xenolith
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| Tube amps - what 3 things… 1. (Big, read 1940s- 1950s NOS) Choke filtered power supply 2. Fixed (manually adjustable) output tube bias 3. 2 times maximum duty rated transformers (power and output) Bonus round: Point-to-point wiring | |
| What is your experience with amp power? Our custom tube monoblocks (75 lbs. with massive pi filtered power supply) put out about 100 watts each into our nominal 6 ohm 87dB NorthCreek crossovered B&W Matrix 801 Series 2 speakers. Our nearest neighbor’s house is about a 1/4 mile away.... | |
| What is your experience with amp power? bigkidz is correct. Do not concern yourself with amount of amplifier power, concern yourself with quality of amplifier power. | |
| Who Would You Spend A Day With - Pick Two petg60 and bdp24 | |
| The Forgotten Dodd Mr. Gary Dodd’s battery powered preamp is probably the quietest preamp of all time. His balanced power supply is probably the finest power supply of all time. | |
| Buying Equipment Based on Philosophy??? Yep. Philosophy of demonstrated excellent high voltage, low capacitance topology, point to point wiring, pi (choke) filtered power supply, handmade equipment built with the finest components; in other words, the finest possible. | |
| Treble and Tweeter trends over the past few decades Our Matrix 801 Series 2 with North Creek Crossovers have killed all speakers that have tried to challenge them. Unbeatable in every aspect. They’re in a very good room with phenomenal tube electronics. The Matrix 801 series 2 tweeter has been desc... | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? Hi grey9hound. Yes, I’m sure that the Siemens are well broken in. Here’s what I wrote earlier in this thread: "...the matched Siemens e188cc were bought from Upscale Audio in 1997 and used for only a few months in a Sonic Frontiers SFS-80 amp befo... | |
| Mono block Sonic difference $5k vs $25k I have monoblocks that are the only two in the world. Their cost is not important. Unbelievable assault on what is possible. Forget the idea that cost matters. If, and IF is the crucial consideration here, you really care about music reproduction,... | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? Our system is certainly one of the quietest on the planet. Dodd battery powered preamp...only one half of a dual triode tube and 1 V-Cap ODAM capacitor (bypassed by V-CAP CuTF capicitor) in the signal circuit and the only two Charlie Cocci Ultimat... | |
| 1975 New Reflektor 6n23p SWGP or Siemens/Amperex/Telefunken Cca? Just a long duration sound review of the mid 70’s Voskhod 6n23p. Have been running the mid-70’as Voskhod 6N23Ps for the last year and a half. Today I put the Upscale Audio matched (purchased 25 years ago, played for about 2 months and then stashed... | |
| Dodd preamp battery plays 40 minutes I stand corrected. Using the charger and batteries identified above, the batteries NEVER discharge! There is an LED display on the charger that indicates 5 levels of charge with 5 being fully charged, which with these batteries is 26.9 volts. In a... | |
| Dodd preamp battery plays 40 minutes https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TKD4DCH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L1C6LCL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Anyone with a Dodd Battery Powered Pream... | |
| Seeking suggestions for 6922 tubes Read what petg60 says in this thread; I assure he's right: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/1975-new-reflektor-6n23p-swgp-or-siemens-amperex-telefunken-cca | |
| Threshold Fet 10/e, Pass XP20/30, Motif MC-7 and 8 While I never heard it before being re-capped and re-resistored by Jon Soderberg, my Threshold SL-10 preamp is spooky good. So good I still use the MC phono stage in my main rig...through the record out jacks which bypass the volume pot. Recentl... |