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| No such thing as a future proof DAC... Steve N. You bring up an interesting point about built in digital filtering in modern DAC chips. Do you think digital filtering is bad all together? I believe the Zanden DAC relies solely on analogue filtering. MSB on the other hand has separate 3... | |
| No such thing as a future proof DAC... Douglas, better definition and soundstage in newer DACs may be true but most newer DACs seem to miss the mark when it comes to naturalness of timbre, pace and rhythm, and smoother sound compared to the older ladder DAC chips and some NOS designs. ... | |
| Is phase control switch a deal breaker for you? Hey, what is this? Trying to compete with my thread? :-) I had a CDP that had a phase switch. I could never tell the difference. | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Charles1dad, I thought it was a good analogy because performance in car parlance has do with horse power, handling, top speed/acceleration which are analogous to power output, dynamics, and frequency extension in audiophile terms. Soft pillowy qui... | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? Ralph, I appreciate the offer. I may offend the designer of my single ended amp if I ask him to change his amp in any way (He is pretty legendary and has been building audio equipment since the early 70's). But I'll ask. | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? Kirkus, I completely agree with you regarding the price of this unit. I'm not an electronics expert so I can't attest to the soundness of the design, but there is no US or EU based company (even if they manufacture in China) that can make a preamp... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Syntax, so you rather drive a NASCAR stock race car as a daily driver than a Lexus? :-) | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? The Audio-gd C3 input impedance is 47 kOhms. I asked if it can be changed to 100 kOhms, and they said it was no problem. I wonder why they don't use higher input impedance. | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Here are some quality remote controlled attenuators (the ubiquitous motorized Alps pot excluded) that can be added dto an active preamp.http://www.tentlabs.com/Products/page31/page31.htmlhttp://www.tubewizard.com/new_remote_volume_control_is_the.h... | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? Apparently, the neat little thing about this preamp is you can swap different gain modules that were designed to sound like other classic solid state preamps by Mark Levinson, Accuphase, Music Fidelity, etc. As far as I know, Audio-gd does not hav... | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? Ngjockey, if the Audio-gd preamp sounds like any preamp made by PS Audio, I'll pass. I never liked any of PS Audio amps or preamps that I have heard over the years. | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? Ralph, don't you think you are asking a little too much? By doing this mod to a single ended amp, you likely will void the manufacturer's warranty and decrease the resale value of the amp. If someone modded one of your amps because another manufac... | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? That's great. Now only if you can put some RCA outputs on your MP3, I'll bite. | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Do be honest, I know of an guy who has Atmasphere preamp and amps. He compared balanced interconnects made by Mogami, I think, and a high end cable manufacturer. He said the latter sounded better to him and bought the high end cable at a considera... | |
| What do you think of this preamp design? BTW, I heard you're working on remote volume control for the MP3. When will it be ready? Did you see my thread on this forum about lack of a remote control being a deal breaker for preamps? More than I thought need remote. |