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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Oh, no! That's me! by yoshi on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Jordi:As another paralyzed (I have a problem in my leg), deaf (problem in my left ear), coma (I take a downer everyday for my anxiety problem) and nearly unemployed (my 2 self-employed business barely covers our household expenses along with the tuit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Class A1 SE Pentode? by Paul S on 2011-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Someone please jog my memory by naming some previous true Class A1 SE pentode amps, since I can't for the life of me recall any.  This might actually work pretty well if targeted for LF!  Adjustable "feedback" could help tons with Z matching, a very ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Other possible points of interest by Paul S on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Perhaps I should have mentioned before that the K&K is another spin-off of the well-received Arthur Loesch RIAA network.  Also, the K&K's gain scheme is based on "classic" microphone circuits.  While I am not say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: My "End of Live" vesrion. by AlexBerger on 2010-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hello Romy,I just have build the postage used your "End of Live"  scheme and Altec step-up transformers.http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.berger73/Phonostage#I have original EAR. After of 100 hours of working, the new Phonostage  sounds more dynamic, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Narrowing It Down by Paul S on 2009-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
This would be a fine feature, indeed, if it could really avoid second-guessing.The key for an auto-reader/adjust would be the ability to  know if a given embedded range of frequencies is supposed to be louder or quieter.  And to be of any real va...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: "End of Live" tube set by AlexBerger on 2011-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,Thank you.I think I should to give some break-in time to Sylvania 0a2.50 hours is enough? Previously I used in my EAR the next set of tubes ECC83: 1-Amperex (red print), 2-Amperex (red print), 3-Sylvania 7025 (yellow print).When I built "End of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #211: "Calibrate"??? by Paul S on 2012-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
N-set, if you have an unused circuit in the apt., then its neutral may be an acceptable ground path (neutral stays "on" even when breaker is "off"...).Re, the phono calibration, I have expounded the SRA at length in the "Vinyl Ceremonies" thread. As ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: USB microscope for setting VTA by mem916 on 2013-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
I suspect Mr. Fremer is not all that well respected here, but I found his article on using a USB microscope to adjust VTA/SRA very helpful.  I was never able to set VTA by ear.  http://www.analogplanet.com/content/how-use-usb-digital-microscope-set-9...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: One-Story Jack by Brian Clark on 2008-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
In the absent of any counter hypothesis I stick to mine. By introducing a relatively high level of harmonic distortion at the beginning of the amplification chain with "natural" decay structure the result that reaches our ear/brains is most pleasing,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: CEC TL0X vs Berkeley Alpha USB by Amir on 2016-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
on Friday I will test CEC TL0X with MAcbook Pro/Berkeley USB to SPDIF Converter.The Berkeley Alpha USB use the Wavelength Streamlength asynchronous code. Mr.Gordon Rankin programmed these codes and sold the patent to some company like Ayre, Berkeley,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: EnABL Pattern and Ribbed Cones by Bud on 2005-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Brian,Microphone diaphrams, headphone diaphrams ,dome tweeters, all have to have the pattern applied with a technical pen i.e. Kohinoor or Mars. These are becomming a little difficult to find in all towns. A 50% mixture of Poly S and water should be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: If you lost hearing in one ear... by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
Do you think you would lose the ability to hear stereo properly and that for the Van Gogh type person Mono is as sufficient as stereo? I am not sure that there is, deep down, that much of a difference between properly implemented mono and properly im...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I don't think so by Teflon on 2012-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Solid state revisited in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]Still partially wrapt in mystery, but here is potentially the first SS DSET:http://www.firstwatt.com/sit1.htmlI say potentially for that is not naturally Pass's direction, but each monobloc is designed to be tunable to its specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: (Hopefully short) headphone journey by scooter on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
These days I am traveling frequently and relegated to listening to music via headphones and "portable" sources. I will briefly post my brief journey as a personal log. It might provide a starting point for those who might find themselves in the same ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: Tube change simplicity by anthony on 2019-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Anthony, congratulations on getting your project to this point!  I mention without referring back to your schematics, I think you will be glad to have test points, along with variable resistors (trim pots) to re-set operating poi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #872: What is the definition of your quotes? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="joaco"]... this last time ive been doing some "ear" experiments and trying different setups of filtering . Just a question regarding a phenomena that im having , ive tried some ups/on-line regenerators and I think they tend to "smooth" a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: you're right paul! by stuck.wilson on 2007-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 'Fundamental rich' listening, or is RTA even close to accura... in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
