea to feed the tube amp and self powered D class sub woofer on the same 10 gauge - 30 amp line? I recall that some folks may have ad... |