Iphupho leGramophone #53: I-HSA-1b Headphone/Speaker Amplifier Ibalulekile ku-RAAL

Ngaphambi nje kokuba ngifake i-RAAL HSA-1b, ngangidlala i-EMI LP engavamile ebizwa ngokuthi i-Renaissance Suite, eyayihlanganisa umculo ovela kwifilimu kaJoël Santoni ka-1974 ethi La Course en Tête (HQS 1415). Le filimu iqopha umsebenzi wenkanyezi yamabhayisikili yaseBelgium u-Eddie Merkex ngendlela yobuciko engavamile nemangalisayo. Into engavamile kakhulu ukuthi lo mdlalo wabhalwa futhi wahlelwa yisazi somculo saseBrithani uDavid Munro, futhi wadlalwa yiLondon Early Music Union, egcwele amandla. Cabanga ngedokhumentari yezemidlalo equkethe imisindo yokudlala umtshingo, i-tromba marina ("i-violin ka-nun"), kanye ne-rauschpfeiffen ephelezelwa abantu abagqoke amabhulukwe amafushane namahembe akhanyayo begibele amabhayisikili amancane emagqumeni aseYurophu.
Isebenzisa i-300B Elekit TU-8600 ukushayela i-LS3/5as, i-Renaissance Suite ikhombisa umsindo wokhuni nezintambo zamathumbu, okwenza umculo wokuqala kaMunrow uzwakale ungokoqobo, ungowasendulo futhi ungavamile. Isimo sawo sisha futhi simnandi, kodwa izwi lawo lithambile.
Ngesikhathi ngixhuma amabheji egolide ku-RAAL HSA-1b amplifier, umsindo waba mkhulu futhi wacaca kakhulu. Nge-HSA-1b, ukugeleza kanye nomfutho womculo weshidi kubusa ingqondo yami. Umculo unamandla kakhulu. Uma umculo uphakeme kakhulu, umsebenzi kaDavid Munrow uba nenjongo kakhulu.
Uma ngishintsha kusuka ebhokisini lezinkuni leFalcons ngisebenzisa i-RAAL's SR1a full-band ear monitor? Kusukela ezipikheni kuya ezipikheni ze-earbud? Ngibone "umbono" ocacile nogxile kakhulu wokuqoshwa.
I-transducer ye-RAAL efakwe ekhanda yekheji yensimbi ihlukile emakethe yama-earphone. Ihlala isikhathi eside futhi ingabizi kakhulu ($3,500). Itheyiphu ye-dipole ye-SR1a ibekwe ekhejini lensimbi engagqwali kude ngokuphelele nekhanda. Ziyi-ribbons zangempela, futhi ama-amplifier awethulayo ane-impedance yomthwalo we-short-circuit ephelele: 0.2 ohms, kufaka phakathi izintambo. Incwadi yomsebenzisi incoma ukusetshenziswa kwamandla e-amplifier angu-100W (i-footnote 1). Njengoba inejusi ye-amplifier eyanele, i-SR1a inikeza amazinga omsindo agxilile, angenambala, aphansi okuphambuka (ngikholwa) adlula i-static ye-super-resolution ye-Stax SR-009S kanye ne-JPS Labs Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC kanye ne-HiFiMan Susvara planar magnetic element yami.
Ama-headphone e-SR1a adinga amandla amaningi e-amplifier enamandla aphezulu, ngakho-ke kubonakala kunengqondo ukuthi i-RAAL-requisite ikhiqiza i-amplifier engashayela ama-headphone ayo noma izipikha zami ngokuthinta okukodwa kweswishi kuphaneli engaphambili.
I-amplifier entsha ye-HSA-1b RAAL (umbhalo waphansi 2) iyisipikha sokuqala esiqinile kanye ne-amplifier yama-headphone engike ngazama. Lapho ngiyixhuma esipikheni se-Stenheim Alumine Three esime phansi futhi ngizwa ukuthi ingashayela ngempumelelo izipikha ezimbili ezibiza u-US$32,900, ngangazi ukuthi uhlobo oluhlukile lwesipikha kune-amplifier ye-Linear Tube Audio engu-10Wpc (8 ohm) Z10e/ Headphone, ngiyibukeze ku-Gramophone Dreams #36 noma ku-8Wpc (8 ohm) Bigger Ben ka-Ampsandsound, futhi ngiyichaze ku-Gramophone Dreams #47.
