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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Here is another reasonably priced linear powersupply, you Lightspeed owners may wish to play with, with digital readout!! It has the correct size output plug, at 2.1mm X5.5mm with center positive. All you have to do is specify 220v or 110v mains a... | |
| Lowend Preamp on a budget. Hi Lowrider57,http://www.ebay.com/itm/Passive-preamplifier-ALPS-Potentiometers-/190836562928?pt=US_Home_Audio_Amplifiers_Preamps&hash=item2c6ebedbf0 You could try this, for the best transparency from source to poweramps, if your system is pass... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Stewie hi, you have no problems as far a I can see with these impedances.Interconnect capacitance is the more important factor to you as you are bi-amped. From the Carnary to your amps, because you are (bi-amped) and using two x interconnects per ... | |
| 25 watts Class A or 70 watts Class A/B ? Hi Pani, as you can see from the impedance graph (linked), these 93db speakers are easy to drive with an impedance from 8ohm up, I myself with my taste in music would go for the FW F5, your Metallica discs may tax the F5 if you want to fill a bigg... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system 06-05-14: StewieI have a passive pre in my system right now and the music sounds great: tubes on the top end, ss on the bottom, and I have no idea whether impedance matches or doesn't matchHi Stewie, if you tell me the input impedance of both your... | |
| Your thoughts on a Django Passive Preamp. Hi Alan, it a hell of a lot cheaper to try a passive pre (quality 10kohm log pot) than an active preamp, and to keep trying different active preamps till your happy, as they all sound different. None have famous preamp saying, the sound of a "stra... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Hello guysThis is my first post and I have been on Audiogon for a number of years now.My question to the group is, have any of you removed your preamp completely from your system? Run your front ends straight to your amp? And, what benefits have y... | |
| Mark Levinson no. 20 monoblocks Yes 390s maybe even better, I belive that it has internal buffer gain adjustment pins, so the output can then be gain matched to any system, so you can get it close to 100% full up on the remote volume for the loudest you will ever want to listen ... | |
| Mark Levinson no. 20 monoblocks Nice purchase Banmac, The No.20's have 50kohm input impedance and 26db of gain which will lend itself very well to a passive pre of 10kohm. Looking at some of your other posts it seems you may have a ML No51 cd player, which has it's own very good... | |
| Bypassing A Preamp With Volume Pot In Amp 06-03-14: C_avila1I did notice that the attenuator is turned to 12 o'clock with merely average listening level. Does that mean that 10Kohm resistors would allow for more head room with volume?Head room will remain the same, position will be differ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Ewrann (Gerald), thank you very much for the kind words on how the Lightspeed performed with vinyl, and for rekindleing my memories for the Decca London cartridges, which on a great TT/arm such as you have, were one of the best sounds I could get ... | |
| oppo's volume control 06-01-14: Ben_campbellBut going direct from the Oppo into the direct option on the Osiris even with attenuators you can not even get close to 75-so possibly that has had an impact on the noticeably inferior sound I hear.Hi Ben, what I was respond... | |
| oppo's volume control 06-01-14: Ben_campbellBut going direct from the Oppo into the direct option on the Osiris even with attenuators you can not even get close to 75-so possibly that has had an impact on the noticeably inferior sound I hear.I don't know how accurate t... | |
| Passive preamp w/Rogue Medusa and Rega DAC 05-30-14: SruffleIn the meantime, I will be borrowing a passive to determine if using one is even feasible in my system. Thanks for all the comments. This has been a great thread!Definitely worth a try with your system, to hear it at it's most tr... | |
| Tube Amp Recommendations $1500 05-28-14: AlmargRegarding the Acurus A100, one factor that may be in play is that its input impedance is only 20K, which may be too low to be optimal for use with the Lightspeed. You might want to ask George about that, either directly or in the L... |