clio09
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| Modern Linestages Its my opinion that its a Bad Idea to use synergies, for example using a dark preamp to go with a bright source. What you wind up with is additional distortions and you can't get it to sound like real music.You also wind up flushing huge amounts o... | |
| Modern Linestages I believe the direct and or passive approach is`nt fully accurate as it`s not capable of passing all the information within the signal passage.How so? | |
| Modern Linestages Let's just say several on that thread left no room for such reasoning and maintain a passive under ideal circumstances is the gold standard - period. No room to think different.I think you're being a bit unreasonable with this statement Bill. Sure... | |
| Modern Linestages It's the increasing complexity of the products that seems to be driving the cost upwards. Implicit in my comments is a belief that linestages really shouldn't be that complex a device.I don't necessarily think it's the increasing complexity of the... | |
| Decware CSP2 + I spoke to Steve about this preamp at length as I had some mild interest in it as a headphone amp primarily, but was curious about it as a line amp too. Very good design and I especially like the adjustable output voltage feature. Given it's price... | |
| Modern Linestages When looking at the manufacturers costs to build a preamp lets be sure we understand that "audiophile" capacitors and other components like transformers, chokes, etc. should be based on wholesale, not retail costs. What I pay for a capacitor as a ... | |
| Speakers more fussy about cables than amp? ...maybe it's rather the case that it's the speaker-speaker cable that's more of a variable!Not to me it isn't. | |
| Cat damaged speaker, Help Seems like he fixed it a couple days ago. Pics and remedy used available here:http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/speakers/messages/30/308451.html | |
| solid state vs tubes--with a twist I purchased the NEW DCA-33 back in 1996 along with the P-3 preamplifier (built by Cary and based on the SLP-50 circuit) and LP-3 phono stage. I enjoyed this set-up for about 7 years. The amp was definitely on the warm side of neutral, but after co... | |
| Tube Rolling - Any tips or caveats Get the lowest noise tubes you can afford, especially for the phono stage. Your priority should be to locate reputable dealers, then look at their stock. Don't necessarily focus on the name brand. A properly tested tube with excellent test specs w... | |
| stepped attenuators I'm building a preamp using the Acoustic-Dimension 41 step attenuators. They are well built, have smooth rotation, and are quite silent. They remind me more of Seiden than Shallco. We'll see how they work in a couple weeks. | |
| Placette RVC vs. Placette Active? The dual mono LSA in addition to balance feature also has very fine adjustment of volume. I just ordered a second LSA. My original is now in our demo room at the shop. While I'm waiting for my new one I'm using my Slagle autoformer passive. This u... | |
| Tube amps known to have a low damping factor? I think the information in the posts by by Duke and Nsgarch is worth keeping in mind.There are speakers that are designed and voiced with specific amps or types of amps. That doesn't mean other amps can't be used, but the designer had a goal in mi... | |
| Interconnects: solid or hollow core wire? No, I use Q and TelWire cables.Disclaimer: I am a dealer for TelWire and Q. | |
| Decware silver interconnects: anybody heard them? Moreover, great neutrality tends to correlate with great cost.No it doesn't. |