no- there's no reason why it wouldn't make sense NOT to give 'er a crack-- at worst, i wouldn't like the results!i guess the difficult part really is sorting out measurement vs. hearing-  tricky at best!  trying to assemble sense from possi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Beethoven PC 5 Surprise Performance by Paul S on 2019-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Beethoven PC 5 Surprise Performance in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
I understand this is a "popular" piece of music (popular for classical music, anyway), but I never really got into it the way I did Brahms' PC 2 and a couple of others. But this piece came on my clock radio on a Sunday night, and I later learned it w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Consistency: A Very Worthwhile "Luxury" by Paul S on 2010-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
It's ironic that some of us have spent a lot of time and effort building a vinyl playback system that clearly reveals the differences in the recording curves. How sweet would it be to twist an otherwise-non-intrusive knob to set the playback curve co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: "Bounce" by Paul S on 2019-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
Of course you can do it all by ear, and I found that there were times when "my ears disagreed with the meter". As you note, signal strength and "quality" also relate to "mode" (such as Multipath), and not only broadcasts but also tuners vary as to wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Yes, they seem to be very closely related by Antonio J. on 2005-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
MFA e-mailed me aknowledging that I was perhaps going to try the DIY way getting a "raw" transformer from S&B and offered me assistance. The "problem" is that their unit with a gain selector and load selector is way too expensive for my budget (1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Unacceptable distortion by manisandher on 2014-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BD-Design’s Orelino in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]But now I am stuck thinking that if the DSP/LF amps curves are aimed at 19 Hz, and 19 Hz is limited to 88 dB, then an equalized output might also be limited to 88 dB before clipping and/or "unacceptable distortion" from the LF co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: More on Tannoys by montesquieu on 2019-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Personal or Collective by Paul S on 2022-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Future of high-end audio in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
For some time it looks to me like "the industry" has been sliding into a sort of Audio Dark Age. However, "the industry" continues to use more or less the same approach to promoting their stuff that they've always used. Certainly, despite the insane ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: No standardized geometry recorded by rowuk on 2023-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perspective? in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Paul,I first got into the geometry of playback after spending some time with John Eargle when he was at Delos. He had a simple microphone setup and demonstrated how to record and playback a 22 meter stage, or 25 or 16. Many of his recordings at Delos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Not everything that goes... by mem916 on 2013-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
... through an asshole is shit.For a total of $250 and a couple of days work I was able to get much better sound out of a cartridge I paid $5K for.  I understand Fremer is a jerk but in this case his article was certainly worth the time I spent readi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Sentiments by zako on 2010-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
The mono/stereo sentiments are not directally related...In some ways yes,,and in some ways no,,,But a complex answere would take a complex mix of remastering the program,, Ive done it both ways.   And so has my long ago dead friend,, who had done alo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Bidat with volume pot? by Antonio J. on 2005-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
I wonder if you're doing your listening with the Bidat using its volume pot or you're using only vinyl with your phono correctors or maybe the ET-T-834 EAR using its volume pot. Maybe the Melquiades has its own attenuators. I'll be glad to know how y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Driver attatchment; gaskets by serenechaos on 2009-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
just a couple thoughts: the nicest mini-monit0rs i've ever heard used an unusual mounting technique.  http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0807/micropure_kotaro.htm i had difficulty communicating with the maker due to language ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Early days by decoud on 2012-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
Yes, it is built according to the schematic, but by someone else, from whom I have only just received it. The opt is custom-made nanocrystalline amorphous core, gapped at 300mA and running 200V/240mA.It is quiet, precise and very fast (which last the...
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