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| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? But, there aren’t many folks (in a blindfolded test) who’d take a 0.001THD amp over, say, a Lamm SET With much higher THD numbers.Where if you can post the link, was this blind test and with how many conducted and printed up?Cheers George | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? Ah the "great preamp vs no preamp" question.So how can anything be better than zero distortion? Its tough, but possible in one of three ways. 1. It adds a euphonic distortion that you like.. nothing wrong with this, its what a Piano’s sounding... | |
| Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker fortitudefive Hi, $5k for an integrated, look at used Gryphon Diablo 120 or 300 or new Parasound Halo Integrated Hint 6 or even the older Halo Integrated which both have dacs in them. Both of these makes have bi-polar output stages and can come "c... | |
| Who has has a totaldac DAC? This is an interesting read with an A/B half way down the page between the Holo Spring at $2.5k vs the Aqua Formula at $17khttps://www.stereophile.com/content/aqua-acoustic-quality-aqua-formula-xhd-da-processor-read-moreCheers George | |
| Which Amplifier for Sonus Faber Olympica 3 Speaker fortitudefive picked up a pair of SF Olympica 3s and am running them currently with a primaluna dialogue 2 integrated. Is this an ok match or should I be looking to upgrade soon? Read what I’ve said and showed here, and the other posts around... | |
| Who is still making CD transports? Who is still making CD transports? The rumor mill is strong and has Schiit bringing one out, and if Mike Moffat (from Theta fame) has anything to do with it, it should be a cracker, at budget biscuit pricing. Flick them an email, see if you can... | |
| What are your thoughts on the "Edsels" of the audio history? What are your thoughts on the "Edsels" of the audio history? McIntosh speakers and their solid state amps with output transformers.Oh!! and add that French ELP laser reading LP turntable also.Cheers George | |
| Help with choosing a CD transport Thanks. I am comparing the 93 and the 6000 as transports only with Schiit Gugnier Multibit DAC. Get in touch with Schiit and beg when it's coming, rumors are they have one coming out. You know Mike Moffat was the brains behind Theta Digital, s... | |
| Advice on CD transport cjlundberg OP Didn’t realize that mid/hi fi companies were making standalone transports in line with an average man’s salary. Yep, but try to see if you can find an spdif output wave form oscilloscope shot of it, should look nice and square like ... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? @georgehifi, could this be harmonics ... ??? ... "color it" Yes maybe more like the "harmonic distortions" from the tubes themselves, which some like😏Like I said before, they can’t make what’s coming out of the source better (add additional music... | |
| High end stereo preamps? Worth it? The music had structure and substance I never heard. You probably heard tube microphonics/euphonics. If you put that same source "direct" into a pair of very expensive headphones you will get the sound more similar to the passive pre than the tub... | |
| bridging an amp i have a question. if you have a pair of klipsh speakers that can handle 100 watts continuous does it matter if you have 200 or 600 watts?? what will the 600 watt amp do better than the 200 watt amp? If it's the exact same amp with just higher ... | |
| Schiit Freya + and reel to reel question Schiit Freya + and reel to reel questionGuys, if you used the Freya as a passive, and turned the volume up full, there’s your tape loop, from input to output. You just can’t monitor that all, but I'm sure the reel to reel has a headphone outputChe... | |
| To pre-amp or not to pre amp https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/2041988 | |
| Room Acoustics With Vaulted Ceiling Vaulted ceilings can be a big problem, the Sydney Opera House had major ones with it’s roof design.https://youtu.be/emLZBQPnyp8My listening room has 12ft ceilings it sounds far better than the 8.5ft ones I had in the pastCheers George |