Krelldog it’s been awhile I have not see you posting ? Welcome back.Kota1 agree good post .
Whats the ultimate goal with your pre amp ?
I have a great pre amp its a Pass labs XP-22. Its a great compliment to the rest of my gear-Pass 250.8-Pass XP-17 phono pre-VPI Prime Signature TT-Auralic Aries 2.1 Streamer- PS Audio Directstream MK2--Harbeth 40.2 Anniversaries.
My question is- At what point is a pre amp overkill ? Example- In terms of performance- How close does a Parasound JC-2 get to a Pass XP-22 ?
In my mind I want the Pre to be uncolored..silent...and have flexibility/with XLR's in and out. Does or should it cost 10K to achieve this ?
The point of this post is to gather opinions on what other audiophile thoughts are .
Thanks in advance for any and all opinions.
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Do a 30-day home trial with your system and ears of the Benchmark LA4 preamp. Uncolored, XLR, pure silence from the tweeters, and the volume control is amazing. The volume control does click but that is a benefit for me since it has 256 steps. Benchmark LA4 Line Amplifier - Benchmark Media Systems The Benchmark website has had this disclaimer since 2019. They are selling a ton of them. WE RECOMMEND PLACING AN ORDER BEFORE THESE ARE SOLD OUT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION, BUT DEMAND HAS BEEN GROWING RAPIDLY AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.I recently got a CODA #16 amp and paired with the LA4 is amazing. I just hear the beautiful sounding amp and my source. BTW - I tried a $7.5K colored preamp with CODA, KRELL XD, Benchmark AHB2, Parasound A21+, Class D (and GAN), I always came back to the LA4. If the amp sounds good, then I want to hear that and not the preamp. |
Well the TT is working nice. If one only has a DAC or some other single source, then they could remove the preamp if the volume can be controlled reliably.
Or straight wire with attenuation. 😎
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Don’t listen to some of these snobby itchbays. prices of individual components don’t mean ickday!
oh no,a 2K speaker pair driven by a 10K monoblocks, it’s too good for the speakers? Who thinks of hitsay? Prices don’t,matter n audio, if the music sounds good, then it sounds good. regardless I f the cost of gear. have the highest level of kismet by odyssey upgrades, driving a pair of mid 90’s BIC venturi V830 towers. Sanders preamp, and 2 low cost spinners, Rotel rdv 1040,,a sherwood 5:cd carousel, pioneer elite dv79avi does get called up from time to time.
Years ago, I had altec Lansing 510 towers powered by 2 Carvin dcm 2500 pro guitar amps in mono, feeding 2500W rms to each speaker,…the headroom and open airy sound was huge and wide, Acurus acd-11 spinner, b and k pro10-mc preamp, older Parasound tuner. sounded great to me. Don’t be so quick to put peoples equipment down, or the owners. Not cool.
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