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| Unity gain with tube buffer? With resistive passives controlling the interconnect is more critical. TVCs and AVCs less so (Ralph has this thing about transformers too - so that probably wouldn't be a convincing argument to him). However John Chapman's new design (6 input vers... | |
| Unity gain with tube buffer? Talk to Ralph about the Audio Kinesis speakers. He has some interesting things to say about them. My Jazz Modules should be here in the next couple of days. Looking forward to getting rid of speaker stands.I read up a bit more on the B1. Seems pre... | |
| Unity gain with tube buffer? I think the reference to Promitheus was for the Apollo preamp, but that uses the TVC with a gain stage (6 or 12db) which is not what you are looking for. I'm sure Nicholas could custom build what you wanted but that might be a bit risky.It's possi... | |
| Noise Destoyer Power Conditioner As Alan's description states:The PE has 4 wide band filters (versus 5 for the PE 2) installed to offer good noise suppression over a wide frequency range. The PE can reduce and eliminate harmonic noise riding on the a/c circuit up to 250 feet (ver... | |
| Power conditioner Not sure what you want to spend but the Running Springs products are very good. You could plug your amp into a RSA PLC with no issues.Alan Maher products also warrant a look. Different concept though than traditional power conditioning. | |
| How important is S/N Ratio....? I found it interesting at RMAF that Roger Sanders insisted that more power was better. He was biamping his electrostatic speakers with 600 (top) and 1000 (bottom) watt amps. His reasoning had to do with headroom that would improve dynamics. Not su... | |
| Noise Destoyer Power Conditioner You really should try the Alan Maher PEs. Installed properly you will experience the black background and realism of musical instruments. I have 9 placed throughout my home (1 on each non-audio circit and 4 on the audio circuit itself) as well as ... | |
| DIY Acrolink or Lessloss for Cary SLP-05? Tvad, The 079 plugs, which according to Alan Kafton who sold me the cable imparts a slightly warmer presentation than the 046 plugs on the Tunami.For whatever reason, in my system both the Acrolink and Oyaide cable sounded best on my amp. | |
| VAC Phi Alpha DAC I heard it and it was very good. The volume control on the DAC is a bonus if you have a single source system. Kevin mentioned it is based on the same design used in VAC preamps. It also has a USB input. | |
| DIY Acrolink or Lessloss for Cary SLP-05? Why not try the Flavor 4 on your digital source. I did and liked the results. Between what you listed as options I would choose the Acrolink. The Lessloss at first listen will sound quiet, but what you're really hearing is that veiled trait Tvad m... | |
| Music Reference RM9 and Preamp Experiences Maybe the Cary SLP-98 could be worth a spin here. With the right combination of 6SN7 tubes the sound could be tailored a bit. Overall the signature is classic Cary with lush mids, but some Tungsols or RCA red base 5692's could even that out a bit. | |
| TRELJA in Denver - 2008 Joe,Great meeting you at the happy hour on Friday. I also share your opinion on the Audiokinesis and Serious Stereo rooms. I also enjoyed the Merlin, Sanders, and both VAC rooms.Gordon Rankin, Vincent Sanders, and Steve Nugent are all making a cas... | |
| Tube MM Phono pre for SUT Why not just get the K&K MM phono? Another option would be something from Hagerman Technologies. You might find the SUT totally unnecessary after trying one of these.BTW - that K&K SUT competes very well with the Jensen and S&B. Howeve... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Dave,Duke's room on Friday was not as impressive (although quite good) as on Saturday. On Friday he had both pairs of his new speaker designs in play and in close proximity to each other (basically side by side) which caused minor imaging issues. ... | |
| I'm new to this. Critique my tentative plan? Depends on the type of passive preamp. However, a few places to start are:1. Your source(s) has the proper output to drive a passive. If this is a CDP then you would need one with an output impedance of about 500 ohms or less, and 2V or greater ou... |