clio09
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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Paul,To me, if 2V plays loud enough then go with the lower of the two voltages. Why use a jackhammer to drive a nail. 2V was plenty for the RM-10, Auricle Music Blocs, and S-30, and the S-30 had nearly 3 times the sensitivity rating as the other t... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Bill,While the 3V output of the CDP is quite sufficient, the output impedance is 220 ohms single ended. George may need to weigh in here on how that might affect the matching between CDP and Lightspeed. It should work as typically you want a ratio... | |
| NOS Western Electric wire used for power cables?? Bigkidz - did you buy this product? If so what are your opinions about it?For reference:http://cgi.ebay.com/10-AWG-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-WIRE-AC-POWER-CORD-AUDIOPHILE-/320536607615?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item4aa1787b7forhtt... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Bill -Go to the Arthur Salvatore site and read the instructions for the test (see link). There are test instructions for LP and CDP. Ravel's Bolero is a good track to use because it has low passages at the start that will not cause damage.You're r... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? And don't forget all interconnects and speaker cabling have some resistance this should be added to the input impedance of the load, this is why one should not use hair thin cabling as it has more resistance and adds the load resistance.Georgelofi... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Pubul57, what is the active preamp "conditioning"? Are you referring to the preamp being some type of noise filter? | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I also feel the need to share this story, because it offers a bit of a different use case for the Lightspeed.My speakers are Audiokinesis Jazz Modules. They are a 92db efficient 12 ohm design with a smooth impedance curve. Very easy speakers to dr... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Will it work well on speakers that are 87 db efficient like Soundlab speakers and other ESL's? I say this assuming the amps are very powerful and the spec criteria mentioned by the poster are meet by the source unit and amps.GrannyringI don't see ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Tompoodie,Music Reference RM-10 + Lightspeed Attenutor = DependsDon't forget to get a box of those as well before listening to this combination. This is one of the most enjoyable amp/preamp combos I have ever experienced. BTW - Roger has a few RM-... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Clio9, could you share what those Atma sphere tweaks are?TompoodieNo. Please contact Ralph directly. The tweaks may not be applicable to you and your system. Only Ralph can tell you that.As for a switch box, Decware makes a nice one. I just unplug... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? With Ralph's assistance I'm tweaking the S-30 so that it will be even further optimized with the Lightspeed for single ended use and my Otari reel-to-reel running direct for balanced use.Pubul57, sorry to see you sold the Joule, I know how much yo... | |
| What is wrong with negative feedback? Roger Modjeski has some interesting design philosophies in general. Topics like feedback certainly stir the hornets nest within him. Just don't get him going on cables. At that point it becomes a swarm.I have to say that the RM-10 manual is one of... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Active preamps are for the most part tone controls (a good case could be made that all components are tone controls as well). A good example to reference is the Audio Horizons thread. A number of people chose to take the very well received stock u... | |
| Volex cables - No longer belden??? On second glance it looks more like a Stealth power cord. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? The best sound you will get is to put your (CD DAC or Phono) directly into your power amps with a VERY quite CD track first, this is the most perfect "true to the source" sound you will get...This is the actual test recommended by Arthur Salvatore... |