darkblue94
The Devil made me do it.
No worries DJ, I didn't have anything worthwhile to add so I just inserted my usual smart aleck banter.That spell check got me again.....
Sorry dude !!!
No worries DJ, I didn't have anything worthwhile to add so I just inserted my usual smart aleck banter.That spell check got me again.....
Sorry dude !!!
I resemble that remark.smart aleck banter.
Not in all cases. You could literally rebuild an Audio Research SP-3a preamp (among the very best in the 70s) from scratch using all new components like teflon coupling caps and it would never offer the performance of a REF6/REF2 Phono. Or a Threshold Stasis 2 and similarly it would never offer the performance of XA-200.8s.
Other factors include improved circuit topology, circuit board layout, power supply design and stiffness along with use of balanced connectivity.
These are the kind of posts I love and was hoping for more of from this thread. The giant-killer systems that took a lot of research and trial & error to figure out.
Hopefully, that modern flavor replaced the dreadful LM301 op amps.
Which you'll never find at the top of the game. Engineers have actually learned a thing or two over the past four decades. Really.Well that’s the point isn’t it, it’s only a presumption until there is a comparison of equal technology to compare design in a real time side by side comparison.
Or any gear.What I mean by that is people read articles on how good they are and they listen to them. They are already biased.
Kind of like vintage receivers (I had to say it ). Jes kidding.
Use what you will...
Which you'll never find at the top of the game. Engineers have actually learned a thing or two over the past four decades. Really.
The challenge is the inherent non-linearity and harshness of that dated design. Companies have been upgrading 405s for decades using modern op amps - not to mention the company itself. Thirty five years ago, Quad upgraded them to TL-071s in the 405-2.I believe it does, yes. Seems to power 4ohm speakers just fine too which goes against most of the information out there.
Or any gear.
Only if you've never experimented with different power supplies, circuit topologies nor compared single-ended with balanced circuitry.It’s only a presumption until a side by side comparison of equal technology and different design can be compared.
Only if you've never experimented with different power supplies, circuit topologies nor compared single-ended with balanced circuitry.
You keep/modify the old stuff and I'll enjoy the benefits of decades of progress in its totality.
Yes but how much of that learning is used to put more stuff on the head of a pin.Which you'll never find at the top of the game. Engineers have actually learned a thing or two over the past four decades. Really.
It's unbecoming. If someone wants to resort to hyperbole because they're new to the hobby, or have simply found themselves giddy and want to share,
Those who know better to engage new-ish members on the same tired arguments need to either respond gently, or not at all.
Don't listen to pins myself, but really enjoy hearing deeper into my music and sounding closer to the live thing.Yes but how much of that learning is used to put more stuff on the head of a pin.
So let's see if I'm hearing you right. You are suggesting that I can pull a "proper and suitable" candidate from the 70 ss collection. Then replace still good but known to be "obsolete" parts with new "up to date" improved parts where possible and it might sound a LOT better. I'm not talking about changing caps for caps. I talking about successfully bringing it into this century.
Amen! I rejoice having folks demonstrate to me when I was a teenager that Julian Hirsch was deaf.Why are possibilities discouraged and banter frowned upon and why must everyone think the same about things like opinions being enforced ????
The challenge is the inherent non-linearity and harshness of that dated design. Companies have been upgrading 405s for decades using modern op amps - not to mention the company itself. Thirty five years ago, Quad upgraded them to TL-071s in the 405-2.
You can get far better sound with modern op amps or even better, Burson FET modules.
Enjoy a late 60s design that virtually every manufacturer across the past four decades has long abandoned for its limited resolution.Sounds very linear to my ears.