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| DAC plus Preamp or DAC-Preamp or DAC-Volume Control ? Hi david_ten,FWIW, I would vote for a separate DAC and preamp. A preamp is really a heart of a system and DAC technology keeps changing.The ability to keep the preamp that you like and just change the DAC, I think, provides more flexibility. Thank... | |
| My recent experience with 3 pre-amps - help me pinpoint the next upgrade. Hi Ether,I am by no means an expert on any of this, but you have 3V of output from your CD player and an input impedance of 300K ohms for your amp, which I think indicates that you could run about any preamp you choose.I cannot explain why the Par... | |
| Synergistic Research Cables goldmanjay,How can you tell how each of your purchases improved your sound if you bought all of them at the same time?Thanks,for listening,Dsper | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Hi dave_b,Your point is well taken.I replaced my Coda CS amp with a McCormack DNA-500 driving Thiel CS5's and the glare went away, plus I picked up more nuance and texture. Another vote for taking the journey to find more synergistic components! ... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? QUESTION: Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? ANSWER: We would have listened to solid state glare for a much longer period of time.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners jafant,I have also been advised that Synergistic Research cables can tame that last bit of edge you can get with metal dome tweeters like on the CS5's. The prices on interconnects just scares me off.Thanks for listening!Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners Hi Rob,Tube rolling can be a money pit if we are not careful! The most expensive tubes I have purchased were $120 a pair so I can't comment on the "top end" stuff. I do notice that Brent Jesse often has high quality tubes that he calls "butt ugly... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi jafant,I have not spent a lot of time with cabling as my moves with amps, preamps, and DACS tend to be going up the food chain and I see big improvements as I audition this type of gear.Having said that, I use less expensive Cullen Cable inte... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi All,I posted earlier about a treble harshness with my Thiel CS5's. I redid the mirror along the wall test and installed a DIY sound absorber which seems to to have done the trick. The harshness is pretty much gone except for the most badly reco... | |
| Thiel Owners Thieliste,Try to audition a Coda CS. Biased to class A for the first 8 watts and peak current of 100 amperes per channel. 300 WPC into 8 ohms and doubles down. It has no trouble driving my Thiel CS 5's that go below 2 ohms.I am listening to "Joe P... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi All, This may be a dumb question based on earlier responses to my post about treble glare at high volumes. Is it possible to improve the treble sound by using an amplifier that stays in Class A longer?My Coda CS stays in Class A for the firs... | |
| Thiel Owners Thanks for the good ideas. I do not think the length of my hookups is an issue. My speaker cables (thicker than lamp cord) are only about seven feet on a side. All of my interconnects are three or four feet long. Tomtheil and Brayeagle's interconn... | |
| Thiel Owners tomthiel, I appreciate the advice, well not all of it.....the ceiling mirror thing.......:-)!If I really think about it, it may be that the recordings are the problem. I am listening to some Chet Baker right now and I can play it as loud as I want... | |
| Thiel Owners Hi,I am looking for some advice about the weak link in my system...My room is 18 by 34 with room treatments on the front wall. Due to room logistics, my Thiel CS5's sit out from the front wall about 4 feet with 3 feet on one sidewall and 7 feet on... | |
| What is the most important component in your system. Hi, For me, it has been maintaining the patience to try to hear a component before buying it.This has led me to Thiel CS5's from Maggie 3.6's, Dialogue Premium preamp from W4S STP, and Hegel HD25 DAC from Oppo 105 from Audiospace CD8.My upgrades h... |