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| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? davidgwillett OP The old saying "best preamp in the world" "sound like a piece of wire". Guess what that’s what going direct is, and then passive and last an active preamp.And if you don’t like direct and your not "bit striping", then you don’t li... | |
| European Voltage: options munchoba The ACPS II is for 240 V and I have to use it in our 110-120v North American environment. Just get the cheaper 15amp one of these. You have 240v up to your service/fuse box then it goes 110v/120v to your house. One of these gives y... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? Even cheaper than the Schiit Saga, but it’s just passive is the Schiit Sys $49. it’s 10kohm passive just like the Saga just not paying for the tube stage or remote. https://www.schiit.com/products/sys Cheers George | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? Not sure if this is to be believed but some reviewers were stating that the addition of this preamp made the DAC sound even quieter than direct DAC to amp. Who ever said this is yanking himself, because it’s impossible, unless there was a groundi... | |
| Tempted to buy a Macintosh gte357s OP yes, I hear good thing about the MC275. The only thing is I will need a preamp, which then increase the cost, and one more component to worry about having synergy. Only decent Mac was the MC275. Save your money, they don’t need anymore... | |
| Ferrofluid questions. Just curious: How much are new tweeters? Can't be more than $100 each unless out-of-production. Original will be more than that, if still made, also never sub them, as the speaker resale will fall off a cliff. It'll be $100 for new diaphragms/... | |
| Vitus versus Gryphon The Vitus was so good, I could not even leave my listening chair with many attempts. Yet you said this after a couple of days, I must ask why??? if it was so good.Ri-100.It’s so impressive... I’m saving up for a bigger one With 91db speakers you... | |
| Need some Tube and Class A SS Suggestions shahram OP https://www.stereophile.com/images/1214PLDPIfig01.jpgHere is a behavior graph of the Prima Luna’s output transformer, as you can see it goes into stability ringing from 10khz up and the harmonics of that can effect even further dow... | |
| If I just use a DAC, do I need a Pre-amp? davidgwillett I have the opportunity to get a nice Fisher 400CX-2...but why? Going direct is the most transparent/dynamic/uncolored way of listening to your source.Only if you find the need to "color" the sound of your source do you need an expe... | |
| Vitus versus Gryphon nasaman OP I bought the integrated Ri-100.It’s so impressive... I’m saving up for a bigger one Hmm! you will go round in circles. Try the Gryphon Diablo 300 before doing that, as that will also drive your SF’s nasty bass load impedance better th... | |
| Yamaha A-S2100 vs Technics SU-G700 danimaz You Might want to look at the more advanced but slightly less power Technics SU-G30 also, which uses the newest GaN Class-D amp technology.It's a network server, Bluetooth, MQA as well as integrated amp and dac https://www.technics.c... | |
| Vitus versus Gryphon nasaman OP I searched a bit harder and found a PDF from Audio Esoterica which states, "the output stages of the RI-101 are two bridged amps per channel." (Good reason to keep that quiet, and why there are no low impedance loading figures) Audio E... | |
| Ferrofluid questions. masi61 Here is just 2 of the instructions and links I gave, there are others you'll have to search. https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/1920652?highlight=ferro%2Bfluid%2Bhttps://www.speakerrepairshop.nl/en/instructions/replace-ferrofluid-in-tweete... | |
| Vitus versus Gryphon nasaman OP Vitus versus Gryphon Your SF’s have an evil load right through the bassStereophile: The speaker is still a demanding load for the partnering amplifier, with an impedance magnitude that drops to 2.5 ohms throughout the upper bass (fig.... | |
| Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Why do you guys pursue a flat frequency response when you buy a subwoofer? Because it’s the base line with what you can judge other subs by, if they all conform to it, then being compared in the same room you can draw a conclusion. If you didn’t ... |