clio09
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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? IF we assume that a straight line from source (phonostage) to amp is the best/least colored way to get at the information on the source (vinyl), then can we assume that finding an amp that has a volume control built into it would be a good way to ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? 4) control the interconnect cable- which is done by having a low output impedance which swamps (makes negligible) the capacitive, inductive, resistive and other aspects of the cable.What would be a low output impedance (and how would the base meas... | |
| Berning EA-230 vs RM-10mkII with Merlin VSM It might be difficult to find one who has heard both these amps in their system. I can vouch for a Joule/Music Reference combo as I used to own an RM-9 and used it with my LA-100 MkIII. At the time I had Spendor 1/2e speakers.Another Audiogon memb... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? What I find amusing are these threads where people complain they can't get past 9 o'clock on their volume control. They're looking for a way to get more control over the range. In some cases they end up buying Rothwell attenuators to get a 10db re... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? If you need something that can drive long interconnects and provide impedance matching there are still active buffers like The Truth, Pass B1, and Burson Audio that will get you there while still providing a high level of neutrality. The long inte... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I had a good impedance match with the Atmasphere MA1 amps (100K ohms) but the resulting sound was relatively flat as I have already said. So impedance matching was not all the issue.GrannyringYes I agree looking to 100k ohms the LSA would be a goo... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Clio09 said it way back when. He said something like you really have to build your system around the passive. But to me that is a really good place to start.MarqmikeJust for the record, I built my system around my speakers. I choose amps that have... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Perhaps a passive is, well, “too passive” to extract all of that information (on the source CD etc). This requires an “additive” (accurate gain) approach. Our stereo systems must be “additive” to even play a single note through a speaker. A passiv... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Well that first one of mine turned into three and the rest was history.Going to be a real busy week working two rooms at THE SHOW. The Concert Fidelity, Electra-Print, and Atma-Sphere rooms are in a little triangular area (the first to are the one... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Whoa, this is getting deep. I just came back from setting up our room at THE SHOW and wasn't ready for this. I need a martini and then Ill come back to it.Maybe we should rename the thread Tao the Lightspeed Way. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Maybe true to the source should be more about the least coloration added to something that's been colored from the beginning. By that I mean we need to take into account what the recording engineer adds to the mix before it gets stamped as a disc ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I assumed my point was clear. Sorry. Yes that was the example I gave for Fiddler on the obvious pushing of the LSA.Thanks for clarifying. We can agree to disagree on this one too:) | |
| Music Reference RM Mono? Yes, for now I am. Roger is testing a new batch of the Genelex reissues and if he makes them available I may try a set of those. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? For my non-audiophile brother who just wants to listen to music, I would tell him to get the LSA/RM10 combo for less than $2,500, a speaker that can be driven by 35 watts, and feel comfortable that I gave him very good advice in building an excell... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Ok, please don’t yell at me Fiddler. Please read George’s post below. Seems pretty clear he is saying it is the most accurate means to hearing recorded music. He implies this on his LSA vs all other attempts at a preamp. He has said this same thin... |