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| The future of preamps if his source has volume control" it will be the most transparent, dynamic, and least coloured way of getting the sound of the CDP/DAC to the poweramps.Georgelofi, this is not really true, unless that source also has the ability to control the cab... | |
| The future of preamps 'Flat earth' usually has something to do with a lack of math coupled with ignorance. Here are the issues of what a passive has to face:With any passive volume control the control element is a series element with the source. The more you have to tu... | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, it uses a servo that corrects the DC. The servo also lets you know if there is a problem it can't correct. Its simple, and very reliable. The actual circuit does not want to make large amounts of DC in the first place so the servo ... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Ebuzz, make sure you have checked to see if there are any potential issues with the tube amp driving the loudspeakers you have. | |
| Benefit of low output moving-iron Grado ? You might want to experiment with loading. We had a ZYX Universe that was very nice, one day the needle just decided to let go of the cantilever and that was that.So we installed a wood-body Grado we had on hand. Its 5mV. It was also a little upfr... | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, I think I need to clarify that. I think there are maybe 3-4 tube preamps with direct-coupled outputs (Berning made a hybrid called the TF-10 years ago, there was the Messenger and we make two of them. Pretty sure Krell was not talk... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp Denon53, yes, I get accused of that occasionally :) | |
| The future of preamps Audiolabyrinth, despite what you quoted in the manual, that idea that somehow tube preamps have DC at their output is a myth! Most tube preamps have a coupling capacitor at their output and so cannot produce DC. I suspect that is something concoct... | |
| Tube preamp question :) you missed one, in a way the granddaddy of them all.The Atma-Sphere MP-1 was/is the world's first balanced line preamp, having been introduced in 1989. It is unusual in that it is also all-tube, but has a direct-coupled output, something unusua... | |
| The future of preamps I'm a bit confounded why it would be implicitly, and quite arrogantly assumed I'm not using my ears when stating the above; I most certainly base my findings on actual listening impressionsPhusis, I would guess that the reason is you have had a sp... | |
| Warm, Smooth yet Transparent Amp FWIW this is all about distortion. Solid state amps have a harshness due to trace amounts of odd ordered harmonics (5th and above) that the ear uses to sort out how loud a sound is. It is because of the latter fact that the human ear is very sensi... | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... One of the more legendary guitar amps was made by Sunn, and was nothing more than a Dynaco MkIII. Looked a lot nicer than the Dynaco though :) | |
| tube amps and electrostatics ^^ Yup! We shown with Roy's speakers at audio shows in the past. Never had a problem with them. | |
| good preamp for dynaco mk3 monoblocks with maggies You could always find a used Dynaco PAS-3 and pay to have someone refurbish it. With some simple mods that preamp is a giant killer... | |
| The future of preamps another situation is that I cannot use typical tube pre-amps or sources direct to amp, or I would have to activate the coupling capacitors that are not active inside the amp to protect is from tube unstableness!Audiolabyrinth, best I can make out,... |