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| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy EAR 912 is a good call for an example of something extraordinary. Someone above mentioned the Mares Connoisseur. I have not heard it, but I heard the version Lyra licensed and built and it sounded great—very dynamic and vivid sounding. The Lyra... | |
| Tube preamplifier lifespan With most tube gear, you can expect a MUCH longer serviceable life than solid state gear. Most parts can be replaced on tube equipment while many solid state gear becomes unrepairable because a chip or transistor is no longer available. Also, tu... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy High end phono is no different than anything else in audio--any given model will be liked by some and disliked by others. I have not gone on any sort of careful exploration of the subject, nor have I made that many direct comparisons in my own sy... | |
| Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable? Aside from trying to reduce the effects of a warp, record weights and outer rings are attempts to change the sound to tune it to one's preference. It the weight more effectively couples the record to the platter/mat such that internal vibrations ... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Strain gauge cartridge output is dependent on the amplitude of the movement of the stylus while most other cartridges have output dependent of the velocity of the stylus movement. Amplitude sensitive cartridges can sort of get away with no equali... | |
| Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable? Only the manufacturer can tell you how much additional weight is acceptable. It is not so much the case that the weight would strain the motor's capacity to spin at the proper speed--significant extra torque would only be needed at startup even w... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy Yes, I agree that it is interesting that there were no stand alone phonostages back in the 1950's and 1960's, but, that was just not a thing. All gear had to have a phono section so not many companies chose to unbundle the phono stage. Separates... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy It probably is the case that no one back then even thought of a phono stage as a separate component; that would explain the dearth of examples. Back then, no one thought of power cords as discrete components either. Also, the popularity of low o... | |
| Integrated amp for tube lover I too am a big fan of the A100 amp. I do not recall the model numbers of the Allnic gear I’ve heard, but there stuff also sounds good. | |
| Yamaha HX-10000 phonostage, any views? Solid state from 1987 is getting a bit old and challenging to find replacement parts. It is not like old tube gear where replacement parts are easy to find and the core parts that are not easily replaced can be expected to last a very long time. ... | |
| Atelier Rullit field coil driver The appropriate cabinet will depend on the specific design of the driver. The manufacturer can tell you if it is designed for open baffle, sealed cabinet or bass reflex and the appropriate cabinet volume. Drivers don't behave ideally in differen... | |
| Atelier Rullit field coil driver You might consider the PureAudioProject open baffle speakers. Their Quintet models feature four 15" woofers, with various modules for midrange/tweeter that fits in the middle. These modules include a horn option, a coaxial driver option and a co... | |
| Atelier Rullit field coil driver I have heard the Atelier Rullit field coil driver in Trehause open baffle speakers. I cannot attribute specific qualities to that driver, but, I can say that these were not among my favorite open baffle speakers; the sound was a little thin and r... | |
| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers A local dealer who builds custom horn systems has a 70hz horn with a square opening and a 90 degree bend in the horn throat. Even with that bend, the horn is well north of six feet long so it is very hard to work all of this into a single cabinet... | |
| Differences Between Folded Horn Speakers and Transmission Line Speakers Are building the kit or building the cabinets from scratch? That looks like quite a project from scratch. These speakers sound very lively and nimble and deliver much more bass than one can normally expect from a single, small, driver. Bigger ... |