Hi Al,
I just noticed the revival of this old thread. Thank you and tonykay for your comments.
Some time after the OP I did come across and purchased an ED-1 which I still use with my SRM-T1S/Lambda Pro Sig combo. I am quite happy with the sound. While shopping for amps I did compare the SRM-T1S to the SRM-1 MK2 (prior to acquiring the ED-1) and as you mention, Al the T1S was much better sounding. However, I still do find an improvement when using the ED-1 with the T1S. Interestingly, not so much in the areas of "in the head sundstaging" and ambience as purported (there is some), but in extension and clarity of bass frequencies as well as overall sense of purity of sound. In fact, it is probably the only time in my experience that I have put anything, active or passive, in the signal path as an add-on that has not resulted in enough negatives to make it an overall backward step. Can't explain why, but the improvement is there in spite of my admitted bias and skepticism toward anything additional in the signal path. Perhaps a fortuitous choice of cables (Nordost)?
Regards.
I just noticed the revival of this old thread. Thank you and tonykay for your comments.
Some time after the OP I did come across and purchased an ED-1 which I still use with my SRM-T1S/Lambda Pro Sig combo. I am quite happy with the sound. While shopping for amps I did compare the SRM-T1S to the SRM-1 MK2 (prior to acquiring the ED-1) and as you mention, Al the T1S was much better sounding. However, I still do find an improvement when using the ED-1 with the T1S. Interestingly, not so much in the areas of "in the head sundstaging" and ambience as purported (there is some), but in extension and clarity of bass frequencies as well as overall sense of purity of sound. In fact, it is probably the only time in my experience that I have put anything, active or passive, in the signal path as an add-on that has not resulted in enough negatives to make it an overall backward step. Can't explain why, but the improvement is there in spite of my admitted bias and skepticism toward anything additional in the signal path. Perhaps a fortuitous choice of cables (Nordost)?
Regards.