georgehifi
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| Preamp under $2,000 used lnitm I would look at the Shiit Freya has SE and XLR, can be passive, tube or solid state changeable on the fly to suit your flavour. Has remote volume, 4 inputs, and has maybe the best volume pot ever, 128 positions microprocessor-controlled rel... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses America has enough problems without being blamed for the likes of georgehifi. https://ibb.co/hgrAMcCheers George | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Oh dear! I can’t believe clearthink can think this way, read again "SLOWLY" it was reference to deleting posts as a potential forum cop.And yes I’m from Australia, gods country, where we have gun controls so tight you can’t even own a BB gun here.... | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses And your on the hit list also sunshine.Cheers George | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses Geoff enough, it’s about time you stopped insinuating the gdhal is on drugs, otherwise your posts will be reported.Cheers George (potential forum cop) | |
| We Need A Separate Forum for Fuses That’s 2 "snake oil" fuse threads shut down, hope the others do too if they start with all the outrageous claims of of sound improvements for their systems being suddenly transformed.But like I said they’re like weeds, pull one out and another one... | |
| New or Old CD Player? imgoodwithtools OP189 posts04-10-2018 2:55amGeorge, or anyone else: What do you know about a Naim CDS II with external power supply? The Naim CDSII uses the PCM1702k still a great R2R Multibit dac not quite as good as the PCM1704K which was the... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? They do say the VH First has a sound of it's own, and is not neutral. Maybe what you heard is just that with the 1/2mt, less of it's house sound getting closer to neutral.Cheers George | |
| Sonus Faber Alternatives That Offer Similar Sound and Performance, your expertise needed! nightfall Sonus Faber Alternatives That Offer Similar Sound and Performance, your expertise needed! We had a big all day session a pair of Quad ESL 57’s with a Decca Kelly ribbon from 13khz up. We replaced them with a pair Sonus Faber Amati’s us... | |
| New or Old CD Player? Is the Linn or the Naim more "analog" sounding? Yes they’re both very analogue in their lower mid richness, without the bass getting thick/syrupy as tubes tend to do. Good luck finding a the Naim 555 pairing under $10k though, also the Linn CD12M... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Looking at your very nice systemhttps://systems.audiogon.com/systems/2186Your D100 dac is no problem at 2v and 100ohms into the Lightspeed. And that at 2.5kohms using the 1mt of VH First at 61pF/mt is -3db at 1mhz!!. And your Belles Ref 150A nee... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? Using a passive I know in my case that there is a real noticeable difference when I go from a 1 meter cable to a half of meter cable. If you hear this difference in length, either your interconnects are high capacitance or your passive or source ... | |
| New or Old CD Player? imgoodwithtools only intend to play Redbook CD's and want a one-box solution. If you want one box players, not dacs, these are the ones.For finest Redbook replay, as there are no new players built around these dac chips, you want players t... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? alfa10069 posts04-07-2018 8:01amI do not have a preamp. MSB DAC direct into Pass Labs power amp. Previously it was Wadia DAC direct into Pass Labs power amp. Tried many preamps and always preferred no preamp. Yes if you have a great source/s as y... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? It also explains why some folks report that using different interconnects makes a big difference in sound quality while others don’t hear a difference. You welcome, and correct, always use quality low capacitance interconnects, with passives and ... |