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| McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold or what? Ask honashagen all about them here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/how-much-do-i-need-to-spend-to-get-a-preamp-that-sounds-bette...Cheers George | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? You can just put the gain control at some random point like 3:00, but is that the optimal point? Not clear. One would need to know a lot about the circuit design to make that call. I’m not surprised AI isn’t getting involved in the answer, as it ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? phomchick Personally, I have retired my preamps (I have three to choose from) and have my DAC connected directly to my amplifier. It is better. +1, But there are others that live in denial, even if they can do with good impedance and gain matchi... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Most sources have output stages the equal of preamps today, except for wimpy capacitor coupled tube ones.Cheers George | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? honashagen OP I would like to know the proper way to use those gain controls. Audible Illusions is not much help. I would do it so the "master volume control" is around 3 o’clock for normal listening level. That gives you leeway up or down for... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Yes Audible Illusions are a very good active preamps, I owned an AI 3A and loved it. They did run the tubes very hard in it though, you don’t get much life out of them, I’ve always believed that’s why it sounds as good as the best active preamps I... | |
| Need Discontinued Cary CD306 Repaired Cary Audio Design CD 306/200 = VAM1202 Cary Audio Design CD 306 SACD = SCD-1 Cary Audio Design CD 306 SACD Pro = SCD-1 VAM-1202https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR4.TRC2.A0.H0.Xvam-1202.T...My files say the... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Regarding Steve’s McCormack amplifiers, I believe all of them originally had a 100K ohm input impedance, up to the DNA-500, which was designed with a 10K ohm input impedance. Yes these lower (10kohm) later amps will not be a good match for passiv... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? c_avila1 Who needs an preamp when you have a Pass XA25 Hi again Ciro.Your XA25 (very nice poweramp btw) is 47kohm input impedance and I believe you used a 50kohm Khozmo stepped attenuator as a passive pre? You really should of used a 10kohm Khoz... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Your really just not worth the effort, you live in denial kosst, and question everything Nelson Pass tells you. I’ll post it up again just in case you missed it. Nelson Pass: "This preamplifier flows from a commitment to create the best sounding ... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? A lot of this is system dependent....i.e., electrical values of the source upstream, amplifier downstream If we look at what the OP has there is no issue, 100ohm > 2v source and 100kohm 0.8v sensitivity poweramp. And once again this goes for... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? mitch2 I do not believe "gain" to be the main issue here. IME, the reason some hear improvements in dynamics and bass when moving from a passive to an active preamp is due to improved impedance matching through the volume control and consisten... | |
| I want to digitally record my vinyl but I'm not sure how to approach it successfully. jahatl513 I got one of these (but working one) analogue to digital converters cheap second hand for $50 it did a great job for the vinyl rig conversion and also worked good with the F/M tuner conversion.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Midiman-M-Audio-Fl... | |
| Pass labs X250.5 cracking noise btw George - i measured the temperature on the fins and they were reading 100F & 110F on left and right sides. I mentioned this on the call with Pass and they didnt think it was a wild swing. This is fine one side could be in a draft more tha... | |
| Pass labs X250.5 cracking noise Between 60hz and 180hz the Sophia 3’s are a hard load 3ohm with up to 50 degrees of negative phase angle (the dotted line is the -phase angel), it could make the 3ohms look like 1.5ohms to the amp. . https://www.stereophile.com/images/211Wilfig01.... |