I-RAAL's HSA-1b iyi-amplifier encane ebomvu eqinile enesitayela se-knob engu-11.7 pound enobukhulu obuphakathi, ukuphakama okungu-3.5" x ububanzi obungu-8.6" x ukujula okungu-12.6". Isebenzisa ama-transistor amabili e-bipolar junction (BJT) esiteshini ngasinye. Amabhawodi amabili axhunywe ku-radiator eyodwa ye-aluminium engu-8" × 3.5" × 2".
Ikhwalithi yokukhiqiza iphakeme kakhulu kangangokuthi uma kunjalo, i-HSA-1b ibonakala ihlangabezana nezimfuneko zempi. Ngokubukeka, izinga eliphezulu lokulingana kanye nokuqeda kunesisindo samandla ezimboni kanye nomusa wokuhlobisa ikhaya.
Ngaphezu (futhi eduze) kwesokhethi yamandla ye-IEC edingekayo, iphaneli yangemuva ye-HSA-1b inezingeniso ezimbili zezinga lomugqa: i-single-end (RCA) kanye ne-balanced (XLR). Kukhona nama-pair amabili ama-banana plug jacks okuxhuma izikhulumi ze-stereo. Ngaphansi kwe-speaker jack, ifundeka kanje "i-Serbian SAEQ eyenzelwe futhi yakhiqizwa ngokwezidingo ze-RAAL".
Ngokusho kuka-Aleksandar Radisavljevic, inhloko yazo zonke i-RAAL-requisite, “i-SAEQ imele imishini yomsindo yaseSerbia. Iyinkampani yomngane wami engimazi iminyaka engama-20, uMnu. Dragan Domanovich. Ngihlabeke umxhwele kakhulu nge-amplifier yakhe yesipikha somsindo, lapho sesiqedile ama-headphone akhe, ngambuza ukuthi angayenza yini i-amplifier ye-SR1a, eyayizophawulwa njenge-RAAL-requisite futhi inikezwe kuphela njenge-RAAL-requisite. Wayelangazelela ukwenza izinguquko ezidingekayo ku-topology ye-amplifier yakhe ayithandayo. Ngemva konyaka ongaphezu konyaka Ngokuphindaphindeka, uDragan wathola umsindo esasiwufuna sonke thina Rr kanye ne-SAEQ. Manje njengoba i-SAEQ isikwazi, nabo bayawenza.”
Iphaneli engaphambili ye-HSA-1b ineswishi yamandla yomsindo wobuchwepheshe engu-5/8" ububanzi, ekhanyiswe ukukhanya okubomvu. Ngakwesokudla kwayo kukhona isixhumi sokukhipha ama-headphone se-XLR esinezipini ezine, esingowesilisa kunokuba sibe ngowesifazane ojwayelekile, Ukuze kuxhunywe ama-earphone eribhoni ye-RAAL ye-SR1a kuphela; iphakheji ye-HSA-1b ifaka i-adaptha ye-XLR yesifazane eshintsha ubulili ibe ngowesifazane ukuze abasebenzisi bakwazi ukuxhuma i-Susvara ye-HiFiMan engu-83dB/mW kanye nezinye izi-earphone ezisebenzisa amandla futhi ezizwela kancane ku-HSA-1b. Ukukhishwa kwe-SR1a okunamandla aphezulu, ngakwesokudla kukhona isixhumi sesifazane esinezipini ezine sezi-earphone zendabuko ezilinganiselayo, bese kuba yi-jack ye-TRS engu-3.5mm (engalinganiselanga). Ngaphezulu kwesixhumi se-earphone kukhona umugqa wezinkinobho ezintathu abasebenzisi abangakhetha kuzo phakathi kwe-SR1a kanye nabashayeli be-earphone bendabuko. Ukukhishwa kwe-SR1a, ukuphuma kwama-headphone noma kwesipikha, ukufaka okulinganiselayo nokungalinganiseli. Ngakwesokudla kakhulu kukhona inkinobho enkulu ebomvu yokulawula ivolumu yephaneli ye-HSA-1b, elawula ukuchofoza kwayo. umsindo, i-attenuator enezinyathelo ezingu-24.
URadisavljevic ungitshele ku-imeyili ukuthi i-HSA-1b isebenzisa ama-transistors e-bipolar junction ngoba "amadivayisi aqhutshwa yi-current, hhayi amadivayisi aqhutshwa yi-voltage njenge-MOSFET." Ngakho-ke, "ama-BJT anokulahlekelwa okuphezulu kokushintsha. Kodwa anokulahlekelwa okuncane kokuqhuba."
