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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? At one time I had the EVS and Endler attenuators. I preferred the EVS and still have them. They still use an Elma switch and I think it's a shunt to ground design. I might be wrong about that though. It does eliminate the extra set of interconnect... | |
| The best passive preamp The purpose of the transformer is to step up the voltage, not to attenuate. The 10k potentiometer or series stepped switch does the attenuating. | |
| difference between an active and a passive preamp? Another active tube buffer that is getting some attention is from Dodd Audio. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? James, I have a few of those Keith Jarret ECM CDs too. I get to about 2 o'clock on the dial using my Music Reference RM-10. Most of the "hot" CDs I have I get to about 11 o'clock.Not an IC issue IMO. George might be on the right track regarding lo... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Gain of the Audiopax amp is 18dB so that is pretty low. Using my Atmasphere S-30 which is 16dB, depending on the CD, I get to about 3 o'clock or farther on the dial, but I do get more than adequate volume. Some CDs are "hotter" than others, depend... | |
| Melos SHA-gold photentiometer replacement DIY You might want to consider replacing that photentiometer with a better one, if it's possible. Go over to the DIYAudio forum and do a search on "lightspeed attenuator". Besides being a stand alone attenuator with single input/output. Some DIYers ha... | |
| The best passive preamp The MLA can come with a balance control or it is available with dual attenuators which is another method you can use to control balance. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? BR = Blue Ray. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? The DAC has enough output voltage, and if the output impedance is less the 200 ohms you should be fine. My understanding is that it uses a tube output stage so I'm guessing that the output impedance is higher the 200 ohms, but you'll have to verif... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Funny, I just pulled the RM-10 MkII out of the closet as well. Such big sound from a small piece of gear. A wonderful synergy too with the LSA. It just gets out of the way and lets the amp do its business. | |
| The best passive preamp We're working on it. I still need to get you out one of our MLA's to listen to. If I get off my butt and build the balanced one I've been planning I'll let you try it out. Not sure I would say the MLA is better than the LSA, but it is definitely d... | |
| The best passive preamp Yes as a matter of fact that TVC. | |
| Flip flopped orchestra? My friend has a Harmon Kardon Citation-2 and there is a stereo reverse switch for exactly these scenarios. | |
| The best passive preamp I have heard it. It is nothing special sound wise in terms of comparisons to other resistive passives. Better build and quality of parts though IMO versus other resistive and even most magnetic passives. Especially if you can find one with the Sha... | |
| RIP - Richard Brown, BEL You might want to contact Sal Zambrano at Audio Summa in SoCal. At RMAF last year he was representing BEL cables (which he later let me demo) and had mentioned he had taken over the assets of the company. He also mentioned he had the schematics fo... |