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| Looking for pre with 2 volume controls. Why not also consider a preamp having a balance control, which would broaden your choices considerably, as well as being more convenient to use?Regards,-- Al | |
| Metrum Pavane NOS DAC As great leaps have been made with I/V stages (away from the norm) and this dac doesn't allow this.As it would have standard text book I/V embedded within the dac itself which looks to be A1 on the data sheet, but with high output impedance.George... | |
| I'm looking for good analog interconnects What cartridge are you using? The interaction between the characteristics of the particular cartridge and the capacitance of the particular phono cable (in combination with the input capacitance of the Phonomena II+, which unfortunately appears to... | |
| Metrum Pavane NOS DAC I don't understand your post, George. I think we're both agreed that the AD5791 provides a voltage output, as the datasheet plainly says in numerous places. But it has a very high output impedance, and as Ric indicated it seems very conceivable th... | |
| Metrum Pavane NOS DAC The AD5791 datasheet describes it as providing a voltage output, but one that is unbuffered, and that has a high nominal output impedance of 3.4K. So when used in a DAC component it would almost certainly require a separate buffer stage, and as Ri... | |
| Name The Intro Well, I got ten of them. I guess that's respectable for someone who listens mainly to classical music.Thanks for the fun exercise :-)Regards,-- Al | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 08-14-15: Paul79The Totaldac Twelve is not cheap to make, no matter where he is located... 600 .01% foil resistors, at $20 a piece retail, it is easy to see where the bulk of the costs are. Add to that SOTA Parts, inputs, outputs, power supplies, ... | |
| How is a CD read? ZD -- He did:I have even played the CD in my vehicle where the same issue was duplicated.Best regards,-- Al | |
| How is a CD read? My guess is that the artist's reference to Google is a suggestion to research comments on the particular recording. And I suspect from all you've described that doing so will turn up indications that there were technical problems of some sort eith... | |
| 6SN7 tube question Ralph (Atmasphere) beat me to it, as I was just about to post the same comment. The GTAs and GTBs are rated to handle considerably higher plate voltages and power dissipations than the GTs. But be aware that there are some current production (not ... | |
| RIAA vs Columbia vs Decca Regarding absolute phase/polarity, on recordings which are heavily multi-mic'd and are subjected to extensive post-processing and mixing (as many and probably most recordings are in recent decades), and assuming that multiple instruments and/or vo... | |
| Power Cord with a 20 amp female and 15 amp male ? 08-11-15: Jea48Not sure what good a 5Kva isolation transformer connected to a 120V 20 amp branch circuit let alone a 120V 15 amp branch circuit is supposed to do....... If the unit will be plugged into a 120V 15 amp convenience outlet branch circu... | |
| Audio Consignment Shop In The New York Area? Thanks for the correction, ZD. As someone who lived in Coney Island as a youth, I'm ashamed of myself.:-)Best regards,-- Al | |
| Audio Consignment Shop In The New York Area? 08-10-15: StanleylockeNeither Stereo Exchange nor TFtA will do consignment. They would buy them outright but for pennies on the dollar. Another possible buyer is Adam from High-End Audio Auctions. He's on Ebay. Otherwise, the recommendation to lis... | |
| Is DEQX a game changer? Ive spent some time studying the measurements I previously described having taken, and observing on the computer screen the results of applying various window durations to them. As a result Ive chosen two specific correction filters to evaluate ... |