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1. High voltageMost tube power amps have an advantage over most solid state amps: high voltage. If we look at a typical tube vs. solid state design, that...February 27, 2013
2. Odd or even?We started on Single Ended Triode amplifiers yesterday, better known as SET amplifiers. I mentioned that one of the three major benefits of a SET is...February 26, 2013
3. SET down for this oneOne of the quirkier and exotic types of power amplifiers are a tube based product known as a Single Ended Triode or SET for short. A...February 25, 2013
4. What you put in doesn't always come outThank you for all the replies to yesterday's question about loud levels and compressed sounding peaks. I would say that the response was about 50/50 that...February 24, 2013
5. CompressionIn our quest to figure out why we might need a big power amplifier vs. a smaller power amplifier I've mentioned a lot of numbers: some...February 23, 2013
6. Watts ain't wattsBefore we get started on different amplifiers and why some seem to sound more dynamic than others, I wanted to clear up a couple of points...February 22, 2013
7. TambourinesReviewer Keith Howard sent me an interesting note a few days ago that really was an eye opener for me when it comes to understanding how...February 21, 2013
8. Music mathThanks to reader John McRee for suggesting the title of today's post. Yesterday we learned we need 8 times more power to reproduce speech than we...February 20, 2013
9. Riding the crestI promised yesterday we'd start to learn what Crest Factor is and how it applies to headroom in an amplifier. While understanding this concept isn't all...February 19, 2013
10. Measuring the standardWe're moving into a series on power amplifier headroom for a couple of reasons: first I think most people really don't understand just how much power...February 18, 2013
11. HeadroomI suppose the term "headroom" must have come about in response to tall people trying to make sure there's enough room for their heads to go...February 17, 2013
12. The ultimate point sourceSeveral of you asked me why I was so interested in a 20+ year old pair of loudspeakers that I would sell everything in the listening...February 16, 2013
13. The short life argumentHave you ever noticed how hard it is to mentally take a leap? It's as if there are two of me inside my head: the cautious...February 15, 2013