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| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 09-27-15: MattnshilpThe point about impedance mismatches is a very interesting one and makes me think that the Allnic D5000 may have a similar issue.Matt, no, I doubt that the relatively low input impedance of your Burmester preamp had anything to... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? 09-27-15: GeorgelofiOf course Jon2020, and I've said exactly that, if he likes what a preamp adds (and that's a colouration) because something else is not quite right that's ok.What erks me is when the preamp brigade use blanket statements that pr... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? 09-26-15: RustlerI guess my final question, then, is what kinds of specs should I look for in a preamp if I want to add one at some point?As I've said in some past threads, the main usefulness of specs, IMO, is to allow candidates to be ruled OUT ... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Matt, congratulations on reaching this major milestone in your journey. Enjoy!A point to keep in mind regarding your forthcoming audition of the Aesthetix Romulus Signature: It will be marginal, at best, in terms of its compatibility with the rela... | |
| Since solder is such a poor conductor, why use it? 09-25-15: TbgTimrhu, yes solder is awful now. It cracks.I don't doubt your word if you have experienced that, but it needn't be so. Consider the hundreds of thousands and in many cases millions of solder joints in the avionics systems of military ... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? Roger, another point to keep in mind when connecting speakers in series is to be sure to connect the + (usually red) and - (usually black) terminals of the amp and speakers correctly. The proper way for a series connection of two speakers is as fo... | |
| Since solder is such a poor conductor, why use it? 1)Consider the hundreds and in some cases possibly even thousands of solder joints within many electronic components. Why worry about a few more external ones?2)In a properly soldered joint there will be extensive direct contact between the conduc... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Hi Horacio,In this case it was me who wasn't quite right, about the 98 and 101 dB. When I wrote my last response I didn't re-read your post which preceded the one I was responding to, so I had forgotten where the 98 dB (at the listening position) ... | |
| Any thoughts on passive v. active speakers? Next I'm going to throw my Braun L200s onto of my ADS810s and run them in parallel to get to 16 Ohms.... Actually, I only get to 12 Ohms with the ADS & the Braun, but its a step in the right direction...For the two impedances to add, the speak... | |
| amp power & driver sensitivity in multiamp setup Hi Horacio,There are a number of variables and unknowns (to me, at least) that enter into your question. And while I therefore don't know what the answer would be I suspect that chances are it would be significantly different than 101 dB (or 100 d... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? A P.S. to my previous post: If you do eventually have an opportunity to try a tube (or other) preamp in your system, and if you find the resulting sonics to be preferable to no preamp, keep in mind the possibility that the root cause MIGHT be a le... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? The burden of proof should always be on adding anything to the signal path that is not an obvious necessity. In this specific case a preamp is not an obvious necessity, and per George's analysis (with which I agree) the odds appear to be in favor ... | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? 09-22-15: Mitch2Some might say running the bi-wire cables to the two terminals and then connecting (the two positive terminals and the two negative terminals) at the binding posts with jumpers would be better than single wiring the speakers, since... | |
| Is it possible to down-mix stereo outs to mono amp Hi Mofi,Yes, if the source is switched to mono using a y-adapter would not cause any problems. But in this particular situation, at least, if the source is outputting mono just hooking up one of the outputs should work just as well. (In other situ... | |
| Do you Bi-Wire, if you can? Chris, no, that's not correct. Using biwire cabling at the same time as jumpers are in place is little different than paralleling two sets of cables, and will work fine. Albeit with the resulting sonics perhaps being somewhat different than if the... |