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| Threshold S200 or Phase linear 400 I run a Threshold S/500 as my bass amplifier in my bi-amp system. Even full-range, it's one of my favorite power amps. Excellent bass, very detailed and not forward or harsh.After all, this is the work of Nelson Pass.The S series of amplifiers are... | |
| Pros and Cons of "Staying with" Analog and Vinyl Just my 02cWhen CDs first came out, I really hated them. To my (younger) ears, digital just sounded terribly brash and gave me headaches. I stuck with vinyl.Forward a few years, and the wave of re-issues prompted me to start buying CDs. I started ... | |
| Help me make sense of what I'm hearing semi-related. Way back in time, I used to own a H-K Citation V tube amplifier (not exactly a mellow amplifier) with a Adcom 565 preamp. It was a terrible combination driving Snell J3s, sounding bright, fatiguing, and annoying. As already stated, I... | |
| Can car amps be used for home audio? there are also plenty of cheaper 'pro amps' out there - but really, why bother? You can pick up something like a B&K ST-140 for under $200. I own one, and though it isn't my main amp, it still had enough power and finesse to drive my Magnepan ... | |
| Mosfet mist? I own a B&K ST-140 that I use as a backup amplifier. Stock, it does sound really warm, and a little undetailed.However, a quick look at the schematic and you'll see a gross little electrolytic used as the input capacitor. I replaced this (and ... | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? Maybe I lucked out, but I bought a 50WPC Yaqin MC-10T EL34 amp and was really surprised by the fidelity. It was certainly better than my old modified Dynaco 70 and I even preferred it to my Dynaco Mark IIIs. The output transformers are beefy too, ... | |
| VPI HW-19 MkII Vs. MkIII, how are they different? the HW-19 Jr had an acrylic platter. The III platter is a 10pd lead/acrylic affair.I believe the difference between the Mark II and Mark III is the material (mdf vs acrylic) used in the subchassis and plinth.http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread... | |
| A question for Maggie owners just a quick note - as said before, Maggies love power.I'm running 1.6QRs and got a very noticeable improvement by bi-amping. I run 250Ws of Threshold power on the bottom and use a tube amp on top. Bass is rolled off on the tube amp since it doesn... | |
| How do we remember 1970s amplifiers? I've owned the MC250 - the industrial looking 50WPC amplifier. It uses autoformers and actually sounds fairly tubey. Good bass, a little muddy in the mids, and a not very detailed treble. It had a bit of a grainy smear to the sound - at least with... | |
| The Hub: History of Dynaco part 3 I've been playing with Dynacos since I first got into this hobby - having started with the venerable Dynaco 70. I've owned 'em all except for the Mark VI... tons of fun to modify and a great way to learn circuits.As I type this, I'm listening to a... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I would like to build one, but include an output buffer (tube or FET) for driving long cables or low impedance loads. Of course a little gain wouldn't hurt either - especially for low sensitive amplifiers or if using a low MC cart (etc, etc). I kn... | |
| Threshold SA/4E or Pass X-250?? If you're still considering the Threshold, you may want to get some of the power supply parts upgraded/replaced as electrolytics age. I'm still running an old Threshold S/500 and love it. | |
| SET the best? Back in the 'Sound Practices' day, I played with SE amps. 300B and 2A3. PP 6B4Gs too. Though pleasant sounding, I was forever trying to find a good speaker to match up with them. I tried different modern and vintage coaxials without success.I even... | |
| Tube vs. Solid State-Basic Question there was a very long thread on this phenomenon here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?aamps&1267984978&&&/Power-output-of-tube-amps-compared-to-soWatts is watts, but amplifier and power supply design can allow a certain amou... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Like most budding audiophile, I started with some budget gear and... (pretty much stayed there)!When I first went off to college in '89, I used my roommates awful speakers. They were so bad, I wondered why I sprung the $$$ on a Dynaco 70 amplifier... |