itsjustme
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| How important is the pre-amp? A few comments on the "transformers are the answer" topic. I agree that especially when you have an impedance mismatch, particularly the wrong way (high into low), that needs **transformation** rather than gain or attenuation (fractional gain),a ... | |
| Any Vienna acoustics love out there? Anyone even still using them? as to detail vs warm. never confuse an over-ly forward treble with detail. It just creams it at you, like SNL's version of closed captioning for that hearing impaired. real detail comes from resolution, a lack of maskng resonances, and a very low ... | |
| Any Vienna acoustics love out there? Anyone even still using them? I have Mahlers "upstairs" and love them. I knew nothing about them before i stumbled on this pair. With a little attention they are extraordinarily transparent. And have real bass extension. Can be very room / setup dependent and are finicky ab... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? @cheeg raises some interesting points.Point #1: Wikipedia URL with comment "you can see its not quite that simple". Actually, it is that simple. he wikipedia article manages to make a simple topic complicated by badly explaining older dB reference... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I wont add too much redundancy to what has been said here. MillerCarbon made me chuckle.But an overlooked fact is that in the majority of cases the volume and balance controls (essentially two sequential attenuators, so the distortions are doubled... | |
| I’m in trouble You are my target market! I sooo wish mine was ready :-) But I'm now in volume-production-subscontractor hell.Interesting place but a time consuming quagmire | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) And yes, NUCs (running good streaming software ike Roon or ???) and Raspberry Pis are really strong contenders. That said they both demand attention to clean power, or better yet, segmented power with clean and dirty functions handled independentl... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) I think Hans provides a ton of good, basic, information in a user-friendly format (unlike here). I'm also not terribly interested in his specific product suggestions. The goal is for the OP to triage and make his own (her own? who knows).I canno... | |
| How to get into high end digital? (Feeding a DAC) I'll jump in, with no answers but some suggestions. In fact, i'll suggest that you ignore all specific answers nad spend some time learning. "product X" is almost never the answer.There have been a ton of excellent threads that several folks, me... | |
| Are all amps being built wrong? oops, very late to reply to @atmasphere Output Z of the amps, depending on model is around .1 - .2 (rarely this high) ohms. Small but very clearly not zero.And yes the stability is a very big plus.Of course it means bias stability demands attentio... | |
| Aged components / service!? if its a quality piece,and in good condition, it can go for 40-50- years! The one exception is electrolytic capacitors which can be replaced,and ought to at about 30 years (for top notch high end stuff, sooner for cheaper stuff). Maybe some switch... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? "you have to listen". Halleluja! :-)parts quality and construction matter (paraphrased)halleluja!beyond that, i have repeated said here that things like power supplies, coupling strategies, smart parts selection (don't get me going on boutique par... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? Not to be difficult, but to get everyone on board with the simple facts rather than vague goals of "simple signal path": how does replacing many active components with one passive component, that in fact performs an impedance transformation rathe... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? There is no way that your Kleos can in any way sounds with better quality level through a SUT in your system when you own a very good phono preamp that handled any LOMC cartridge.When you add a SUT to your specific system you are adding an additio... | |
| SUT Advice - Which Ones Are The Best? 70s era Mitch Cotter strapable transformer like i have LOL?(but am not presently using since I'm in the hell of trouble shooting a configurable FET/BJT cost effective module- noise gremlins lurk everywhere when the effective gain from the needle ... |