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| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @signaforce I see Upscale changed title for those Mullards from NOS to NEW. Guessing they received complaints i.e. deceptive practices. I knew they were new as the price of an actual old stock Mullard would be well above the $43 price tag. Prett... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer @signaforce Thank you for the kind words. Congratulations on the RP-1. My experience with the NOS Mullards that I got from Kevin at Upscale ended up with an ear ache while they were transitioning to sweet sounding tubes. I got hiss from one ch... | |
| Need help setting up new turntable @jmoboogie If you are using the Adcom phono input it likely does not have enough gain to bring out the best sound in the Ania cartridge. Gain should be at least 60 db for the Ania..preferably 66-69 db. Older preamps did not have that much gain... | |
| Music server vs. external hard drive to DAC Streamer is not going to give you better sound if you ripped your files using Windows Media Pro or Lossless. If your files are 24/192 and you have a quality DAC, you are far better off financially with using local files for play. A laptop with ha... | |
| Preamp vs DAC vs Streamer Using the Marantz AVR as a front end to everything you have is clearly the weakest link. You seem to like separates and combining a preamp with a DAC - or virtually anything - is going to lessen the quality of the preamp itself. There are plenty... | |
| when your hearing is not as good as it was . . . @8th-note That is interesting that you have had sensitivity issue with soundstage as I recently had a similar reaction. About a month ago I replaced the stock J&J tubes in my Rogue RP-1 with NOS Mullards and immediately noticed a widened so... | |
| Is my amp good enough? @neversatisfied The NAD 375BEE spits out 410 Watts into a 4 Ohm speaker. The Golds, at 4 Ohm, are rated at 250W RMS. (Think of 250W RMS as the average power your speakers will be given at any time). So together they are a good match with regard ... | |
| Is my amp good enough? I have had the NAD 375BEE for 8 years. Sweet sounding A/B Amp that comes alive with a tube preamp. Had a PrimaLuna 100 (6 tubes) but after trying a Rogue RP-1, I sold the PL. RP-1 can be had for around a grand. Upgrade the two tunes in the RP-1 an... | |
| Steely Dan UHQR @larsman I am thrilled that vinyl seems to have made it all the way back to the point that the vultures are back in play as well. I should start being more patient as you stated as the hobby still has some warts. I too have made purchases on new... | |
| Steely Dan UHQR I received a copy of the Aja UHQR a couple of weeks ago and while I am generally happy with my purchase, I doubt that this will be the first of many more UHQR pressings purchases on my part. Reviewers like Michael Fremer work audiophiles up into... | |
| anybody running dual NAD C298's? @webking185 I am merely running two amps in order to power two sets of speakers. The Motion 40's can handle 300 Watts and the C298 offers up 340 Watts at 4 ohms. The 35Xti's spec 250 Watts with the 375BEE maxing out at 250 Watts. My preamp, the ... | |
| anybody running dual NAD C298's? @webking185 A simple search of "NAD" (on Agon) results in 19K+ responses, while "Yamaha" nets only 12K+ responses. That, in and of itself, suggests that NAD is a more popular topic and brand than Yamaha. Just sayin'. | |
| anybody running dual NAD C298's? I have had my NAD298 running in tandem with an NAD 275BEE for about two years now. The 298 feeds a pair of Martin Logan Motion 40's while the 275 feeds two Martin Logan 35XTi's. Front end preamp is a Rogue RP-1. My experience is that the A/B Clas... | |
| Zavfino @xcool I have the Majestic MKII power cable on my SS amp and a Fina MKII power cable on my DAC. Very happy with both. The Majestic MKII needs at least 8 inches clearance (12 to be sure) and it does not bend easily beyond that. I had the Fina M... | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power @jerryg123 Thanks Jerry. I have a second Zavfino power cord on the way. I should have prioritized the dedicated line before I went out and spent over a grand on cables, but the first Zavfino cable was such a remarkable change that I could not wait... |