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| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? when does the preamp’s additional voltage kick in? Most preamps in most systems are still used in attenuation mode, ime. In attenuation mode, all a pre does is add distortion if impedances are properly matched. All volume control systems, wh... | |
| Good Reel-To Reel Blank RecordingTape @mitch4t , ATR Magnetics is the sole US manufacturer of recording tape. They even have cassettes. | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? as far as balanced cables the only way to go with analog signals, that is a silly thing to say. who has heard all the non balanced choices? @mikelavigne 😁 You don't need to hear all the single-ended cables to know why balanced is better. You... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? It would never have occurred to me that the road to cable Nirvana would be found by combining many strands of wire of different gauges and different shapes (ribbon AND round cross-section) and even different compositions (one strand seems to be c... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? Am I right in saying that most digital devices are designed to have low output impedance? @antigrunge2 No. They are likely deigned to have good sound and or good performance (which are not always the same...). Some have tube outputs and are d... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? could you kindly also get into the differences between attenuation and amplification? It seems hard to get across that most dacs only need the former whereas adding a pre by definition adds distortion. @antigrunge2 The problem we're all up ag... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? when compared to a good passive, it's just no contest. I've tried many passive preamps, thinking "that must be the answer". It isn't--they are all dry and flat. Passive Volume Controls are very susceptible to interconnect cable interactions... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? the real deal breaker for me was the strain gauge's tracking ability. Peter thinks he has got it as good as he can and feels it is acceptable. Generally I will only look at cartridges that can do 80um or better at 315Hz. Miss-tracking is very ann... | |
| Looking For The Best Pre-Amp Match For A Pair of Classe Omega Amplifiers @mspot Yes. FWIW supporting AES48 at the input of an amplifier is fairly easy. The concern is not having to listen to interconnect cables to get the 'sound' right. If AES48 is supported its plug and play; one of its goals is to eliminate interconn... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? I auditioned the strain gauge at Peter's listening room. He spent two hours with me. I really wanted to like the strain gauge but it was just too sharp on female voices and violins for my taste. @mijostyn To my understanding the Soundsmith Stra... | |
| Looking For The Best Pre-Amp Match For A Pair of Classe Omega Amplifiers I just want a high quality pre amp with excellent volume control, balanced outputs, and remote control capability. If you want to get the most out of balanced operation, with whatever preamp you look at, ask if it supports AES48, the balanced l... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Maybe we should ask @atmasphere ? And avoid descending into extension cords, which have nothing to do the power cords on these amps... Power cords affect audio equipment due to voltage drops occurring at 60Hz but also at much higher frequencies... | |
| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? I can't believe there is even a debate about this. It is well known that driving a speaker that has a variable impedance curve that dips below 4 ohms with an amp that cannot produce the appropriate current at the low impedances will change the fr... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Also recognize there are some things that are either unmeasurable or not yet measured. The words of Daniel Von Recklinghausen come to mind. They apply directly to this conversation. As I mentioned, something is driving LP sales. If the digital ... | |
| Reminder: how to tell current from an amp's specs? The REGA Osiris integrated amp is one of these exceptions. While it is a beefy hi-current and high WPC amp that doesn’t fully double down, it still has LOTS of current because of its high-end build and design. This is provided by those four Sanke... |