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| amplifier's "slam-factor" Pbb, I'm with you brother! Here we go again, Slam by whose standard. One mans slam is another mans flab! An amp is suppose to reproduce the source---exactly. If it doesn't, then it is a coloration. The problem is, who has ever heard a source "Perf... | |
| why does only one 300b tube glow Blue at the top? I don't know about the present but in the "Old days" when a tube had a blue glow it meant that it contained gas and the gas was excited so it glowed. It usually meant the tube was bad based on the "Gas test." You use to be able to go to about any ... | |
| What is a Choke? Florida State kickers!!! | |
| Blue glow in power tube? Being of old(er) age and questionable sound mind, in the "Old" days(and we're talking 60's here)when a tube glowed blue it had gas! The gas was excited by the plate voltage and it glowed blue like a neon light. We generally considered them bad the... | |
| Have any experience with Richard Gray power stuff? I used a couple of them and I can emphatically say---I'm not sure. I feel they MIGHT have helped my audio system. It seemed to sound a little cleaner but when I took it out, I couldn't really tell a definitive difference. I decided if it was that ... | |
| A subwoofer for my NHT SuperZeros It is going to be problematic at best to get a sub to integrate seemlessly. Look on Audiogon for a used NHT sub like one of their older 10" jobs. You will need one that will allow clean response up into the 100hz+ area. I would use a passive filte... | |
| Power requirements for Vandersteen 3A Sig + 2Wq Well, I too use the Vandersteen 3A Sigs and a pair of 2wq's. I have vertically biamped them using McCormack DNA .5 amps which are 100+ per ch. at 8 ohms. They double down and provide more than adequate power for anything but ear damaging levels. I... | |
| Any gear you wish you had bought or not sold?? I regret selling my Dynaco Stereo 150, PAT 5 preamp and double stack of large Advents. It wasn't the most transparent, smooth or anything else but it sounded so damn good!After that, I agree with Tok20000. | |
| Audio vs. Other Reviews Who cares what reviewers say. Go out and do your own listening. Hell, everyone talks about this being so good and that blowing something away that I take everything with a VERY BIG grain of salt. I've heard differences in cable but to be honest, e... | |
| What's wrong with Thiel? You must learn to take a lot of information with a grain of salt. Everyone has an opinion about everything. My best advice is to listen and judge for yourself if a particular speaker or whatever is good for YOU.As for your original question, I don... | |
| What does Current mean in a power amp??? There's one other factor with an amplifier that envolves its feedback circuit. This also affects how the amplifier "sees" its attached load. Some manufactures install small coils of wire (almost like a choke) on the output to prevent the amp from ... | |
| What does Current mean in a power amp??? Ohms law is not really a good way to figure current output of an amplifier. Ohm's law works in a purely resistive DC circuit. The output of an amplifier is AC. You generally will be required to factor in inductance, capacitive reactance and pure r... | |
| Any opinions on NAD quality? I owned NAD equipment in a second system for a while. I have a 20+ year old 3020 that is still going strong. I also had a 302 integrated amp that one channel went out in the first 6 months. It was repaired under warranty. The NAD 512 and 502 CD pl... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Jeff, The last statement you made about "truer" sound is where the problem lies. What is truer? Is it based on measurements or are you ears "truer" than mine (which could be the case considering the age factor!) My point was that to each individua... | |
| Time coherence - how important and what speakers? Every speaker design is a compromise. The perfect solution is not available and probably never will be. I'm sure that every speaker manufacturer feels "His" design is the best solution. I prefer the 6db designs and I use Vandersteen 3A Signatures ... |