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Your comments are quite funny and contrary to the facts. Romy can hear, as I can too, the difference between solid state amplification and tube amplification because his system is properly setup and can resolve all the nuances. The slightest com...
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Is it possible to squeeze more out of the 16/44 format with a tubeoutput? [/quote]I don´t think so , even with a very good quality tubeoutput analog stage (pre section) on a CD-DAC introduce too much coloration and disto...
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The “Enjoy His Music” published the old celebrated by many DIYers Herb Reichert’s article about his 300B amp ideas.
http://www.enjoythemusic.com/diy/0709/flesh_blood.htm
I read it before but reading it now, after a few years again...
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With regards to the links, as it happens, I totally agree that 15in Tannoy Reds struggle to handle complex music. The crossover is too simplistic and the cones too hard to control with a low power amp. Reds can be lovely in a simple vintage system bu...
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I have improved Minidsp 4x8.A class Solid state amp (HF)Single ended tube amp (mf)push pull tube amp (MB)Crown macrotech (bass)All amps build by AL Electronics, specially designed for me....
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I put together a hot tube amp channel, and gone is the sound of shattered glass.All three of my receivers were distorting equally horribly.Beware of never-been-serviced vintage solid state, I guess!Anyone know if it is common for old SS gear to devel...
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Romy consider that the engineers who did your Altecs in their worst nightmare could not imagine their lovely cinema speakers would be used with solid state amplifier which badly distorts on LOW power levels. It has 100 crappy watts and the first watt...
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I've used both tube and solid-state rectification over the years and much is well documented for power supplies, i.e., old ARRL manuals, Tube manuals, etc.. In most cases small value filter caps were shown, as you really couldn't get much in la...
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Romy,I would like to know, if you do not mind to explain, since you cannot drive your bass modules using SET, why you use Solid State amplifiers instead Pentode or Push-Pull Triode?Thanks!...
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Hi, yes i agree that my solid-state amplifiers were not best choice for compressio drivers, they were my second amps when electricity was bad, otherwise I use a custom made 300B from La maison de l'audiophile for my system when electricity is v...
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Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Krell, Mark Levinson, et...
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Hi Romy, Sorry about that. Vince has good days and bad days; sometimes he just does not get it and you did correct by running out. Given his background in 80s solid state amps and your interesting piece of gear I thought he would have been quite mo...
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I have been listening for the last few weeks to a modern Vfet design by digital do main, the B1-a , 'inspired' I suppose by the earlier Yamaha amp, it too unlike any ss amp I have heard, it isn't at all harsh or strident it has tremendous resolution,...
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Sounds like its DC output from batteries as different voltagesand need one for each piece of equipment. Probably good for solid state but difficult for tubes...
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I remember seeing this echowars guy all over the boards with respect to vfet amp work. I don't know his work and don't remember where he is located but might be worth pinginghttp://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=45419&highlight=b-2 htt...
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Another noteworthy effort might be the battery operated, solid state amplifiers with input and output transformers from Serge at www.audio-consulting.ch , available with copper windings. I keep thinking this might be good for Paul in his ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What surprises me however is why you have expressed an interest in the high power tubes? You are with horns and even you LF sections have over 100dB sensitivity. What will you do with 120W SET?[/quote]The subwoofer still ne...
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RomyHow about some sort of scaled-up PassLabs F4 or F5 amp ?ie. Class A solid-state with no feedback . You'd get most of the characteristics of valve (tube ) SE in terms of spatiality and low-level info ( esp. in the bass ) but with less of the (daun...
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Mainly because of my young daughter I have been listening to mostly solid state amps, I have enjoyed 'Digital DoMain's' B1-a VFET, and am now listening to a German 'Audioprojeckte' CA10, 10 watt class A design, ( I will post a link later as their sit...
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In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote"Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in series with the S2 driver. This wil...
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might be the 6C33C power amp version of the Zeus single ended solid state amp (also with minimum number of components), here.Sooner or later, I hope I will be able to try them both, until thenbest regardshorny...
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Hi Roman, hi all... intriguing post and interesting questions, as I've been for about 20 years a triode and, before, a tube user and a glowing-in-the-dark maniac.My experience...I purchased - years ago - an Hiraga 20W which I used as a bass enclosure...
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Hi Chris.
After much consideration I decided do not make one new toroidal “compromised” transformer that would be able to serve the needs of my solid-state rectification AND damping diodes at the same time. For solid-state I need 3A/220V but f...
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romy, there is a tuna freak in los angeles who insists that the only way to get the best sound from the l-02t is to use kenwood's proprietary cabling. i dunno, i have never tried one. i have tried two earlier analog kenwoods; my experienc...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
That is why what I refer to “transport” I refer to the very primary duty – to read an optical disk and the ability to create more advanced sound out of it. As a persons who am familiar with the best optical disk rea...
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Fully armed with my new knowledge I made today an interesting experiment. I listen Remedios as is this amplifiers running for 35 minutes and then re-listen them again in 2 hours. It was very very convincing, very self-evident but slightly not what I ...
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I have to say I totally disagree with you on these numbers. Perhaps for some solid state designs (somehow subjectively solid state watts never seem to have as much grunt as valve ones), driving modern multiple-driver speakers where the crossover ...
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Romy,I might have overlooked something on your site but I understand that your ULF amp is driven directly by the preamp line stage. If that is the case, you may want to consider an old technique for integrating subwoofers and drive your ULF amp w...
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I am new to this interesting site, and am hopeful of getting some assistance with a project. I have purchased a set of TAD 1201 mid-bass drivers to begin a 4-way active system for critical home listening. (in a dedicated room, 21' x 25' w...
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Of course I haven't compared it with the Sansui, which appears to be a very serious machine but the Leak sounds more natural to me than the other highly regarded tuners available over here (in the UK) such as the various Naim models, the Audiola...
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