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| Vincent SV-236MK I have their SP-331 power amp and as far as I know SV-236 only has line level inputs. Sounds like you're asking about their external phono preamp and its design and my guess is the tube is just used for the buffering since its a hybrid design, as ... | |
| Linear Power Supply for a DAC His SR1 power supplies are around $250-$300 USD. Where did the $4500 price come from? Besides, paying $4500 just for an external power supply sounds completely crazy. | |
| Magnepan Owners I replaced the jumpers with 10awg wire purchased from home depot and switched fuses with equivalent value fuses from HiFi Tuning. | |
| Running 2 systems in 1? Was there a (technical) question in the original post or just a confirmation of sanity? | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! bondsman, thanks for the explanation. With the exception of a few labels, I also didn't attempt to duplicate my LP collection by buying CDs but I'm finding myself using the streaming method more and more these days, particularly when on the move, ... | |
| Integrated or Receiver? Anyone heard of Internet radio, as streaming thousands of radio stations from around the world, even through your phone? Give it a try and you'll no longer consider a (traditional) receiver as an option unless you like dials and meters. | |
| Seeking Speaker Recommendations "Dynaudio C1 Confidence Platinum"Seriously doubt if you can find one for under $3K but they are excellent choice even at ~$9K.To the OP, what is the rest of your system, particularly your power amplifier? | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! This thread really piqued my curiosity and trying to understand the motivation for using such a device. Do you folks actually prefer the sound of a digitized LP over an off the shelf CD version or streaming of the same music, or you have a large c... | |
| Missing Link Completely concur with willie, and the price ($500) is hard to beat. Now, if you want to go real budget, you can also try Chromecast Audio and use optical connection but that's pretty similar to your current AppleTV arrangement. For $35 it's a gre... | |
| Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp Thank you Aric for the explanation. I figured there was a good reason for avoiding such complexity otherwise you would have considered it in your design. | |
| Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp Great review. Sounds like an awesome piece of audio gear.Regarding the Motherlode preamp, given its “cost no object” design premise, my only suggestion is if a more sophisticated source selector option could be explored. I don’t know how much it m... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Kevin Hayes Trio, Live at Smalls.IMO, one of the best relatively recent jazz albums. Supreme recording quality and performance. Playback on a mega system can be an awe inspiring experience. | |
| Waiting on 802D3 to arrive -- Will I need a sub? From the same Stereophile article:Frequency response 14Hz-35KHz, +/- 3dBIf a speaker with this sort of spec and four feet high and two feet deep, weighing almost 210 lbs. each, requires a subwoofer, then I either question the measurements or the w... | |
| Getting into tubes You have a nice list of options and there are many more but if it were me I would not let the absence of remote control, specially in a room that size, play a big factor in your ultimate choice. A remote control usually implies a motorized volume ... | |
| Best used DAC for $250? I didn’t quite follow your reference to the Monster minijack cable but what I can tell you is in my system the sound quality using the iPad analog output- using a minijack to stereo RCA adapter to preamp, is lower than using the digital output - u... |