Solid State Confessions

[Phelonious Ponk]

A meagre system Oliver Twist would be proud of - EMU-0404 directly driving a DIY GainClone and Genesis Genre II loudspeakers. Music far, far better than it has any right to sound.

I love it! A $200 project studio interface/converter and a DIY amp! I'm a fan of the 0404. I don't have one at the moment but it is one of several pieces of cheap, stupid-good gear that put me off of high-end DACs altogether. But I thought the GFP-750 was a Nelson Pass design?

Tim

 

[garylkoh]

Mark, the EMU-0404 is async with their own drivers. So I run it with the EMU ASIO on Foobar. It uses the same AK4396 chip as high-dollar DACs. That it does "true" 24/192 over USB is a big bonus to me.

 

[Old Listener]

ATI amps recommended on his web site

Linkwitz recommends Adcom amps to power his Orions. If they're good enough for Sigfried, they're good enough for anybody.

His web site says he offers ATI amps for the Orions:

Amplifier Technologies Inc. AT6012 power amplifier, 12 x 60W

or

Amplifier Technologies Inc. AT1806 power amplifier, 6 x 180W

I used a 6 channel ATI 1506 for my three way active speakers for several years. No complaints. If they are good enough for Bill, they are good enough for Linkwitz. (g)

Bill

 

[garylkoh]

I love it! A $200 project studio interface/converter and a DIY amp! I'm a fan of the 0404. I don't have one at the moment but it is one of several pieces of cheap, stupid-good gear that put me off of high-end DACs altogether. But I thought the GFP-750 was a Nelson Pass design?

Tim

Oops. Yes, you are right. The Son of the Bride of Zen.

 

[microstrip]

Otherwise, you need to keep spare fuses and/or cathode resistors laying around. You also need to be able to use a DVM or have a milliamp meter.

I also find unacceptable a tube amplifier without fuse protection - happily some brands now use the Bussmann KTK Cartridge Fuses to effectively protect the B+ supply and the cathode resistors from tube shorts. And I am able to use a VOM since I was eleven, I only bought my DVM when I was over twenty!

 

[mep]

I'm still using a Fluke 77 I bought well over 25 years ago and it works perfect. I have a few other DVMs, but this is the one I always grab.

 

[microstrip]

I'm still using a Fluke 77 I bought well over 25 years ago and it works perfect. I have a few other DVMs, but this is the one I always grab.

Curious, mine is the same model and still working as new. Serial n 3475744, bought in London in Totenham Court Road at a time half its shops were electronic parts shops. A hobbyist dream!

Should we change the name of this thread to DVM confessions?

 

[fas42]

directly driving a DIY GainClone and Genesis Genre II loudspeakers. Music far, far better than it has any right to sound.

Nothing wrong with that. My previous round of music making was done that way, using National chips, well sorted out power supply, effectively turning some old, decent Technic's speakers halfway into actives. Could drive 1910's Nellie Melba recordings to the point of the chip's internal limiting cutting in, clean as a whistle ...

Frank

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

His web site says he offers ATI amps for the Orions:

Amplifier Technologies Inc. AT6012 power amplifier, 12 x 60W

or

Amplifier Technologies Inc. AT1806 power amplifier, 6 x 180W

I used a 6 channel ATI 1506 for my three way active speakers for several years. No complaints. If they are good enough for Bill, they are good enough for Linkwitz. (g)

Bill

Right you are. He was recommending Adcoms at one point.

Tim

 

[Phelonious Ponk]

Oops. Yes, you are right. The Son of the Bride of Zen.

In the face of stuff like that Adcom, or even the 0404, throwing money at a problem almost seems like cheating. A $1200 preamp that is 12 years old and still competitive at the highest levels? That's throwing a prodigious amount of talent at a problem.

Tim

 

[garylkoh]

In the face of stuff like that Adcom, or even the 0404, throwing money at a problem almost seems like cheating. A $1200 preamp that is 12 years old and still competitive at the highest levels? That's throwing a prodigious amount of talent at a problem.

Tim

Yes, agreed..... and this is a preamp that has worked flawlessly and continuously for 12 years. The only thing I have that's older is my FM Acoustics 122 phono stage (15 years and counting) - but that one is cheating.