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Yeah...what about that? Man, we need some audio engineers who can speak plain English to chime in.  I feel like I'm reasonably intelligent and I think I understand some of this stuff, but I have to admit that I've never had that AHA moment where it all clicks into place and I can say, "if I do X I will get Y result". But, maybe that kind of clarity is just beyond me. Heck, I still think it radio is absolute magic, let alone television across the airwaves. 🤫   -
In my head that sounds good in theory. -
Now....what about the "low watt [i]high current[/i] thing I've read about here and there? Would this help my Heresy 1 perform at low volume? Or is that just my brutalized hearing.... -
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By Shakeydeal · Posted
So I haven’t listened to my EL84 amp in quite a while. I put it in last weekend and it sounded so good I left it in for a while.  For a minute there I questioned the money spent on the more expensive 300B amp. So last night I put it back in. It didn’t take long to hear the results of the extra money spent. The less powerful amp actually has better bass control and a bigger, bolder sound.  The 300B amp is 5x the cost of the EL84 amp. It doesn’t sound five times better, we know that’s not how this game works. Even though I could live with either of them, the improvement justifies the cost for the better (and much less powerful) amp. -
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By Shakeydeal · Posted
It’s ok, some people want quantity over quality, and that’s certainly the theme for you. I could never live with a crown amp.  Call me an audio snob if you will, but I have to draw the line somewhere. -
By Woofers and Tweeters · Posted
I used Bar Keepers Friend to remove water stains. I treated the whole surface, not just the stained areas. Have you sanded any of it? -
Correct; those extra watts beyond 8W only contribute to the sound volume. You could say those 92 remaining watts are wasted, or your amp has capacity that will never be used. Now, if you had inefficient speakers such as electrostatics, you might need all those watts. And since a hardly audible 3dB increase in volume requires a doubling of power, to get any meaningful increase in volume requires tremendous increases in output wattage, at tremendous expense. -
By Dr Morbius · Posted
I would grab them too, if it wasn’t so far.
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