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[quote user="Merlin"]... my own feeling is that David Berning's solution is both neater and more practical - the only impediment ot it's acceptance, the dogmatic approach of many thermionic die hards. My experience suggests it's their loss. [/quote] ...
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An Audio Amplifier Design Philosophy
By David Berning ( Courtesy Meta-Gizmo.com )
I became interested in audio at a very young age because I liked music, but was too uncoordinated to be able to p...
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Welcome to the club:"Debuting the new Quadrate Z, David Berning was displaying a new amplifier designed to output 200 watts per channel. The design is comprised totally of tubes and incorporates ZOTL technology. The amplifier retails for $29,900."...
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[quote user="drdna"]Berning is a genius to be sure. Here he fixed his sights on the "evil" output transformer. Every part of the circuit alters the sound somehow, of course, and the goal is to find the least damaging topology. The q...
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[quote user="drdna"][quote user="Romy the Cat"]David got rid of transformer and replaced it with a DC transformer, claiming that it is “better”.[/quote] And I should point out that not only is there still a transformer in the circuit, but many other ...
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[quote user="Merlin"]... my own feeling is that David Berning's solution is both neater and more practical - the only impediment ot it's acceptance, the dogmatic approach of many thermionic die hards. My experience suggests it's their loss. [/quote] ...
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Meriln, this is one of the subjects that disturbs me in your description: your bring OTL consciousness to justify Berning and you bring all those foolish OTL people as witnesses to give credentials to Berning. We all know Doctor Gizmo and all know hi...
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[quote user="Merlin"]Interesting perspective... [but] we are discussing the Siegfried in this thread or at least that was my impression.[/quote]Umm, the name of the thread is: DAVID BERNING AMPLIFIERS, dude, not Siegfried.[quote user="Merlin"]With re...
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There is one thing I don´t understand:Why is David Berning using masses of low voltage rectifiers instead of one vacuum diode rectifier?By doing this he´s got semiconductors in the signal path....
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I have the Zu Druid's which Romy has referred to. I purchased the speaker's based on the presumption that their high sensitivity and impedance would be perfect to run SET amps. After having read the great success Arthur Salvatore had running the Fra...
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Welcome to the club:"Debuting the new Quadrate Z, David Berning was displaying a new amplifier designed to output 200 watts per channel. The design is comprised totally of tubes and incorporates ZOTL technology. The amplifier retails for $29,900."...
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[quote user="Merlin"]Secondly could you explain which characteristics of the recording are destroyed, and what mechanism David Berning uses to acheive this? [/quote]
Actually it would be a reversed question to David Berning:
“What kind evaluation ...
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Merlin, I have nothing against Bernings, in fact I found it all educational as I never had exposure to them. Well, perhaps I did hear them at some kind of hi-fi show but just did not paid attention. I hardly believe that I will hear Bernings as I’m l...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]David got rid of transformer and replaced it with a DC transformer, claiming that it is “better”.[/quote] And I should point out that not only is there still a transformer in the circuit, but many other components are added...
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Shostakovich string quartets have long been favorites of mine as well. For years I listened to them and the Bach cello suites more than any other serious music. I tried to get into the symphonic works but it never seemed as profound...
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Well, David Berning is about as clever as they come, Merlin, that's for sure, and you don't hear David making a lot of claims for his gear. That whole step-up, HF PS/carrier idea is pretty cool, all right; I think Carver did one, too, year...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Those 3 new units had huge between butteries and AC.[/quote]I don't really want to share my thoughts on the sound of the PP2000 until my dedicated circiut is in place. But I will say that fed from my current utility line, t...
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Merlin,
as the person who read my site you might know that one of the few dominating idea of my site and my personal audio interest is the recognition of the following rule as an absolutely desirable aim:
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPo...
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Still, I would like in this thread to stay with subject of advantage/disadvantage of DSET approach vs. better/expensive SET: "A DSET is better then an expensive SET" instead of turn it into thread about David Berning. Bernings certainly might be...
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Firstly are your observations regarding the ZH270 relating to comparisons with other push pull designs or SET's?
Secondly could you explain which characteristics of the recording are destroyed, and what mechanism David Berning uses to acheive this...
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[quote user="Merlin"]Are your observations regarding the ZH270 relating to comparisons with other push pull designs or SET's?[/quote] Well, both push-pull and SET and also some transistor designs as well, as I used to be quite a fan of Nelson Pass an...
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[quote user="Merlin"]The Berning Siegfried.[/quote]
When I made the post about I did not read the replies above. The Berning Siegfried? Well, I did not hear this amp, in fact I did not hear any of the Berning amps that use that impedance matching pa...
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As I recall, the small ATCs at THE Show were the 19's, with the "long-throw" version of their otherwise-spectacular, domed MF driver, which their larger drivers employ, along with a range of woofers. I think they make amps for "consumers" now, too, ...
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[quote user="drdna"] I felt I was listening to the clearest, most neutral, most transparent STEREO ever. But I never once relaxed and believed it was real I never thought "What was Coltrane thinking on that take?" or waited for the musicians to take ...
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Floobydust,
excellent points as usually. I am not too concerned about the AC noise on my filament, at least at this point. I want to get the right “check and balance” operation of the whole amp (all channels together) and then will see how the...
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I think it is a simple case of different strokes for different folks.
Drdna writes about communicating the essence of sound - I write about the essence of music. He writes about wondering what Coltrane was thinking. I write about hearing him looki...
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An Audio Amplifier Design Philosophy
By David Berning ( Courtesy Meta-Gizmo.com )
I became interested in audio at a very young age because I liked music, but was too uncoordinated to be able to p...
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