georgehifi
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| Biamping with a cd player consecutive serial numbers. That’s good, they "should" be identical gains, let us know how you went.They have input level controls anyway, so if the mids/highs or the bass seems louder you can trim it backJust remember the carpenters saying, "mea... | |
| Tubes or stick with S/S mfdamon Tubes or stick with S/S The Cornwall III’s are 102db, you don’t need much in the way of watts, I would go the new 25w "Class-A" Schiit Aegir solid state $799https://www.schiit.com/products/aegirYou can trial it for 15 days!!Cheers George | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? I call it correcting wrongs, "looking for a fight" doubt that very much."Relax there fella" Really!!! My preamp is the Perla Audio Maestro which has both active and passive inputs. There are no active inputs. What emcdade was stating is simply ... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? T+A DAC 8 DSD We have again further improved the unit’s outstanding pre-amplifier, and incorporated a volume control of fully analogue construction based on High-End Melf resistors. The “State of the Art” output stage is of fully symmetrical ... | |
| What would be a good amp to drive a pair of Martin Logan Impression ESL 11A? pvmike Seeing the amp doesn't have to do bass, I would go for the higher sweeter sounding Class-A biased Parasound Halo A21 as it will drive the low impedance of the ML's esl section no problems and have the current to back it up. Continuous P... | |
| Biamping with a cd player joysjane OP OK, you’ve got 2 x Phase Linear 700’s the same? They are 33khom each input impedance = 15kohm at 1.2v sens, the Oppo will see. This fine, the Oppo can do this at 100ohm with 2.1v.Yes vertical Bi-Amping is better as each amps power supp... | |
| Good starter amp recommendation camradal Good starter amp recommendation Get a Schiit Vidar poweramp, it will drive just about anything, and mate it with a Schiit Saga preamp, or for a couple more hundred a Schiit Freya preamp. https://www.schiit.com/products/vidarFor your mon... | |
| The under appreciated impedance curve The quick answer: The weaker the amp, the more its output in the frequency domain will look like the impedance curve. And for those who want to know, here is the proof of that, with a well known push pull tube into the Stereophile simulated Kanto... | |
| At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial gillatgh OP At what point is an external D/A converter warranted or beneficial Over a CDP, one good reason it becomes warranted is "if" the dac has clock output and the transport has clock input, so then the dacs clock can be slaved to the trans... | |
| Biamping with a cd player joysjane I can drive my amp with my cd player directly.Has anyone tried to biamp with a cd player? Yes of course it can, and simply, if the two amps are the same, I do, when I use a cpd or dac that has a digital volume control. It’s the best sou... | |
| Replaced CDP w/ Transport; Now, Soundstage Changes Dramatically w/each CD. Why? stuartk OP perceived soundstage also varies between different recordings. This is a fact, my Cambridge CXC CD transport shows this up very well. And it was also compared to the OP's Jolida transport also owned by the TNT-Audio reviewer Chris T... | |
| Review of Mojo Audio Mystique V3 DAC Didn’t really consider the technology differences, but appreciate the observation. Basically Delta Sigma (single bit dsd) is good for DSD or SACD, but can only give a "facsimile" of PCM (redbook, CD, dxd, 16/44 24/96) R2R Multibit gives "bit pref... | |
| Review of Mojo Audio Mystique V3 DAC Review of Mojo Audio Mystique V3 DACPurchased the Mystique V3 DAC months ago to replace a Naim DAC V-1. Okay, the Naim certainly is not in the same league Your comparing two different conversion techniques, the Mojo Mystic V3 is an R2R ladder Mul... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 Amplifier, opinions and competition FYI I’ve been listening to my system for a couple of weeks after vertically bi-amping rather than horizontal bi-amping. There is defiantly more punch and immediacy! My wife commented on it. :) Yes, it's easy to understand, bass/upper bass is th... | |
| The under appreciated impedance curve I do think that the community at large does not appreciate how much we can learn. I second that.That doesn't mean to be an accusation of anyone in particular. More more it's talked about, the more they'll make a effort to at least try unders... |