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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Wonder what Arthur Salvatore would think of it and if it might make his Class A recommended list. He's known to favor a passive approach with the right system and doesn't give a hoot about what something costs when he associates it with a specific... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I have used the LSA with the VAC Auricle Musicblocs, Music Reference RM-10 MkII, and Atma-Sphere S-30. The Atma-Sphere/Audiokinesis combo was the last configuration it was used with. In all three it worked fine. In some weird sort of way I might l... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? From elsewhere in this thread are some of George's comments:Regarding using the LSA with low sensitive speakers, a question/answer:Grannyring: I have a question for you owners of this exciting volume pot. Will it work well on speakers that are 87 ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Either Mogami or Intuitive Design depending on the amp I am using. | |
| Best budget $300 Balanced IC Recommendation Mogami is what I use with or without my Atma-Sphere amp. Their RCA cable are very good too. For XLR you do want the Studio Gold Neglex Quad. I have used Grover Huffman cables as well and they are also very good. Cost more than Mogami, but use ribb... | |
| 45 degree placement in squarish room? So, maybe the room is 50-60% of the sound after all?I think it is more than that. | |
| 45 degree placement in squarish room? They don't need to be equidistant from the shared corner. Using this set-up you can be more flexible in how you place the speakers. Use your ears to judge. | |
| 45 degree placement in squarish room? Diagonal placement works quite well in small rooms. Here is a good read on it:http://www.decware.com/paper14.htmAlso, at the recent Bay area audio show one of the best rooms IMO was DeHavalind, using a diagonal set-up. Roger Sanders uses one too a... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I should know today, but I hope to be going to RMAF. If I attend I will be doing so as an assistant to Hajime Sato in the Concert Fidelity/Silicon Arts Design room. So I will definitely have time to stop by Dale's room as well. Last time I was at ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I did not realize that the Concert Fidelity pre was a "passive with balls" also.Not sure what you mean. The CF-080 preamp has a gain stage so technically it can't be a passive. The Si2 preamp which I own and uses the same volume control as the CF... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I like the idea of blind listening sessions, why are so many audiophiles and reviewers against it, or at least to believe in it as a effective method for assessment? That always seemed odd to me. Yes, it would be a good idea to do such a test abse... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp Kudos to Grannyring for stating the obvious and keeping things real."If a minor mod is required to accept the new voltage, no matter how long it takes to make the change, it is not essentially a direct replacement. A direct replacement would be a ... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp In the Dude output stage, the 12 is essentially a direct replacement. A minor mod is all this is required to accept the new voltage.If a minor mod is required to accept the new voltage, no matter how long it takes to make the change, it is not ess... | |
| Review: Tube Research Labs Dude Tube preamp 12SX7Seems like others already know about it. I don't think these tubes will go the way of 6SN7's price wise anytime soon. They seem to be plentiful and not many circuits out there use the 12SN7/12SX7. It's not like its a direct replacement for th... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Maybe you have even better amp/speaker synergy. That's where the real magic in sound reproduction lies. |