Re: My observations - Stephen R - K&K Audio / Lundahl Transformers

Re: My observations

Posted by Stephen R (A) on June 4, 2004 at 23:02:24

In Reply to: My observations posted by IslandPink on June 4, 2004 at 08:32:26:

Now I wouldn't want to make any suggestions as to what is missing but I can't resist the observation about your amp using the single supply.

On the number of occassions where in theory, a monobloc should be better, I've found that for some reason, a stereo amp sounds more musical. It has that certain something that makes you wanna listen.

I haven't analysed this in any great detail but your comment that the monoblocs sound more "CD like" is to me a good one. As tho it is more "in pieces" than a whole if you like and missing that certain something of the small details - not "hyper fi" small details but them other ones.

My preamps had been dual mono for years and then I put the supply to mono and never looked back. I called it at the time something to do with the marriage of space and music as I found it very difficult to describe - it really is the small details. Allen would call it DDR I think.

Likewise when I built the 813 Aurora, it was mono supply and it had this certain something. When a friend's Cary 300B stereo amp went to get fixed, he got as a loaner the next model up - monoblocs, virtually of the same amp. It just didn't do what the stereo one did musically and sounded more hifi, better in those terms but less natural.

I have a pet theory on this but will stop rambling now, One day I hope to put it to the test with my own version of an Amity.

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Re: Question about Olson's Karna and LL1635 - arend-jan 04:24:28 06/02/04 (17)

Re: Question about Olson's Karna and LL1635 - KevinC 14:49:16 06/02/04 (16)

My observations - IslandPink 08:32:26 06/04/04 (15)

Re: Thoughts, possibly off target ... - Mike C 06:39:31 06/10/04 (3)

OK, and Harmonic Compensator - IslandPink 01:29:09 06/11/04 (2)

Re: OK, and Harmonic Compensator - arend-jan 07:17:50 06/11/04 (0)

Re: OK, and Harmonic Compensator - Dave Davenport 04:41:13 06/11/04 (0)

Try This - Lynn Olson 00:18:18 06/07/04 (6)

Re: Try This - Paul Barker 10:25:42 06/07/04 (4)

No Effect for a PP Circuit - Lynn Olson 00:06:00 06/08/04 (3)

Re: No Effect for a PP Circuit - Dave Davenport 05:38:35 06/08/04 (1)

Independently Re-discovered - Lynn Olson 11:25:36 06/08/04 (1)

Thanks - Paul Barker 00:43:21 06/08/04 (0)

Aha, the second order question - IslandPink 05:48:17 06/07/04 (0)

Re: My observations - Stephen R 23:02:24 06/04/04 (1)

Plot thickens - IslandPink 11:50:25 06/06/04 (0)

Re: My observations - KevinC 11:19:53 06/04/04 (1)

Yes, both - IslandPink 15:41:22 06/04/04 (0)

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Re: My observations - Stephen R 23:02:24 06/04/04 (1)

Plot thickens - IslandPink 11:50:25 06/06/04 (0)

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