georgehifi
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| Line Stage Preamplifiers AX vs AU From what I remember, for line stages AU, AY, are better, AX usually for high gain MM or MC phono stages. AT's for drivers.Cheers George | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume tenoris OP This amp cannot be used as just a poweramp it’s always got the volume control in the signal path, at best it can be said it’s a poweramp with fixed input level controls and source selection.There is "no rca power amp input" on the back ... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume There's no power amp input on this, just use it as an integrated and flick the AR. https://ibb.co/fNVJzTbCheers George | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume tenoris You said it was a poweramp, in your opening postRalph is correct the A30 is an integrated!!! 1 o’clock is fine, just use it, it’s probably a passive in front of a poweramp any way, it uses a genuine Alps "Blue Velvet" volume control which ... | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume Even better to use the Schiit Sys straight into the amp, if the amps input is 30kohm or higher like the OP's 100kohm A30.Cheers George | |
| AR SP8 mk2 high output volume tenoris Does this affect the signal quality Yes very much so, as Nelson says below, your throwing away much of the sources output level by turning down the volume of the AR, so the tube gain stage of the AR preamp can make it back up again, ... | |
| Bryston - Stereo or Monoblock Bryston - Stereo or Monoblock To monoblock or not to monoblock.....that is the question. If they are basically the same topology. If the stereo has two transformers stay with it, if it has one transformer and shares one secondary winding for both... | |
| Synergistic Research Orange Fuse This thread and it’s title is just another shill thread for SR and their Orange fuse, it needs to be dumped. Can’t even question the OP’s historyTo the OP, if your for real, there’s a plethora of info on Audiogon about fuses and their ratings alre... | |
| Synergistic Research Orange Fuse I’ve also blown some, which never happened with standard fuses. So they seem to be less than stated amperage. Good old trusty "fuser" couldn’t help himself. Went for nearly 3hrs with nil posts before they just had to answer.BTW: That must really ... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial Of all the CD’s released this 1985 made in Japan is the one with least compression. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/76411 And there’s 3 used ones on ebay https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=CDC... | |
| "Bridge Over Trouble Water" sounds artificial So many versions with differing dynamic range which is yours. (click on each "album" to find out)I usually find the later ones and most streamed/downloaded not only more compressed but also much louder mean level recorded. http://dr.loudness-war.... | |
| Speaker hiss from power amp Ok then same noise if the dac is not connected to the amp just the speakers, Then when it’s switched to XLR input (which is .5db lower gain than SE) as Stereophile measured, it has more noise to you from the speakers, it must be a Balanced to SE s... | |
| Is the preamp the “heart” of the system? pancreas/ˈpaŋkrɪəs/Learn to pronouncenouna large gland behind the stomach which secretes digestive enzymes into the duodenum. Embedded in the pancreas are the islets of Langerhans, which secrete into the blood the hormones insulin and glucagon.Y... | |
| Is the preamp the “heart” of the system? meat on the bones Simple, impedance match, just make sure the output impedance is 10 x or more lower than the input impedance, which it is in most cases with passive preamps and today's sources, and in nearly all cases of going to amp direct. Thi... | |
| Speaker hiss from power amp Att rwatson OP cleeds I’m pretty sure that your amp is a true balanced ("differential") amplifier, so you will get 6dB more gain using the balanced connections than you will from unbalanced. Levinson 532H it’s +0.4db difference in favor of the RC... |