georgehifi
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| The NAD M33 will cancel your complaints about Class D but if you want GREAT sound, get a pair of Schiit Aegir monoblocks. Nothing anywhere near the price comes closely. This is so so correct and almost on the money, except do the Aegirs bi-amped horizontal (not bridged) as all bridging gives yo... | |
| Connecting a DAC directly to an amp? emergingsoul OP This is getting sooo damn complex for my tiny mind. Very very and maybe toooo techie To put it simply, your Chord Dac using the remote variable volume output from it’s line outputs, gives over 5volts!!!! at full volume. This is mor... | |
| Preamp recommendation vette5451 OP @georgehifiThanks for the links and suggestions for passive. Yes, when you have 4v output from the phono stage, and your amp only needs 1v for full output, it's a no brainer. Any active preamp with even more gain that goes betwe... | |
| Preamp recommendation @vette5451 OP This manufacturer does two passive preamps with a remote, an SE or an XLR one.https://luminousaudio.com/collections/axiom-ii-passive-preampIf you don't like that, dig through this lot, on the one you like the look of.https://www.goo... | |
| Preamp recommendation vette5451 OP Does the Goldpoint offer remote volume.? The website didn’t promote this option? They are a Californian company give them a call, they may do an option for it or recommend one (408) 721-7102 (Sunnyvale, California) If not t... | |
| Preamp recommendation You really have no idea do you sunshine. There is 6v from the phono stage at 50ohms output impedance. The power amp only needs 1v for full output, try to wrap you head around it if you can! I only recommend and link to other passives (not mine) w... | |
| Preamp recommendation vette5451 In the market for a new pre-amp and looking for suggestions. I know this is very subjective to one’s tonal qualities so let’s consider all options in the $2k range. You are using a Elac Alchemy PPA-2 phono stage with 66db of gain, ove... | |
| Audiophile Fuses My amp has a magnetic breaker which is much better. Good! hope it's not directional😂Cheers George | |
| High end Class D amps? This statement is false. The limitation of a class D amp is similar to what is is with any amp- how big are the heatsinks, how much current can the output devices handle, and how much current is available from the power supply. This statement is ... | |
| High end Class D amps? Class D has clearly turned the corner in my opinion. This is a smoke screen, they are still "basically" the same, with the same glaring problem, upper mid/highs phase shift, because of the "switching frequency noise filter" on the speaker out... | |
| High end Class D amps? As a relative newbie can you help me learn by explaining your response in a little more detail? Generally I find Class-D don’t do well below 4ohms, not even the mighty 55kg Technics SE-R1’s. Class-D wattage instead of doubling for each halving o... | |
| Connecting a DAC directly to an amp? George, I thought Chord used FPGAs. His is the NOS R2R Metrum Adagio And if the vc is "not in the signal path", then it’s either in the digital domain, or horror if it’s changing the output stages feed back, to control the volume up or down, as t... | |
| High end Class D amps? baconboy I always knew the Maggie’s were capable of and the Peachtree makes them sing. Class-D likes benign 4-6ohm loads with low - phase angles, and that's what the Maggie's are, but when the loads get tough, then big Linear Amps come out to... | |
| Connecting a DAC directly to an amp? It’s not a 32bit ESS dac it’s a NOS R2R dac so yes even "bit stripping" could have been the biggest factor as well now you’ve bought it up, with 4v!!! output because of volume being set too low. His amps only need 1.2v for full output!!From the ma... | |
| Schiit CD Transport on the way soon. Anyone heard anything about the RRP for it yet? Hope they keep it under $1kOn another site it’s rumoured to have this transport laser/mech, if so looks like it could output SACD (dsd)https://45db3c5b-5b34-44dd-959a-e407b22b10ae.filesusr.com/ugd/a8... |