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Review: Placette Audio 31p bal Preamplifier
Great review, I too run the Placette passive and have had it for a couple of years now. If your experience mirrors mine, which from your review it has so far, you've just bought your last preamp. Congratulations! 
Class-D amps - a different re view
I use CI D200s to drive my 104db sensitivity Klipsch LaScala and find the results spectacular. My guestimation as to why some people don't like the sound is because they don't like whats actually happening upstream. I find the D200 to be the most ... 
Sennheiser HD 650 Headphones
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I to really enjoyed my 650s with Cardas cable, right up until the day a got a pair of AKG 701s. After repeatedly listening to both, it got to were I couldn't ever listen to the 650s anymore. As good as they are, t... 
Class-D amps - a different re view
As a CI D200 owner and lover for the last two years, I find it quite interesting that these amps very rarely come up on the used market. In fact, I'd say of all the amps mentioned in this endless thread, the CI D200 are by far the least seen on Au... 
Class-D amps - a different re view
I suppose it would be blasphemy to bring up the Carver Conrad Johnson shootout of the 80s... 
Class-D amps - a different re view
What seems to be constantly overlooked here is the Idea that most digital switching amps sound the same and have the same drive capabilities. This is simply not true.This is as true as saying all SS amps sound and drive the same all tube amps soun... 
Improving Headphone Sound
Upgrade to AKG 701s and a headroom max amp. 
Class-D amps - a different re view
It seems like one of main points of this review is, that it was done by a reviewer who doesn't except any advertising.Well is that same vane, I suggest another reviewer "10 Audio", who also doesn't appear to accept any advertising.They found an IC... 
Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp?
Get a set of Channel Islands D200s. They won't disappoint... 
Tired of Expensive Speaker Cable. Alternatives?
DH Labs 
Kenwood L-09m's - Keep or Sell?
You may want to consider having the L-09s modified. I've used RAM with great results. Good luck... 
Best Preamp = No Preamp?
No, it's a common misconception. If you're using the volume control on your source unit, THEN that piece is pulling double duty as your preamp. PERIODThe heart of any preamp is Volume control.I guess it's just a matter of time before people using ... 
Leave an amp "on" permanetly
I find my sytems sounds best when left on all the time. I started leaving it on 24/7 about two years ago without any problems. Some observations which led me to the take the 24/7 approach. - My Musical Fidelity X10v3, XDAC and PUS all came with no... 
Best Mod companies to tweak Transports
Reference Audio Mods 
tuner hum ???
Sounds like it may be a ground issue. I had a very similar problem just recently. Try floating the ground on the tuner.