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| Will changing gain affect frequency response? The preamp has two settings for gain, set internally, of 3 db and 12 db and came to me set at 3 db.Back to my first post, which everyone overlooked, how is this reduction achieved? Is it via the feedback network?? If so, this can influence the ton... | |
| Will changing gain affect frequency response? NOT talking about increasing the volume at the listening position Increasing the gain by moving the jumper to the highest position (keeping the volume the same at the listening position)In some cases this gain change in a preamp/amps/cdp/dacs with... | |
| BAT's VK-D5SE vs Audio Research CD-3 The Bat has the best Burr Brown Multibit dac chips 4x PCM1704K.Balanced Audio Technology VK-D5SE 4 x PCM1704-K – DF1704EThe AR has pain old vanilla Delta Sigma Crystal CS4238AUDIO RESEARCH CD3 CS4396Without even hearing them the Bat is the one I’d... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) I think i always worried the direct-to-amp would be too raw and "un-prepped." Sorry electroslacker forgive me.Raw?? Unprepped?? This is something the voodoo'ist have instilled into you. The source, is the start in a system and it's signal should g... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) @ alfa 100Hi alfa, just letting others know that with the Wadia 521 you can change the gain setting ratio inside with switches or links, so then you can use it’s volume control above 65 with no "bit stripping". As "bit stripping" happens with any ... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? but still they skip and can’t be played on quite large number of CD players which means their life is over. I don’t care for what reason, but it’s over. This is not right, you can re-polish them yourself to get the scratches out use a coarse cutt... | |
| New Bel Canto REF600M using NCORE I listened to a promo pair of these a few months ago, and I was finally impressed with the sound of Class D. But they were driving expensive two ways with an easy load, and in particular the ribbon tweeter was a nice flat 6ohm load impedance and f... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Thanks for bumping Glory, no not dead just resting. I’ve been on an extended holiday from any production runs, as they can be very taxing/monotonous to produce, just quad matching all the led/ldr’s can do ones head in, as to keep this kind of pric... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) ami OPHi George,I'm very impressed with your candor:Thanks ami, just telling it like it is. On a side note, there is just too much voodoo and shilling that goes unmoderated in these forums, maybe I'm just getting crotchety in my mature age.Cheers ... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) Here is a part of the review from 6 Moons for the new Gryphon Antileon Evo poweramp, driving Wilson Alexia’s What was used first as the preamp was his Supratek Reference DHT, and yes this quote of part of the review is pushing my product, but it g... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) They don’t have enough gain, so they need an active pre to help the signal along. If it goes loud enough for you, you have enough gain, a passive preamp will NOT compress the music if it’s up near full.Quote from Nelson Pass:We’ve got lots of gain... | |
| Usher R1.5 should I buy? desalvo55Thanks George, I’ve got an electronic savvy buddy of mine who designs amps. He’ll do it for me. Wish I had a roadmap to give him still.I gave the circuit diagram to vvvinashhh above, on the condition he passes it on, email him and he’ll f... | |
| The demise of the music CD inevitable? I do not believe CD longevity is as great as it is typically purported to be. The material(s) itself wears out and often renders portions of the disk inaudible as the reflective layer "evaporates" and the laser is unable to read the data. Virtuall... | |
| Usher R1.5 should I buy? But I don’t know how to set bias :( So I guess I’ll "probe" around, find a pot, and adjust till my hand starts burning? Say goodby to your amp!Seriously, please get a tech to do it, as you need to put dmm meter probes on the emitter resistors, and... | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) There’s no voodoo in this.Many times people that try going direct and not liking what they hear, are using the digital domain volume control in the source at too low a level, and are lowering the resolution because they are "bit stripping" eg: 14b... |