clio09
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| Power Conditioners Suited to Digital Front End Pubul57 - look for Topaz/MGE or Xentek isolation transformers. If you're patient you can get them cheap on eBay, but for a reference follow the link:http://www.surplussales.com/Transformers/IsolationXmers-2.html | |
| Phono Stage - Passive Pre- Amp: Results?? More so an issue with resistor based passives that transformer basaed, but still worth while to look into. | |
| Teres still the way to go? I guess we might all find ourselves in the position of a trapped coyote at some point and do what is necessary to survive. That is why Audiogon exists - I would hold out for a Galibier Serac. | |
| Power Conditioners Suited to Digital Front End I use a Running Springs as well, but more out of a matter of convenience. If you truly want to use this for digital gear get the best isolation transformer you can afford. | |
| Passive Pre Recommendations Maybe all you need is something like the EVS or Endler attenuators that connect to the inputs of your amps and allow you to attenuate the signal coming in from your preamp. Both of these products are transparent and work quite well. If you want to... | |
| Anyone listen to an Aesthetix Atlas amp yet? I heard it yesterday at the LA/Orange County Audio Society meeting. It's impressive physically and Jim White was on hand to talk about the design (Charles Hansen of Ayre contributed from what Jim said) which is a hybrid tube/ss featuring 6SN7 tube... | |
| Phono Stage - Passive Pre- Amp: Results?? Same as Ozzy62, except my K&K phonostage and K&K TVC with S&B transformers are a two box set-up. My phonostage has 64db of gain for MC and I've used it with cartridges ranging from .3mV to .8mV. The input sensitivity of my amp is .8V a... | |
| Tube dacs $2k You may want to look into the Monarchy M24 tube DAC. Very smmoth and great value at its price point. I'd also recoomend looking at the numerous NOS DACs out there. | |
| Passive preamp for Tube Amp? Try a TVC, especially those that use S&B transformers like the Bent or K&K (which is the one I have). I've been using one with a 2V digital source, a phono stage with 64db of gain, and an amp with 67K input impedance. Amazing transparency,... | |
| Dynavector XV1s loading & phono If you're looking for a nice step-up transformer and don't want to break the bank the K&K step-up that uses Lundahl transformers is a bargain ($300 assembled). I used one with a Hagerman Trumpet phono stage with great results. Made me forget a... | |
| Searching for a Pre-Amp?? The Joule LA-100 MkIII is a good preamp to look into if you want something slightly warm and very musical. It is in your price range used. | |
| Kubala Sosna and Virtual Dynamics - Similar?? I had a bear of a time getting my Master speaker cables in the system. I wasn't entirely confident in the gripping ability of the spades and really had to tighten them down on the binding post, as well as position the cables properly to ensure the... | |
| Fascinating TT-review Great article. Having just bought a Scheu Analog Premier MkII I found the information very interesting, especially tonearm arm options. | |
| How to ship a Sota Sapphire without original box? Sound advice from the previous posters. Call Donna and by a set of new boxes with the packing instructions. Make sure to ship the dust cover (if you have it) separately. However, even with the above referenced materials things can still go awry wh... | |
| RidgeStreetAudio Poiema 3 IC'S? John,When I put the Z-der block back in my system after about a month haitus, the improvements I heard were related to clarity and focus. More detail and better image stability. As I mentioned, I thought there was an improvement upon first putting... |