bifwynne
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| Dedicated Power Lines Thanks Elevick - hoping to get some suggestions about the number of discreet lines I should run, and which equipment should each line feed. Also, any concerns/suggestions about hot wire phase. That is should the dedicated lines be the same phase? | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Al . . . you're the best! Would you adopt me?? ;-') | |
| high power tube amps vs ss I wholeheartedly agree with Charles1dad and others with like opinion who caution about amp/speaker compatibility. There's a thread running now about high current SS amps versus tube amps. Read the posts. There are some very excellent comments and ... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp IME, there is wisdom in what Ralph says about musicality and distortion. As I mentioned above, after switching output tranny taps, I think the midrange "forwardness" of my speakers has been tamed somewhat and bass seems more honest and extended. A... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Charles1dad, I'm not an engineer, but try to be a pragmatist. I also stayed at a Holiday Inn last night. LOL :>') I think others have made the point that amp and speaker designers have to make trade-offs to achieve a certain result at a certain... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Unsound -- fair point. But if nothing else changes, A'gon members who read this post and other like it will realize that it takes more than lip service to think it's an easy task to match speakers and amps. Not sure this is true, but I surmise tha... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp No offence taken Bombaywalla. Actually, in some of my private communications with Al and Ralph, I too mused that it would be a great boon to the hobby if speaker designers could, with the flip of a switch, change the electronic crossover for SS or... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Charles1dad -- Bombaywalla makes a fair point that many fine speakers have roller coaster impedance and phase angle plots. As I posted above, even the "mighty" Revel Ultima Salon 2's impedance plot is a bit of rock and roll. OTOH, I think Bombaywa... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Al and Bombaywalla, it's a shame that only now am I starting to appreciate the import of impedance and phase angles plots. Had I known this before, I would have approached my speaker and amp purchases differently. As I posted above, even the "migh... | |
| Thinking About Upgrading the VPI Tonearm Base Yes Suteetat. Actually, Mike (VPI) said I could drop the Classic 3 tone arm base on the Classic 1 plinth. He said it's very easy to do. As you know the Classic 3 base has VTA on the fly. My thought is that the upgraded Classic 3 base will match th... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp I copied below John Atkinson's bench tests of the Revel Ultima Salon 2, a speaker that most would agree is a very high end performer. While the impedance and phase angle plots are more "user friendly" than my Paradigm S8s, it is important to note ... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Thanks Al. One thing that the reports I cited answered for me was the magnitude of the FR variance. I didn't know how to convert the impedance and phase angle data into useable information. As you can see from both reports, the ARC Ref 150 and VS-... | |
| Current amp vs Voltage amp Al, Ralph and OP. As Al and Ralph know, I have been acutely, maybe obsessively, interested in the OP's Q. I drive a pair of Paradigm S8s (v3) with an ARC VS-115 tube amp. I can't think of a worse match because the S8s have one of the most wacko im... | |
| ...just wondering No, but coincidentally, I spoke with Mike at VPI today about my Classic. Mike mentioned that in about 2 or 3 weeks VPI will be introducing a new tone arm for the Classic 2. The new tone arm will have a fixed gimbel like the Travler arm, but on ste... | |
| Soundsmith Carmen vs. Dynavector 20x2H As I said above, the Zephyr is my primary and the DV 20X2 H is my back-up. Obviously, I like the Zephyr better. My impressions? On every level that one would compare carties, I think the Zephyr does a better job. Here's something else to think abo... |