ktstrain
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| On good sounding inductors I've been told the secret weapon today on inductors or any crossover part, capacitors and resistors, especially the caps, are the Duelunds from somewhere in Europe. Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, somewhere in there I think.They're actually fer... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? In response to the latest round of theories.I have tinnitus in both ears equally (from a well balanced stereo, of course) at a perceived frequency centered around about 7 KHz. This is a common frequency to get tinnitus. Why? It's actually very exp... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? DcstepWhat you say is true that my hearing is already damaged. The kind of damage that makes me look for that optimum clean loudness level. I have some tinnitus still in me although much better than before and is ignorable in high ambient noise. B... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? More information you may need to formulate an opinion:All Focal Utopia Be speakers operate the same tweeter at a crossover frequency of 2500 Hz and 24 dB/octave, from Micro to Grande. All Focal Utopia speakers have a minimum impedance around 3-4 o... | |
| Harshness in tweeters: the price of transparency? Thanks for the list of suggestions. It's no wonder I left the noise of Audioasylum for this sane place.Now to offer some of my responses, be it dead wrong or on the money or somewhere in between. First, more background. Let's just say I'm constrai... | |
| you've got $25,000.00 I think I need to provide you with more information than I believe you have on the subject of the LCR RIAA network. There are actual real advantages that you don't seem to be aware of when you write "the inductors are worst in that stage than resi... | |
| you've got $25,000.00 http://www.reevesaudio.com/reevesimagesnds/Altec_342b%20rear.jpgPlease see the photo in the above url. Notice the microphone step-up transformers in this Altec mixer/amp. This equipment made some of the best sounding recordings. You may disagree, ... | |
| TVC preamps: good or bad? That's interesting news. I bet those Slagles have been improved since the ones I owned. It really does sound better than S&B. I give it my recommendation without even hearing the newer version. Dave is good.If you want to roll your own from my... | |
| TVC preamps: good or bad? Dgarretson, of course I did have to design for the real world, which includes not limiting myself to very low output impedance sources. In fact I do have one input from my input selector that is fed a high 6K output impedance coming from my phono ... | |
| TVC preamps: good or bad? I have tried three transformer volume controls and they were considered some of the best. The first was Dave Slagle's Autotransformer Volume Control (dubbed AVC), the next was the S&B TVC, and the third was my own design AVC. I find the AVC ha... | |
| Why do amps sound different? Shadorne,The levels of distortion that can ruin an amp can be so small that measurement is impractical, especially for a guy without very expensive modern test equipment. And like I was trying to say, isolating the distortions in special cases are... | |
| Why do amps sound different? Dazzdax,That is still just one group of people's opinions. Transistor amps have always "measured better" than tube amps, as defined by standard bench tests devised by engineers. That is not sufficient to prove they are better, it's a belief that i... | |
| Why do amps sound different? Amps all measure differently, except our measurements are actually poor even to this day of incredibly sensitive and accurate instrumentation. Why? It's really quite simple, if you know something about electronic instrumentation limitations.What a... | |
| Tube amps have a signature sound There are technical reasons why tubes sound different from transistors, usually. Why there is so much controversy surrounding it is a mystery to me when there is plenty of objective reasoning to show they are different animals.First, the tube is a... | |
| Teres Audio Verus Direct Couples Motor, Anyone? I have added the Verus to my Teres 255 with the acrylic/lead platter just recently. But my belt drive motor was an old string type on an old motor.To say there was an improvement is an understatement. I never heard a bit of rumble, and in fact the... |