Ngitshele iRadisavljevic ukuthi "idrayivu emangalisayo" engiyizwile ku-HSA-1b, ishayela isikhulumi se-Falcon LS3/5a esingu-15 ohm, 83dB/2.83V/m?, amandla aso futhi kulula ngokumangazayo. Ngimcele ukuthi achaze ukuthi i-amplifier yakhe encane "ye-headphone" ikwenza kanjani lokhu. Uphendule wathi: "Umshayeli ukhona, ngoba anganikeza ama-amps angu-7 kumthwalo ongu-0.4 ohm, ngakho ama-ohms angu-15 awasho lutho kuwo. Ngokuyisisekelo iyi-amplifier yesikhulumi elungiselelwe kakhulu ukushayela i-impedance ephansi. Layisha." Kwenye i-imeyili, u-Aleksander wangitshela ezinye izincazelo ezingafakwanga kuwebhusayithi ye-RAAL okumele ube nayo: "Inzuzo icishe ibe yi-10dB yokufaka i-RCA. Ngokufaka i-XLR, uma une-DAC ekhiphayo ephezulu, ungakhetha ukunciphisa inzuzo."
Ngaphakathi kwe-HSA-1b, ibhodi lesifunda elincane eliphrintiwe elivela phezulu lisuka ebhodini lokufaka le-XLR lineswishi ye-DIP enezindawo eziyisithupha, engasetshenziswa "ekulungiseni ukuzwela kwangaphakathi kokufakwa kwe-XLR". Ngokusho kwencwadi yemiyalelo, umsebenzisi unezinketho ezintathu: 10dB, 6dB, 0dB. Idivayisi yami ilungiselelwe kusengaphambili ku-6dB.
"I-impedance yokukhipha komkhiqizo wendabuko [we-headphone] ingu-5.3 ohms. Amandla avela kulokhu kukhipha kuya ku-32 ohms angu-250mW, kanti amandla avela kulokhu kukhipha kuya ku-300 ohms angu-26mW. Amandla okukhipha komkhiqizo we-SR-1a/Ribbon (ama-Headphone e-drive dynamic noma a-planar magnetic) angu-1900mW ku-32 ohms kanye no-200mW ku-300 ohms." Uma izibalo zami zilungile, kusho ukuthi inkinobho yokushintsha kwesobunxele isethwe endaweni ephansi futhi umphumela weribhoni cishe ungu-7.75V.
I-HSA-1b Kwenye indawo kule nkinga, ngibuyekeza isikhulumi sikaStenheim Suisse esingu-$32,900/ipheya esinezihlalo ezintathu ze-aluminium. Lezi zikhulumi ezinde ezingamasentimitha angu-41 zibukeka zibiza kakhulu kumakhabethe e-aluminium abomvu, amnyama nampunga. Ukubukeka kwazo kunambitheka kakhulu futhi kuyisimanje. Okubaluleke kakhulu, ziphinda ziqophe ngokucaca okubukhali, okungenakuphikiswa, okuyinto ethakazelisa kakhulu.
Iwebhusayithi kaStenheim ithi ukuzwela kwe-Alumine Three kungu-93dB/2.83V/m (umbhalo waphansi 3), kanti amandla amancane anconywayo e-amplifier angu-10W. Ngakho-ke ngokwemvelo, ngokuncenga okuncane, ngazama ukuwasebenzisa nge-10Wpc HSA-1b.
Kunzima kimi ukunquma ukuthi ngizoqala yini ukuhlolwa kwami ​​kwe-RAAL-Stenheim noChampion Jack Dupree noma uJacqueline Du Pré. Kwakushushu futhi kugcwele ngalolo suku, futhi umoya wawunuka njengenhlanzi, ngakho ngaya ku-Gutter Blues (16/44.1 FLAC Atlantic/Qobuz) ngobuciko obenziwe yi-piano champion yaseNew Orleans uJack Jerry Wexler ngo-1958. Ngamangala ukuthi upiyano lukaDupree lwaluzwakala kamnandi kangakanani, nokuthi i-bass kaWendell Marshall evela kuma-woofers amabili angu-8" e-Alumine Three yayizwakala kanjani. Isimo sengqondo sikaChampion sikaN'awlins esintengantengayo sibonakala ngokugcwele. Okuwukuphela kokukhathazeka kwami ​​ukuthi kungani kuvame ukuba kanjani noma kungani ukuqoshwa kwe-Atlantic okunzima kuzwakala kukhulu futhi kuthambile.
