georgehifi
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| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Phd, yes the "less is more" is they way to go if you have a well sorted system. But if there is a problem area that needs to be fixed, then by adding the right preamp that can tame or accentuate that problem area, then yes by adding the preamp tha... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Of course Jon2020, and I've said exactly that, if he likes what a preamp adds (and that's a colouration) because something else is not quite right that's ok. What erks me is when the preamp brigade use blanket statements that preamps are better th... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? No freezing, just that warm feeling of not having to empty your pockets on an added active preamp that not needed under these conditions, and probably going forward with the sound instead of backward in the process.Cheers George | |
| What are my preamp choices? Sound good to go then by that, it would have been good to print that a bit better on the back of the amp and segregate it from the source input lot, by putting it by itself like the pre out is, and calling it poweramp input instead.Cheers George | |
| CD Sound ; Esoteric x-03 versus Oppo 105 Forgetting about the price differences, for Redbook CD replay the Esoteric has proper dacs, 4 x PCM1704 R2R Ladder Multibit dacs.Where the Oppo just has Delta Sigma type dacs. This is the biggest difference. Esoteric would win hands down for CD re... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? 09-26-15: Clio09If you do not need the gain, the source variable output section can control the interconnect, and you like the sound then you should stop there.Correct Clio, Once again, please anyone who wants to put their head on the chopping blo... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? 09-26-15: RustlerI guess my final question, then, is what kinds of specs should I look for in a preamp if I want to add one at some point?Ah!! now that's another ball game, if you want to colour the sound in some way instead what you get going dir... | |
| What are my preamp choices? "Can't I connect a preamp there?"Maybe?????, though it's odd it should be grouped in with all the source inputs, and not by itself like the preamp output.And it's just a stereo amp why name it processor input, instead of being by itself and labell... | |
| What are my preamp choices? I will be using this preamp to feed the power amp section of a Harman Kardon hk990Danoroo, hate to be the bearer of bad news but looking at this your HK990 intergrated doesn't have poweramp inputs, just preamp outputs. http://www.studio-22.com/har... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Yes Bdp24 that goes for everything active or passive from the source output to the poweramp input.If impedances matching is not correct (Ohms Laws) and the current is compromised (Kirchoffs' Laws). No amount of voodoo speak will solve the problem.... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? [quote]However I'm advocate for using a preamp.Some power amps need the drive to sound their best.[/quote] I didn't ask you to recommend a preamp to the OP, I asked you to name preamps that would drive better than the output of his PS Audio dac co... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Driving the inter-connect cable---what a concept!Maybe another reason why the sound of any given cable is so system-dependent---it's interacting with the volume control in the pre-amp of every system it's put in.This is either tongue in cheek, or ... | |
| Is no preamp really better that a good preamp? Some power amps need the drive to sound their best.Phd, Please give the OP some preamp examples that would better the drive that his PS Audio dac gives direct into his amps? And his PS Audio Dac is not a passive volume control on it's output!!Chee... | |
| Unsatisfied with Esoteric K-01: Alternatives? You just have to look at many of the very highend dac makers that are going back to implementing R2R Ladder Multibit conversion in their top players. Even though it's far more costly to implement, some even making their own discrete versions of it... | |
| Unsatisfied with Esoteric K-01: Alternatives? None, I'm just stating the differences I've heard with many Delta Sigma type dacs vs well implemented R2R ladder Multibit type dacs playing Redbook cd's, and this also jells with what the OP is hearing.I can't see filters, hf or upsampling being a... |