@georgehifi said: ...going direct can sound absolutely stunning with unmatched transparency and dynamics with the good to best recordings, but then almost unlistenable with the bad recordings,
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Precisely my experience with a wonderful passive I auditioned that was much cleaner than the DAC volume control. There were just too many recording where I really didn't want the band in the room because the mastering sucked. A real conundrum. Can I handle the truth? I'm back to that loosy-goosy search for a "sweet sounding" linestage.
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Precisely my experience with a wonderful passive I auditioned that was much cleaner than the DAC volume control. There were just too many recording where I really didn't want the band in the room because the mastering sucked. A real conundrum. Can I handle the truth? I'm back to that loosy-goosy search for a "sweet sounding" linestage.