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| Thinking of changing my solid state pre amp The Freya would be a giant step down from any CJ preamp in my opinion I only mentioned it, as it is a "work horse" as you say, has many different flavours for $699, got the goods under it's skirt, I admit it's not a glamour like the CJ, and can... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Thank you mrdecibel, and that's exactly what I post "system (impedance) match" whether it's direct or with passive, which today is more the norm than the exception. There are just some here that are protecting their interests, like a dog with a b... | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! Hi mstrauss, sorry when you said ol dac I thought you meant an old R2R dac.From what I found out the Ol Dac is not R2R multibit as it does 192 upsampling, so it’s most probably delta sigma. To me R2R has it over delta sigma when converting redbook... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? yyzsantabarbara I will buy 1 more of these amps to run in mono mode Hi yyzsantabarbara, just be aware when you bridge a stereo amp into mono, yes do do gain a lot more watts, but that’s where the advantages end, and the disadvantages start.1: Th... | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! What " OL DAC" have you got make/model? some R2R old ones are very good still.Cheers George | |
| Impedance Matching Question Impedance Matching QuestionMost know that the input impedance of an amp needs to be ~10X the output impedance of the preamp for proper matching. Is there an inexpensive device that can be placed between a higher impedance preamp and lower impeda... | |
| Thinking of changing my solid state pre amp Thinking of changing my solid state pre amp Why not look at the Schiit Freya, it has the very best relay switched volume control, also you can choose between passive mode, solid state mode or tube mode on the fly to suit your mood/s, also comes w... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Whatever Ralph. I'll do and say anything I feel is right, I know this sort of thing hurts your preamp sales and I'm sorry for that, but I'm not going to step around it as you would like me to.Cheers George | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! What makes this better than, say a Schiit Modi Mutibit? No one said it did, but the Schit having a non audio based chip R2R converter that can't do dsd, and this having a discrete R2R converter, my money would go on the Airist. Time will tell w... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Ralph I’m not trolling, you can stalk me all you like, would you like me to start returning the favour?, you "try" to present facts your way, and I’ll do them my way, with whoever/whatever proof I have. | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? George always leaves out the rest of Nelson's words Because 90% of systems are a great match for passives, and are the most dynamic /transparent way of getting the source to the amp except for going direct if you can do it without "bit strippin... | |
| Airist Audio discrete R-2R DAC, at an unbelievable $350!!!!! As far as I know, DSD started as PCM, maybe it's just coming home.Cheers George | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? You’ve lost it kosst, go and down another bottle. Go back to complaining about fins on the sides of chassis, you were almost believable then. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? kosst_amojan A quote from an article for an active pre-amp. You’re ridiculous. You have totally lost it, or your on your second bottle, that quote is NOT from Nelsons active preamp, but from his stance on passive preamps.Here ’s the whole thing,... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Only a question: if you were happy with no preamp, why? +1Cheers George |