dsper
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| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Now 'peak power supply' as you put it might be a current rating that has to do with what happens when you short out the power supply, and might be stated in amps. This is really a statement of how much energy is stored in the supply (and how big... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The same is true of Audio Note, another brand I like, but, most of their stuff is quite pricey. Audio Note and Esoteric are out of my league pricewise; and I question if one needs to spend that much...but maybe that shows my ignorance | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Everyone, I appreciate the input. Seems like I have to start listening and go from there! | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice to get to concert hall avg 91db, (5 doublings) math says you need 32wpc.a 94db momentary peak will need 64wpc. (you mentioned 60wpc) The above explanation makes me think of another question, probably a dumb one. When I think of solid state, I u... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice What you will/may notice when a tube amp is driving a speaker with low impedance dips is an uneven frequency response, e.g. the speakers may sound "bright". I think that is exactly what worries me about a tube amp. Can it cover the low freque... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice You should check with Tyler, but a 50-60 wpc push pull amp should be fine with those speakers. As I recollect prior discussions with Tyler, he indicated that he has customers using 50 watt tube amps but also mentions that he thinks 100 watts so... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The only issue is whether 50-60 watts is enough power. What are you playing them with now? I am currently using my McCormack DNA 500 (which is a necessity with my Thiel CS5's) to power the Tylers.Have been listening to "The Essential Jaco Pasto... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice I suggest reading Robert Harley’s book "The Complete Guide to High End Audio", paying particular attention to the chapters on amplification. Good reminder to take another look at it. Thanks! | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice Which leads me to question, how large is the OP's listening room? Listening room is 25 X 15 X 9. Due to room logistics, speakers are two feet from the front wall and the speakers are about 10 feet from listening position; thus half the room is ... | |
| Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice The speakers in question are Tyler Acoustics. Tyler advised me they are 8 ohm 88 dbl and should not dip below 6 ohms. | |
| Amp Upgrade Advice Hi,I second the Coda suggestion.Had a CS with Maggie 3.6's and it sounded pretty good.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics Hi atmasphere,My room is 15 foot wide and about 30 feet long with nine foot ceilings. Due to room logistics, the speakers are about two feet from the front wall and then ten feet to the listening position. That is to say, about half the room is be... | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics I am interested in Atma-sphere, having read a lot of good things about Ralph's products.My concern is that they might not be the best match with an 8 ohm 88dbl speaker that dips to 6 ohms on occasion, Any thoughts about that?Thanks for listening,... | |
| Tube Amplifier with Good Imaging and Soundstage for Tyler Acoustics Yes, MM5X! My bad. | |
| Signal to Noise Ratio and Amplifier Distortion Hi All,Thanks for the discussion. Sounds like I have a lot of listening to do with my new speakers.Dsper |