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| Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain- Inside Story 1960 Thanks for posting this Ferrari. Curious who the original writer might have been (some uncredited studio employee, I'm guessing). Great images from the session. I'm not a Luddite and certainly recognize modern tech can help facilitate recording gr... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Braveyoung - Will the Dust Praise You (2013)They've been classified as ambient, drone and post-rock but self-described (tongue in cheek) as "a punk band, kind of".WTDPY is more in the vein of modern classical; serenely beautiful to my ear.Here's a... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - Harrison Labs -12dB attenuators arrived today. Running them at the input to my tube pre-amp with CDP as source. They seem to work as advertised. I've picked up (depending on how loud the CD is) 30-60 degrees of additional volume knob rotation... | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Almost too many to list thanks to Spotify. Their Browse/Discover feature is very helpful in this regard. Also, not to hijack this thread started in 2004, but readers of this thread might also be interested in visiting "What's In Your CDP Tonight -... | |
| It Was 40 Years Ago Today... What happened since then? We used to love Bruce. He kinda lost me or I lost him after Tunnel of Love. Up to then, solid stuff; maybe afterwards too - but it seems like something changed. Don't know if in me or in his music...maybe a little of both... | |
| Jitterbugs from Audioquest and the Regen Ozzy et al - had the Jitterbug a couple of nights now...maybe 16 hrs or so on it. Have to say, so far, I'm not hearing any improvement with it. Set up is exactly as described in my 8/15 post above. Will give it some more time before deciding wheth... | |
| Your favorite album cover... Hard to pick just one over all others. Many good ones named already. Here are five I really like:Mott the Hoople - Self-titled 1st AlbumYes - Close to the EdgeWorld Party - Private Revolutionmewithoutyou - Ten StoriesKuba Kapsa Ensemble - Vandraug... | |
| Need your LP purchase assistance Agree with PBN's suggestion. Also check Elusive Disc. http://www.elusivedisc.com/default.aspOn the home page look at the left hand column under Browse. Click on "Elusive Disc Picks". That will open to music recommended by various sources. Click on... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - Have multimeter. Will measure. Atmasphere - Good one. That would allow me to do what Zd suggested 6 posts above yours. He was thinking my CDP had a volume control (at least, that's how I read it). Re passives' sensitivity to ICs, I assume thi... | |
| Would adding a pre back into the system eliminate Jerry - I'm wondering if a Cardas 300B Microtwin IC in place of the Harmonic Tech Magic Link would help. Can often be found used and much less expensive to explore than a new pre-amp. I found this cable very musical and good for taking the edge of... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Thanks for the idea George. What I am trying to do is introduce volume control for the CDP without any addition boost in gain while leaving other sources unaffected that run through the tubed pre-amp. Your idea does seems like something to explore... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Zd...no volume control on the CDP. It's 2.6 Vms out unbalanced and 4.6 Vms balanced. That's why I had been thinking to skip the tubed pre-amp and go passive with the Schiit SYS. | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - Yes. Looking to extend the range (and "fineness") of volume control which most of the time now is limited to between 7 & 9 o'clock on my pre-amp with TEAC CD3000 as input. I was aware of the Rothwell attenuators. They were my first inclin... | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al - That's a lot for a non-EE to digest. Thank you for the detailed additional input. Much to ponder. Might be simpler to just live with things as they are; i.e., limited usable volume control range on pre-amp with CDP (but things do sound great). | |
| Passive & Tubed pre-amps to power amp at same time? Al, Zd - THANK YOU both very much. Al, I was concerned about a potential interaction and absolutely hadn't a clue what the nature of that interaction might be. Appreciate your explanation.Zd - I think you have given me a good alternative. I'm thin... |