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As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...a?OpenDocument



Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

[Sander deWaal]

" said:


As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...a?OpenDocument


Don't go complaining about Andre starting threads calling names and
attacking people, because you're doing exactly the same now.

In a silly attempt to kill off another flamewar, I trimmed his name
out of the header.

If what Andre writes upsets you so much, don't bother responding, or
even reading, his posts.


That being said, SET amps are not my thing as well, or I just can't
build a decent one. Oh well.

--
"All amps sound alike, but some sound more alike than others".

[Jon Yaeger]

in article , Sander deWaal at
wrote on 7/26/06 9:00 AM:

" said:


As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...outh_Sinfonia?
OpenDocument


Don't go complaining about Andre starting threads calling names and
attacking people, because you're doing exactly the same now.

In a silly attempt to kill off another flamewar, I trimmed his name
out of the header.

If what Andre writes upsets you so much, don't bother responding, or
even reading, his posts.


That being said, SET amps are not my thing as well, or I just can't
build a decent one. Oh well.


Sander,

Ever build an SET headphone amp? Easy to do, and success is not elusive . .
..

Jon

[Sander deWaal]

Jon Yaeger said:


That being said, SET amps are not my thing as well, or I just can't
build a decent one. Oh well.


Sander,

Ever build an SET headphone amp? Easy to do, and success is not elusive . .


I once built a SEPP headphone amp with ECC88/6DJ8.
This was for a friend, I don't like wearing headphones myself.

I'm still looking out for a pair of Jecklin Float or Stax
electrostatics, and build an appropriate tube driver for that.

Dynamic headphones never attracted me, and even wearing a Stax gets
tiresome after some time.
I'd rather listen to good speakers at low volume.

--
"All amps sound alike, but some sound more alike than others".

[[email protected]]

Sander deWaal wrote:

I'd rather listen to good speakers at low volume.

Amen to that. However, headphones are necessary evils designed
primarily for the convenience of others or special applications. I have
a good friend who more-or-less must use headphones due to a specific
type of hearing loss, otherwise he would blast his neighbors from their
beds at those hours when he most listens to music.

I keep a reasonably adequate pair of Koss electrostatics for those
times that I do not want to wake the neighborhood or scare the horses,
and a decent pair of Sennheisers for similar use with another system.

What is SEPP?

Single-ended Push-Pull? Contradiction-in-terms?

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

[Sander deWaal]

" said:


What is SEPP?

Single-ended Push-Pull? Contradiction-in-terms?



Indeed Single Ended Push Pull, in OTL.
Better known as the Futterman and/or Dickie/Mackovski circuit.
Here is an elementary description:
http://members.aol.com/aria3/otlpaper/otlhist.htm

--
"All amps sound alike, but some sound more alike than others".

[[email protected]]

Sander deWaal wrote:
is an elementary description:
http://members.aol.com/aria3/otlpaper/otlhist.htm

Neat.

Took two readings of the relevant passages for the point to sink in.

I do admit to a certain amount of concern running an OTL design into
headphones. But the Good Lord hates a coward as the expression goes.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

[Arny Krueger]

wrote in message
oups.com...
As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...a?OpenDocument


Based on extensive listening to SETs at HE2005, I would recommend that SETs
be used with music that is extremely simple to avoid the inevitable audible
intermodulation grit from more complex sounds.

[Andre Jute]

Sander deWaal wrote:
" said:


As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...a?OpenDocument


Don't go complaining about Andre starting threads calling names and
attacking people, because you're doing exactly the same now.

In a silly attempt to kill off another flamewar, I trimmed his name
out of the header.

If what Andre writes upsets you so much, don't bother responding, or
even reading, his posts.


I can't be bothered with a mickey mouse nuisance like Worthless Wiecky
but this is interesting:

That being said, SET amps are not my thing as well, or I just can't
build a decent one. Oh well.

so I'll address it in another post.

Andre Jute
Zero rewards for worthless attention-seekers



--
"All amps sound alike, but some sound more alike than others".

[Iain Churches]

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
oups.com...
As I am striving to lighten things up around here, this is a hoot even
on a decent system. But absolutely IDEAL for the creation of our
resident ultrafidelista as it is a perfect match for performance and
quality.

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/web/...a?OpenDocument


Based on extensive listening to SETs at HE2005, I would recommend that
SETs be used with music that is extremely simple to avoid the inevitable
audible intermodulation grit from more complex sounds.

Arny. I am delighted, but rather perplexed to find myself in agreement with
you:-)

I have spent several pleasant evenings at the home of a professional cellist
(a Russian) listening to the Shostakovich Quartets on his Reznekov SET
amp. This has been a most wonderfully lifelike musical experience, and
these recordings sounded the better than on any system I have encountered
so far.

Just out of interest, I took with me some big band jazz (Ellington at
Newport) and just a few minutes listening made it clear that SET
could not do justice to this kind of music.

My experiences with SET have been positive enough to make me
want to build one at some time in the future.

Regards to all
Iain