georgehifi
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| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Sorry broadwayjoe you are not even using simple terms, you simply have it wrong, accept it, if your going to state things, check to see if you have them right. The volume control from sources such as cdp ,dac, even computers ect do not drive the a... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Generally a good stand alone preamp fed by the line level output of your source will be better than an amp fed directly by the volume controlled output of your source. Sorry but you have this wrong, volume controls in sources (cdp’s and dac’s) do... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's 2,298 posts06-23-2018 7:36am^^^ I see that SR has come out with a new "BLUE" wall outlet. I wonder how it compares to the Black outlet? Nooooooooo! really!!!http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Judge-Judy-Shake-My-Head-Gif.gif | |
| B&W Matrix 801 Series II speaker spikes packeted Before doing anything, what type of floor are they going on?Cement SlabSuspended wooden floorSuspended Cement sheet floorSuspended Ply floorAs if you "couple" a speaker to the last three with spikes, you will do no favours for your bass,... | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri with SET amplifier -possible? SF Guarnier mememto, possible driving by power 300B SE These Memento’s, to me still not for a low powered 300B set, into that impedance and phase angle in the basshttps://www.stereophile.com/images/archivesart/807SFGFIG1.jpgCheers George | |
| Amplifier ideas with KEF Reference 1 keoliphant They are fairly hard to drive as in the power region of the bass they present a load to the amp of around 3.2ohm and that's broad from 50hz to 200hz. Look for amps that are happy seeing 3ohms all day as many tube,mosfets, and Class-d... | |
| Threshold s1000 If they were the same as the others in the S series they were all normal sensitivity around 27db gain, my passive pre drove them no problems with a 2v source, and there was plenty left on the volume control. Cheers George | |
| Threshold s1000 They are part of the Stasis group that Nelson designed, all are pretty similar save for the power supply grows and the output transistors increase as you go up the ladder. from the 150 up to yours, here is the circuit that applies to all of them, ... | |
| Seeking info N.E.W. Nirvana Electronic Works A20 The N.E.W DCA-33, with battery power pack has become a bit of a sought after collectors item. As you can renew the bunch of batteries now quite cheaply compared to back then, as the are 12vdc burglar alarm batteries and they are 1/4 the price no... | |
| McIntosh Guy Going Tubes? (Maybe?) MC275 old or new, either, old school if you can get them, I believe the output transformers could have been better.To me the best and only good Mac, especially on Quad 57 ESL’s. The s/s stuff, for glitz queens.Cheers George | |
| No-one talks about Rowlands anymore And from what I understand, Pascal get them form China, and mod them, and then Rowland buy them. http://imgp1.en.makepolo.net/o/956/645/3ec6c7e3908d642a79ee2cf1608c5072.jpgAnd when they were advertised on Alibaba, these modules sold for $100 eac... | |
| No-one talks about Rowlands anymore No-one talks about Rowlands anymore I Think many have woken up with todays, million dollar chassis with 3rd party cheap (in comparison) Class-d modules inside.The $10K usd Continuum s2http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/pics/jeff_rowland_c... | |
| CD Player Won't Read One CD Only UPDATE ...IT WORKED!!!!! Burned the screwed up disc to a CD-R and it plays like a charm. What this tells me is the original disc had a problem (errors) that your MF players error correction couldn’t correct. And by burning the original disc with ... | |
| Items for sale here and on ebay without remotes.... In Australia, every 6 months we have "clean up day", where you put all your junk out that you don’t want and it’s collected by council to be recycled. A friend once scored a pair of early Thiel's and a Threshold amp. Many are audio products, TV’s,... | |
| Mcintosh 452 vs Pass Labs XA 30.5 Efficiency and impedance loading are two different measurement parameters in a speaker, end of story, your the one with the BS, with the inability to distinguish between the two, to mate amps up with.For those that are interested:An inefficient sp... |