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| To all our Veterans here, Thank You! Slava Ukraine | |
| DACs that do well without a preamp for mtdining: Excellent summary of affordable vs. expensive. I agree because I've tried both!. | |
| Pass labs upgrade path Passive preamps take more than they give back. The Townshend is not passive, it uses a 12VDC wall wart, so what you are buying is an $8,000 volume control. And Pass XA25 is far from the best amp. Keep looking, and have fun. | |
| The character of analog and digital I have DSD at the front end and tubes at the back end and open-baffle speakers, and I love my whole system. Not to say I won't change up when I hear better (and affordable) components, but it's the right path for me. And I keep a turntable and old... | |
| Room correction room system vs ears…. Don't spend any money upfront, first hang some rockwool (Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.) on the walls and see if that works for you. If it does, then to make it attractive you will know how much to spend and what to spend it on. Have fun! | |
| Cost break down of hifi system First, listen to a lot of systems and think about what you are hearing. 1) Speakers first, at least 90dB; high sensitivity will give you a wider and generally less expensive choice of amps and preamps. 2) Get tubes in the line somewhere, preamp ... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? scm: Thanks re Tortuga LDR, I'll try to listen to it sometime. But it needs external power, and so it is not truly passive. I have a 12 VDC battery-powered Dodd Audio preamp which is not passive, but it's absolutely silent. Can you switch the Tort... | |
| Preamps can color sound considerably. Surprising? I've tried many passive preamps, thinking "that must be the answer". It isn't--they are all dry and flat. IMHO if you want liquid transparent sound and emotion from your music there must be tubes somewhere in the system. Even PSAudio--prime lover... | |
| Bragging rights..... Ditto for bondman re the potential need to change the entire audio unit if you change speakers. For my system, which includes tubes, I need to push four "on" buttons and wait two minutes for warm-up while I'm deciding what to play. That's immeasur... | |
| $5K DAC OPTIONS I recommend you get a DAC with 12S input(s). | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing MA-1s/140wpc for $9,800, and Class D/100wpc for $5,400, into Khorns which need only a few watts? Time to be rescued by a less expensive 300B tube amp which sounds very much "like a tube amp"... | |
| Great classical pianists Oh my o my o my! A full page of arguments and agreements about classical piano masters on Audiogon! Thank you, you made my morning... | |
| Which DACs are known to be sweet/rich/relaxed? I agree with xboom. First, try playing through a tube preamp. | |
| Any song recommendations for testing purposes? Yoko Ono. hahaha | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... Eva...Just carries me away!. whart, are you the same Bill Hart who plays regularly at The Velvet Note in Atlanta? Feels good to have you listening as well as playing so well. |