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| Preamp Suggestions for hot-rodded Odyssey Khartago? gochurchgo OP You almost make me want to try one again. You can always send it back again, this time I would say to them "one more time as the first one was a lemon", to make sure "this ones spot on" or it will come back in a flash. I can u... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Nobody building an amp with a 25kR input impedance has any intention of it being fed with a 1kR+ source! And why not, that's a input to output ratio of 1:25 And if you look your Pass B1 is 1kohm output impedance (linked circled in red) you rea... | |
| Preamp Suggestions for hot-rodded Odyssey Khartago? That's a shame gochurchgo, I heard they did have a bad batch of Chinese tubes that were microphonic, but as you said it's the fet stage that would have been the one for your setup. I suppose you can look for a used Pass B1, trouble is they are 1... | |
| Preamp Suggestions for hot-rodded Odyssey Khartago? gochurchgo OP so would it be a dumb question to ask if a passive would work given Odyssey’s low impedance? No not dumb, it’s said Odyssey’s are hi gain (low input sensitivity) this means they are the ideal candidate for a preamp with no gain, li... | |
| Impedance Matching Question VTL Maximal with a 5K ohm output impedance. Wow that’s hi, I can understand it would be a no go (1:5) with the 25kohm of the Belles. But with an amp of 50kohms or higher (>1:10 ratio) as you found out with the Advent it was fine. Remember back... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? You really have lost it, as I said 10k pot has at worst output impedance of 2.5k, a 1:10 ratio of that is 25kohm, so any amp with >25kohm or higher input impedance will be fine Please go back to school or stay off the *****, it’s effecting you ... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? The best is for you to stop stalking, and go away. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? mrdecibel I so much prefer no preamp. I am currently shopping for a passive, with multiple inputs, as the amp I would like to use is very high gain ( it was designed to be used with the source voltage driving it ). It is likely I will never ... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Whatever kosst Like I said on the other tread, Go away now, you are so annoying. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? kosst_amojan Like mrdecibel said, the perfect world doesn’t exist. Don’t cheery pick mrD, a perfect world does exist if the impedance’s are good, low output and high input (>1:10 ratio), and in most cases they are. Go away now, you are so ann... | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! 140 now!!! they'll sell out the 960 units by days end.Cheers George | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? You believe what you want. | |
| Pricing a Linn CD player that's not in the Bluebook rt212 Here are the asking prices for themhttps://www.hifishark.com/search?q=Linn+Classik+CDCheers George | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Passive preamps are coming of age, not because of themselves, but because the sources today can do the job 90% of the time without the need of active preamps, and in many cases better, in some cases witho... | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! The Massdrop on these, went ahead a few hours ago, interesting that 121 units have sold already!Cheers George |