Ngabe sengiphendukela kuJacqueline Du Pré, umdlali we-cell odumile kakhulu e-UK. Ngidlala uHaydn noMann: Cello Concerto wakhe, kusukela ngo-1969 (24/48 FLAC-MQA Warner Classics/Tide), ubumnene banyamalala, futhi umuzwa wangempela nowangempela wokuvaleka nokuba khona wabuya. Izintambo ze-London Symphony Orchestra eziqhutshwa nguSir John Barbirolli zidlula ngesimo esifanele kanye nokunemba. Inhlanganisela ye-HSA-1b + Alumine Three ikhiqiza umsindo omusha, ovulekile nocacile. I-violin transients kanye ne-cello harmony yangena ekamelweni lami, ingokoqobo kakhulu. Lokhu kuqoshwa akuvamile ukuzwakala kukhanga kangaka.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kusukela ngoJuni kuya kuJulayi, ngilalele ama-albhamu amaningi, phakathi kwawo i-RAAL HSA-1b isebenzisa i-Stenheim Alumine Threes. Angivamile ukuzwa ukuthi kudingeka amandla engeziwe.
I-SR1a HSA-1b edingekayo ye-RAAL ishayela kahle kakhulu izikhulumi ze-Falcons ne-Stenheim, kodwa isizathu esiyinhloko sokuba khona kwayo ukunika amandla ama-headphone e-RAAL e-SR1a agcwele ngaphandle kwe-RAAL amplifier impedance converter. Ngithemba ukuthi okungenani ingahambisana ne-amplifier engiyenzile nge-Pass Labs XA25 noma i-Schiit Audio ye-SR1a (Jotunheim R.
Uma i-Pass Labs XA25 inika amandla i-headset ye-RAAL (nge-RAAL's impedance converter), ukuqoshwa kuzwakala kucacile futhi kuqondile, futhi kuzwakala njengombono wokuqala, ongaphazanyiswa othathwe yi-microphone. Umculo we-trance engiwuthandayo unomphefumulo.
Nombala. Akukaze kube yinto yakudala noma ethinta inhliziyo enkathini entsha. Kunalokho, umuzwa wokuqina nokushesha uvusa izinkumbulo zasendulo ezinegazi.
Yilokhu kanye okwenziwa yisazi semvelo uSteve Roach ku-albhamu yakhe ka-1993 ethi Origins (16/44.1 FLAC Fortuna/Qobuz). Kuthrekhi yesithathu ye-Origins ethi "Clay, Wood, Bone, Dirt", imisindo kaDaniel Nagle ethi didgeridoo ephansi, ehumzayo, neye-guttural idlula yonke eminye imisindo eyenziwe ngumuntu. Vuselela inkumbulo yegazi. Kusetshenziswa i-SR1a eqhutshwa yi-HSA-1b, i-resonance ende ye-flutter cavity ye-didgeridoo tube kanye nomsindo omfushane we-resonance webhodwe lobumba kwavela ku-semicircle phambi kwami, okubonakalayo nokubonakalayo.
Umbhalo ongezansi 2: I-RAAL Advanced Loudspeaker, Djordja Simeonovica 419000 Zajecar, eSerbia. Ucingo: (381) 64 144 1111 Iwebhusayithi: raalrequisite.com, raalribbon.com. Umsabalalisi waseMelika: Requisite Audio Engineering, 2175 Goodyear Ave., Suite 110 Ventura, CA 93003-7761. Ucingo: (818) 437-0779. Iwebhusayithi: requisiteaudio.com
Umbhalo ongezansi 3: Ngilinganisela ukuthi ukuzwela kwe-voltage ye-B-weighted ye-Stenheim Alumine Three kungu-91dB/2.83V/m2, okuphakeme kakhulu kunesilinganiso. ??John Atkinson
Njengokujwayelekile, ngiyayithanda indlela isihloko sakho esisilethele yona. Umpetha uJack Dupree manje ukhala ngezipikha ekamelweni lami lokulala/ehhovisi (kuyinhlekelele), futhi umsindo ungase wanele ukwenza umfazi, ingane encane kanye nomnakekeli wengane phansi bahwaqabele. Ngolunye usuku, ngingathanda ukuzwa ngezinga lokuthuthuka kwama-headphone owabhale lapha, kodwa kuze kube manje, ngithole ukuthi inhlanganisela ye-DragonFly Red kanye ne-Sony MDR-7506 iyona nto enciphisa imbuyiselo-$300! Ngayisa i-Sony esitolo sendawo futhi ngawahlanganisa ne-Focal Clears kanye ne-Stellias kubha yabo yama-headphone, kodwa angikwazanga ukuchaza umehluko. Umthengisi wangicela ukuthi ngizame i-DragonFly Red, okwangizuzisa kakhulu; Ngathakaselwa kakhulu ngemva kwama-bar ambalwa okuqala. Izwi likaBlue likhululekile kakhudlwana, kodwa njengomdlali wezinsimbi zomculo (kahle, impilo yangaphambilini kuleli qophelo) ngiyayijabulela ithonya elengeziwe elizwakala nge-Red.
