jasonbourne71
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| Tube preamp topologies and music All single-end tube amps are best used when power levels don’t exceed 25% of maximum wattage. Otherwise distortion climbs rapidly. Plus signal-to-noise (SNR) ratios are poor due to lack of common-mode noise rejection available in push-pull designs. | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music An 8 watt single-end 300B amp would be strained to drive a Klipschorn to adequate levels for hard rock/metal because past 2 watts distortion skyrockets to 5 - 10%. Add the inability to provide enough current for the typical 10 - 12 inch woofer and... | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music A nice thing about the ST70 is the availability of various tube options for the input stage using different dual triodes to replace the stock pentode/triode. Mine uses three dual triode 6922's along with higher-quality capacitors. Plus you can try... | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music I do not recommend single-end (one output tube per channel) amps because they typically have low power and high distortion/noise with high output impedances. The last means that the amp will track the impedance curve of the speaker, meaning it wil... | |
| Tube preamp topologies and music If you want to start with tube amps my recommendation is a nicely restored Dynaco ST70. A proven design (250,000 sold!) with adequate power (35wpc) for most speakers. If more power is desired adding a second one and paralleling the outputs on both... | |
| Illumination What is this? A cable line? | |
| My PS Audio Phono Converter (ADAC) died. Why not buy a Behringer ADC instead? Are you embarrassed to use a piece of gear favored by the pro community? It will get the job done and be transparent/add no coloration to the source. You can add coloration afterwards with a tube phono stage. | |
| What are your thoughts/opinions on the Orchard Audio Starkrimson Mono Ultra Premium Save your money and buy a pair of the new Fosi V3 Monos with the 48 volt power supply. SOTA class D that will embarrass those four and five-figure amps! $280 and 240wpc@4 ohms with vanishingly low distortion. The new sheriff is in town! | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? The room can be taken out of the equation because you the listener can sit in the nearfield - 2 meters/6 feet away. I do that with my current system due to space constraints. | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Speakers because they are the final frontier between your ears and the music! | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? @painter24 : I agree the latest iPhone is a ripoff! I use a cheap TCL phone ($100) and it is fine! | |
| Schiit Ragnarok 2 Yes, but I would have bought the new Fosi V3 Monos with the 48 volt power supply instead. Only $280! 240 wpc@4ohms. Bargain amp of the year! | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? @macg19 -1 another member of the "spend more" cult! | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? @lanx0003 +1 nice to know that someone agrees with me! | |
| Eversolo DMP-A8 vs iPhone plugged directly to integrated amp - why no difference? Go back to the less costly setup. Don't fall for the hype that spending more and more gets you a substantial improvement in sound quality. Apparently the iPhone is good enough to compete with streamers that cost way more! |