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| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? This question isn’t’ dumb at all. Digital components have a high output analogue section that -very rare extreme impedance mismatches excluded- only need an attenuator to drive the power amp. Preamps were designed for the opposite purpose: bringin... | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @jceahodges on my Zenith MK3 I use a Singxer UIP1 Pro and a 10m clocked LHY Audio UIP in series. I have found them to be additive in improving the USB connection | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @pinwa you might want to try adding a LHY Audio UIP USB conditioner to your Pulsar. It‘s $500 and makes a huge difference on my Zenith MK3. I know,the Pulsar has a Phoenix light USB conditioner but InnuOS USB can definitely be approved upom | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @mclinnguy +1; I like your analytical approach! | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT @mclinnguy While I agree with Grimm design principles I don‘t believe that Roon is the best sounding software. Certainly in my comparison on InnuOS Zenith Mk3 InnuOS Sense 3.1. beat it hands down. That said, an integrated server/DAC/Preamp seems... | |
| Furutech & Oyaide On BNC look at Cybershaft, on USB look at Acoustic Revive. I have Oyaide Continental 5S and its performance is middling at best, easily beaten by Intona. Haven‘t personally tried but hear positive noise about Furutech NCF USB. Good luck | |
| An Audio Conversation with ChatGPT @antigrunge2 having huge power reserves to drive peak loads on inefficient speakers and avoid clipping requires large PSUs creating strong electric fields with their own interference and hum issues. Better use smaller amps à la Nelson Pass‘ Fir... | |
| An Audio Conversation with ChatGPT This all reads like an advertisement for high efficiency speakers and low output amps: large power supplies generate more noise and stronger electric fields. So rather than muscle amps first Watt focus seems the better approach. | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT This thread started in the right place: clean power and optimal clocking are the most important ingredients of a good system. Clocking unfortunately comes in various flavours: incoming signal, whether ethernet or fibre, streamer output to DDC or ... | |
| What are people using to upgrade from Channel D Pure Music to play from iTunes I changed from Puremusic on a tuned Mac Mini to InnuOS Zenith Mk3 on now Sense 3 five years ago. Never looked back, SQ is night and day. | |
| Power conditioners and power regeneration …a splatter crapper? | |
| Power conditioners and power regeneration @ghdprentice tut,tut,tut… Seems he‘s been barely getting here….And his contribution isn‘t much to talk about either….oh well…. | |
| ADD Powr Products opinions please. @ozzy Have you tried it plugged into the Niagara directly? That’s how I use it on my Isotek. No complaints on excessive presence | |
| ADD Powr Products opinions please. I do indeed. The Symphony Pro sits below my Etherregen which sits behind an LHY ocxo swith and 3 Ehrenet Isolators in series. Not sure how much rhe Symphony Pro contributes | |
| ADD Powr Products opinions please. Symphony pro and Eau2 here and I concur with your view. I have the Eau2 onmy Isotek Vision and the Symphony pro in the shelf under dac and streamer. It‘s staying where it is and bang for the buck is superb. |