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Post by Rabbit on Feb 17, 2015 18:47:05 GMT
Exactly, so the amp very often doesn't even need to produce a wide dynamic range really. Something I have literally had quite a few barnies over with companies producing CDs who insist that they know best.
The music becomes a shadow of what it was at the source. Just a loud mess. Unfortunately, an amp can't sort that out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 1:45:03 GMT
It's crazy o'clock here & I'm listening to James through the Polaris & I've got to say it's a damn fine amp. Hmm...
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Post by ronzo56 on Feb 19, 2015 2:34:19 GMT
It's crazy o'clock here & I'm listening to James through the Polaris & I've got to say it's a damn fine amp. Hmm... I'm sure Jeremy will be glad to hear that. He takes a lot of pride in his work, as does Frans. You got me curious about James. They toured with Neil Young over here, but apparently only had a minor hit in the States. I just ordered a copy of Gold Mother. Hope it's a good one from them. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2015 7:42:11 GMT
Gold Mother was their first & probably best studio album. Government Walls is an excellent tune, as well as the busy, trippy, Gold Mother herself. After their first album they gradually started to take themselves more seriously which is usually the beginning of the end for bands imo.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2015 23:25:24 GMT
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Post by ronzo56 on Feb 24, 2015 18:15:16 GMT
It's crazy o'clock here & I'm listening to James through the Polaris & I've got to say it's a damn fine amp. Hmm... I'm sure Jeremy will be glad to hear that. He takes a lot of pride in his work, as does Frans. You got me curious about James. They toured with Neil Young over here, but apparently only had a minor hit in the States. I just ordered a copy of Gold Mother. Hope it's a good one from them. Just got Gold Mother. Enjoying it. Nice change of pace for me. Thanks for turning me on to them. |
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Post by oldson on Feb 28, 2015 18:06:38 GMT
Polaris demo unit arrived ok.
will test it out later tonight.
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Post by Rabbit on Feb 28, 2015 18:50:18 GMT
A different 'flavour' to the Ember but hints of tube likeness!! I like both a lot and use them with different headphones. The Polaris has a lighter touch.
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Post by oldson on Feb 28, 2015 18:58:51 GMT
i see there are plenty of jumper settings to play with.
do you know what the optimum settings would be for my lcd2?
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Post by oldson on Feb 28, 2015 19:01:43 GMT
i guess any comparison with Ember would largely depend on what tube you have in the latter?
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Post by Rabbit on Feb 28, 2015 19:02:48 GMT
Frans will know. I'd suggest zero output impedance and high power for now. Wide bandwidth. If it's sharp in the treble, you could always try medium bandwidth.
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Post by solderdude on Feb 28, 2015 22:54:42 GMT
low R out, wide or medium BW, low or med gain.
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Post by oldson on Mar 13, 2015 19:41:56 GMT
the demo Polaris will be on it's way to Mick in the morning.
i have not had chance to give it reasonable headtime, as i have too much going on (as some of you know).
sorry for the wasted time, i should have realized this would be the case.
hope you enjoy it Mick.
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Post by solderdude on Mar 16, 2015 14:38:34 GMT
The Polaris is currently with Heliharris.
If anyone wants to check it out drop me a PM or post it in this thread.
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Post by Crispy on Mar 16, 2015 20:59:20 GMT
The Polaris is currently with Heliharris. If anyone wants to check it out drop me a PM or post it in this thread. I would certainly like a listen Frans, no rush if anybody else wants a listen after Mick? |
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