johnziomas
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| Gain Structure help, Mcintosh D100 to Primalune tube amp Thanks George,the interesting thing is that all of the Mcintosh preamps have the same output V range 8v unbalanced and 16v balanced. And some of their amps have low input sensitivity (I think the tube 275 is at 1.8V.) Theoretically you wouldn't ... | |
| Gain Structure help, Mcintosh D100 to Primalune tube amp Thanks George,using the variable out is almost a must as this is the only way to control the volume remotely with the D100 remote (looks like the schiit unit does not have remote volume control capability.) | |
| interconnect choice I was a firm believer that cables do not make a difference, until recently I discovered otherwise and it just blows my mind. I have upgraded to tube amp, Focal speakers, Mcintosh DAC/preamp so tried new cables.Having said that I'd still not pay f... | |
| best integrated amp. I'd think you want to listen to the Primaluna Dialogue HP. I have the amp, not the integrated, and it sounds amazing. I think the integrated is in the low $4K range. | |
| Need Balanced DAC with optical and coaxial inputs for 2 channel home theater system demoed at home for 2 weeks the Benchmark Dac2 and Mcintosh D100, kept the Mcintosh, it's beautiful. New D150 (same as D100 but does DSD) is $3k.good luck | |
| Spotify Premium vs Tidal ... opinions? Tidal and don't look back | |
| Hum from both speakers...This is New Please read. I haven't read all replies, but I have been chasing a hum issue and just resolved it this morning so this might help.In my case I isolated the problem to the preamp and it was causing the issue (ground loop,) I put a 3 to 2 prone adapter in the po... | |
| Where do you guys buy tubes? I just bought some Mullard CV4003 from upscale audio, communication/recommendations was excellent. Not an opinion on the quality of the tubes as I have not received them yet. | |
| Digital/Optical out from Streaming Devices (Bluesound, Heos, etc) to Preamp- difference? thanks for your reply, I have the same experiences as you. In this situation the only variable is the specific digital output of each device, cabling source (Tidal) and gear is the same/constant.I am demoing the Heos by Denon, and considering the... |