charles1dad
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| Chinese Class A SS Vietnam, Malaysia, India etc. Likely destinations for finding cheap labor as China’s manufacturing cost inevitably rise. People forget that in the 1950s- 1960s "made in Japan " was a put down. Times do change.Charles | |
| Chinese Class A SS I would avoid broad brushing all Chinese audio products. There does exist a hierarchy of quality components/manufacturers as with virtually every other country. I'd recommend doing some research and gain more information on these class A solid st... | |
| Best used or new DAC under $3500 Hi Wig,Congratulations on obtaining the Border Patrol SE (BP) DAC. As discussed in earlier posts I thought there was a very good possibility that you would be nappy with it due to its natural sonic character. It is an effective communicator of mus... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts +1 Corelli. Aric your contributions are an asset IMO.Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom,I agree with Al regarding the attenuators, Rothwell vs Harrison Labs and for the reasons he gave. They aren't expensive so you may want to get several different ratings to see which provides the desired level of reducing db (excess gain). For... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Well then the Pass Labs amplifier has 4 db more gain than my Frankenstein. At least on paper it seems 26 db of gain in the preamplifier is quite a "generous " match for that amplifier. Although if the gain is adjustable then a suitable setting sh... | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? Hi Orpheus10,I believe that Tom Perez, Keith Ellison, Elizabeth Warren and Maxine Waters would take issue with your assessment. Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom,Power (watts) and gain are two different issues. Again your amplifier may have higher sensitivity than the typical power amplifier and this affects overall system gain requirements. Your preamplifier may be a high gain design (>16 db).Char... | |
| Anybody watch the Grammys tonight? "huntin and fishin" more programmed stereotypes?Orpheus10, conversely you could be accused of tired and worn liberal/leftist cliches with a myopic view of those with different perspectives. It cuts in both directions.Charles | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom, If your 300b amp has similar sensitivity to my Frankenstein and If your Concert Fidelity DAC output voltage is 2 volts or higher (My DAC is 3.1V) and with your 94 db speakers you don’t require much preamplifier gain. I've been down this road... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Tom, I don’t doubt for a moment that your pre and power amplifier combo sound wonderful. If you can’t use your volume control much above 9AM it does suggest that there’s more gain in your system than you need. Ideally you want to be able to use th... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Another variable regarding power amplifiers is their sensitivity as measured in volts would influence the correct gain level of the preamplifier. Some amplifiers can be driven to full output with 1 volt or even less (My amplifier sensitivity is 0.... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi Aric,Good point, total system gain is what I was alluding to and of course the gain of the power amplifier needs to be known. My amplifier most probably has more gain than the Pass Labs amplifier. In my system 18 db of gain from the preamplifi... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Iaaduionut, 26 db of gain is a "lot" of gain for the line stage. Your speakers are pretty sensitive at 94 db . My speakers are 94 db as well and my Line Stage has 10 db of gain. Most often I am using the volume control (VC) in the 11AM to 2PM sett... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Iaaduionut, From the description of Aric's "Cost no object " preamplifier I do believe that it will provide truly superb sound quality. Choosing the Duelund CAST PIO as coupling capacitors is an excellent decision, truly top tier quality. Big po... |