Kubhalwe kahle kakhulu, njengenjwayelo! Njengomnikazi/umthandi we-Stax 9S, ngiyavuma ukuthi i-RAAL ingase izimisele kakhudlwana. Lapho ngizama, ngakuthola kujabulisa. Eqinisweni, kwakujabulisa kakhulu kimi. Ngazizwa sengathi izindlebe zami ziseceleni kwesigubhu se-snare noma i-saxophone. Kodwa ngama-headphone ambalwa aphezulu (njenge-Ferrari), lokhu kuyinto emangalisayo. cheers!
Mnu. HR othandekayo, ngingumsabalalisi futhi ngithanda i-Stax. Ekugcineni, ngathengisa i-Stax yami futhi ngayeka ngokuphelele ukuthengisa i-Stax.
Lokhu kungaba yinto enhle, kodwa akunjalo? Mhlawumbe kuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, kuchwepheshile kakhulu, kuhlukile kakhulu, kuyaxaka kakhulu. Mhlawumbe kufana nePorsche 911 Turbo ethola iTacoBell ku-Drive through.
Umculo ufana nokuchitha isikhathi nabangani bakudala, i-Stax Music ifana nokuxazulula izinkinga nomhlaziyi wami.
Uma lawa ma-RAAL efana ne-Stax, angathengiswa kancane kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nemishini efana ne-Diana of the Abyss. (Ngicabanga)
Ngiyabonga ngokusilethela lo mbiko, angicabangi ukuthi bangamethemba omunye umuntu. (UTyll ungumuntu oqotho kakhulu) Nakuba ungamenyezelwanga, uhlala ubonakala sengathi ungumuntu ozongena esikhundleni sikaTyll.
Bengilokhu ngisebenzisa ama-headset e-STAX selokhu ngathenga i-SR-5/SRD-6 maphakathi nawo-1970. Kulandelwe yiLambda Pro/SRD-7 Pro kanye namanye amasethi amaningana.
Yimaphi ama-amplifiers owasebenzisayo ukushayela omakhalekhukhwini be-STAX? Ngithole ukuthi amanye ama-amplifiers e-solid-state anezinkinga zokushayela umthwalo ohlinzekwa yi-adaptha ye-STAX. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-SAE 31B yayibonakala isebenza kahle kakhulu, kanti i-Hafler DH-200 yavela ekupheleni kwale minyaka eyishumi.
Ngiyajabula ngama-Sennheiser asezingeni eliphakathi (uchungechunge lwama-580/600/650) kanye nama-amplifiers e-Schiit Class A SS kanye ne-Schiit Valhalla 2 anamashubhu aseRussia (aphakamisa umculo ngendlela ekhululekile nephumuzayo). Ngizwile ngama-headphone amasha namnandi, futhi manje ngicabanga nge-ABYSS Diana, kodwa angijahile. Ngilandela futhi ngihlela inguqulo yakamuva ye-Woo Firefly.
Esikhathini sami sokuthengisa, iStax cishe iyona kuphela i-headset enginayo. Nginochungechunge lwabo lwama-headset kanye nemikhiqizo ye-elekthronikhi efanayo. Ngaphambi kwe-RMAF ngo-2011, ngahlangana neSchiit Guys. Nginesithakazelo esikhulu kufilosofi yabo yokukhiqiza kanye nefilosofi. Nginguchwepheshe wama-headphone. Ngathenga imikhiqizo yabo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva. Ngisamthanda uSchiit, yize igama labo kanye neswishi yamandla kusemuva.
Ama-Sennheiser angcono kunanoma yiluphi uhlelo lwesipikha engilubonile. (Nakuba ikhwalithi yomsindo wabo isezingeni eliphakathi uma kuqhathaniswa nento entsha enhle, i-1266 Abyss.)
PS Ngilindele ukuthi izikhulumi zomsindo ze-PS zochungechunge lwe-FR zizodingeka. Iminwe ebizayo ixhumene!


Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Okthoba-28-2021