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Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers
What is the connection between the motor and platter? Land Rover fan belt?- MrC.
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- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers
Some of my friends who I would go to audio shows with think that “audiophile” systems are those that overemphasize treble and compress dynamics so that what was barely audible in the recording becomes front and center. Some modern systems trade in such parlor tricks and are described as...- MrC.
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- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers
Your first photo gives a clue to what made many of these early systems sound so good and that is baffle size. With a baffle 6-8’ across the midbass is given a real chance to bloom and it gives life to the music. Also discounted is that these early systems were highly sensetive, meaning that...- MrC.
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- Forum: General Audio Forum
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SET amp owners thread
This suggests you are using a linear power supply with magnetics instead of chips to convert power. Does this amp double voltage into a half impedance load? What are it’s outputs into 8, 4, 2 ohms?- MrC.
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- Forum: Single Ended Triode Amplifiers Subforum
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Preamp choice
Have an MP-3 with copper v-caps on the phono outputs and Atma branded teflon caps elsewhere. The difference is real. I would hesitate putting a paper in oil cap anywhere in a preamp other than the power supply. The paper kills transients and in small signals like a preamp handles it can...- MrC.
- Post #36
- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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New OMA turntable
I heard his offerings a few years ago. The only one that sounded coherent to me were the minis. Needed the subs to make a full sound. At around 30k there are better offerings out there.- MrC.
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- Forum: Turntables
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advice sought, turntables $10-20k
It was an all soulution system using a set of top of then top of the line yg speakers. This was over five years ago. I was not a fan of the sound in general but that’s because YG on top of Soulution was far too “analytical” for me. The differences between turntables for me was stark. I never...- MrC.
- Post #48
- Forum: Turntables
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advice sought, turntables $10-20k
Also, as to bass I heard the bardo up against a balance in the same system. Both used the Brinkmann arms and both had EMT carts, although the balance was the higher end arm and cart. On bass the Bardo was quicker, better attack and lovely decay. The bass is deep as the record and overloads my...- MrC.
- Post #45
- Forum: Turntables
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advice sought, turntables $10-20k
Have you tried the Balance power supply? Not the tube one, the large aluminum box one? It is one step up from the regular included supply and does not impart the ”wooliness” or somewhat softer attack I heard on the tube supply. If you can borrow one from a dealer, give it a shot.- MrC.
- Post #44
- Forum: Turntables
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Stepping up in Pass Labs Amp series - aka 600.8 vs 200.8
Given the efficiency of your speakers and the levels at which you like to listen this is clearly not a power issue. At the levels you listen you are certainly not leaving Class A outside of a few possible peaks and those likely last only fractions of a second. Have you ever auditioned a good...- MrC.
- Post #43
- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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Kondo Ongaku
Is the Neiro the parallel 2A3 amp? If so I knew someone who preferred his silver Neiro to the Ongakus. How do you feel about them in comparison? Also, what speakers are you using with them?- MrC.
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- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Class D
How interesting that you decided to move away from SET sound to class d. I like SET sound best for high efficiency speakers but my main speakers are Inefficient. The amount of heat put out by a 120w otl amp is very high so the idea of good sounding class D is attractive to me. I was under the...- MrC.
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- Forum: Power Amplifiers and Preamplifiers Forum
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly of Class D
In the early days of class d I bought a 450w amp to biamp my speakers with a tube top end and a cube dsp to contour for my room nodes and to integrate with my 120w tube amp. As it happened, the addition of 450w of class d power degraded the sound and couldn’t compete with the impact or sound...- MrC.
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Return to MBL
To get good integration I would look at getting two of his subs and position them next to or behind the stands. Given the frequencies they will operate at, they can be pointed ahead or sideways without any likely degradation of the sound. Good luck!- MrC.
- Post #35
- Forum: MBL Audio Forum
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Return to MBL
Sorry to hear. If you tried port plugs the 121s would functionally become the top halves of 111’s which I own. Because the cutoff would be higher with the ports plugged a subwoofer that reaches a bit higher, and has an adjustable cutoff, like the Vincent Gallo subs, would probably integrate...- MrC.
- Post #34
- Forum: MBL Audio Forum
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