charles1dad
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| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @yoby, Agree with you, but remember the anti-active preamplifier adherents view many (All?) of the positive attributes you listed (Per bigkidz) as colorations. Particularly if "flesh on the bone" or "fuller body/tone" are cited.Charles | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Hi @slofut,Arrogance and insecurity issues?I guess we infer differently the posts/comments on this thread. Who's displaying arrogant behavior?On the contrary I find the commentary quite refreshing, fun and insightful. Music lovers freely acknow... | |
| Definitely lonely to be an audiophile Hi Luis,Nice thread! Many interesting responses and perspectives.+1 ghdprentice and tomic601 in particular. I can attend a jazz club and sit through 2 or 3 sets or listen at home for hours. Very few in my social circle would enjoy this activity. ... | |
| Are Preamplifier’s Relevant Today or just a Hinderance with Digital Playback ? @jond,Yep, couldn't be expressed any better.Charles | |
| preamp recommendation for bedroom set amp @karmapolice,I took my 300b SET (Coincident Frankenstein mono blocks) to a friend’s home to hear in his system. We used his LTA Micro Z OTL MZ2 (With linear power supply and 6SN7 tubes) as the preamplifier. Absolutely zero issues and the pairing ... | |
| Low gain dac! @luisma31, I sincerely appreciate your very kind comments. I’m in complete agreement with you that the importance and influence of the DAC analogue output stage is overlooked. Same applies to a DAC ’s I/V conversion and power supply. Yes the chips... | |
| Low gain dac! Hi @gryphongryph, I do understand George’s concerns to a point. Your power amplifier is high sensitivity (Only requires 0.7 v input, same as my 300b SET). So obviously your DAC has a surplus of output voltage relative to your amplifier’s needs. Bu... | |
| Low gain dac! George, Sometimes you make no sense. OP has freely acknowledged he has too much system gain. He wants to address it by finding a suitable DAC with less output voltage. This makes sense and is a reasonable solution. You like to frequently tout you... | |
| Low gain dac! OP, You have made it abundantly clear that the addition of the Supratek improves the sound quality of your Audio system. Other alternatives you have tried were not as satisfying in your opinion. So you’re keeping the high gain Supratek. I understa... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy @haimr, Congratulations and I believe that you will be happy with your choice of the big CAT😊.Charles | |
| Low gain dac! @herman, You are correct. Another common issue is poor L/R channel balance when the volume control is severely restricted to the very low positions.Charles | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk Hi Oz,Music Reference is good quality stuff. Always horses for courses for sure.Charles | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk @jjss49, That's a good price for a used AirTight ATM-1. Definitely high tier Japanese amplifier, they don't come cheap however 😊.Charles | |
| Raven Audio Nighthawk @arafiq, Very astute observations. I heard the Rouge tube amplifier years back and thought it a bit solid state like in comparison to a similar priced Quicksilver amplifier. Also agree of your Blackhawk against the ARC GSi 75. Very different price... | |
| Which amplifier should i buy Interesting thread responses. The OP has written several times he clearly prefers a tube power amplifier. It seems many disregard his taste and recommended 'their' preferences of transistor amplifiers. Charles |