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| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE It is an OTL preamp so there is no coloration even though it has tubes inside. Read about it, you will get an idea.Actually most tube preamps are OTL. Ironically, this one is not. An output transformer is employed as well as a solid state circuit ... | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please Essentially, a preamp is used for several things: - As a way to switch between multiple sound sources (i.e. CD player, tape, etc.) - Be able to provide a way to adjust volume - Contains a circuit that has enough current to drive certain amps (s... | |
| Most transparent power amp Hey Ralph. Here's my chance to zero in now that you've chimed in. My experience has been that there's no free lunch. What is the compromise in implementing the ZEROs? It seems you would lose extension one way or another, no?Because the ZERO doe... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? And they are right, most digiheads will think it sounds good on their devices. I did hear an opinion that $1k Purist Audio USB cable is really something. IIRC, USB cables need to have a characteristic impedance of 110 ohms to prevent reflection... | |
| Magnepan 20.7's & Tube Amp Ralph, is the need for the very short speaker cable unique to the planar/OTL combination or long cable inherently causes low frequency roll-off? I didn't think the cable length should be that detrimental given a 1.75 ohm output impedance on the... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE Sort of settled for a lot flabby bass and rolled off top and bottom because extension and my geniune understanding and appreciation for it came later in the game so I wasted a lot of great gear to be honest. I would not settle for that either- a... | |
| TriPlanar tonearm outward skating issue Raul, IMO you owe Triplanar and Lew an apology. Your statements are false and uncalled for. | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? +1 | |
| Magnepan 20.7's & Tube Amp Ralph, wouldn't a set of Zero Autoformers be of help?The MA-2s don't care, but on a lot of amps, yes. We are in Magnaplanar's back yard up here in the frozen wasteland, so we have a good number of local customers running M-60s on some of the small... | |
| Most transparent power amp ^^ FWIW we've had good luck with Sashas running our MA-1s. I think it might be helped by a set of ZEROs (www.zeroimpedance.com) but the amp didn't sound like there were any problems making bass despite the Sasha's rather low impedance in the bass ... | |
| Esoteric C03 preamp or Mark Levinson 326S preamp- ANY and ALL FEEDBACK / HELP PLEASE I'm curious as to what you mean by this Ralph. I know many who are very happy with the ARC preamp/Pass Lab amp combination, including myself.Al got it- The input impedance of the Pass puts the ARC at its limit. It might work well for you, but th... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Hmm. What is "tube" sound?Smoother and more detailed than transistor, more lower ordered harmonics which are harder for the ear to detect. Less higher orders that the ear easily detects as harshness.************************If you really really hav... | |
| What’s a good preamp to run with Krell FPB 350m monos that has 2 pairs of balanced outs Well my usual answer to Krell's is tube pre's, but Ayre is a great call with your impedance needs. Our MP-1 is tube, has dual balanced outputs and has no worries driving two pair of solid state amps without loss of bass performance. I agree the Ay... | |
| Magnepan 20.7's & Tube Amp which one has more amps into 4 ohms?This is a bit of a trick question. The amount of current will depend entirely on how much power the amp makes into 4 ohms. If 200 watts, the current will be 7.07 amps regardless of the amplifier involved, tube o... | |
| TriPlanar Tips The tonearm seems to want to skate outwards, even with zero anti skate applied and the weight removed from the little anti skate arm. It is evident at various settings of VTF, VTA, etc. The platter is very level and everything seems to be alig... |