kalali
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| DIY Pass Labs First Watt F5 amp impressions Love to hear all the excitement. How does the in-production F7 compare to out of production F5? | |
| Schitt Freya or older pre instead OP, if I were to buy a new line stage preamp in the $800 price range, I would buy a Mapletree Line 2C Line Preamplifier even though I have not personally heard it in a system. It just looks like an awesome piece for its asking price. I have also n... | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's Carver TFM-35 definitely has better specs for this application with 380wpc @ 4 ohms. Its more comparable with the A21. | |
| Wilson Witt series 1 speakers, very odd problem, help! Last time I had a similar problem with my loudspeakers, of course nowhere near the caliber of yours, I tested the driver - one woofer, by removing it from the cabinet and hooking it up to my cheapo integrated amplifier at the time. It turned out t... | |
| Volume control question Thanks George. I couldn't quite follow the details of what you described but I get the 70% threshold. I was sort of using 50% as a bogie but will now change that to 70%. Between the (analog) volume control on the preamp and the volume control on t... | |
| Appropriate Power for 1.7i's Considering your budget, I'd recommend a lightly used NAD C275BEE. The Ncore Hypex NC400 is getting great reviews but its a little outside your budget at $1500 for a pair of monoblocks. Probably one of the best class D amplifiers out there accordi... | |
| Amplification question - PrimaLuna Tubes vs. McIntosh Solid State "How did Mac get in the mix?"In case you missed reading the title of this thread, that’s what the OP asked. By the way, I think this thread has run its course. Time to move on. | |
| Receiver help I haven't looked for a receiver recently but if I were, I would consider a component that supports WiFi streaming. This allows free access to pretty much any radio station that is out there and at a much higher quality than an FM antenna could eve... | |
| Volume control question stfoth, greatly informative exchange in that link. Thanks for sharing. Just to avoid any potential bit-stripping, I always keep the volume control "slider" on the app above 50% and lower the volume from my preamp for lower volume listening. I supp... | |
| How to correctly set preamp and poweramp levels? According to Stereophile, the HK990 has a line input sensitivity of 350mV and an input impedance of 43K ohms. The 350mV sensitivity is much lower than most any other amp I've ever read/seen which usually implies a very narrow control on the gain. ... | |
| Top integrated with MC phono section bobheinatz, I heard the GSi75 in a dealer showroom hooked up to a pair of Focal speakers, not sure about the model but I think they were 1038be. The system sounded incredible as one would expect but I'm sure a lesser system could have impressed me... | |
| Volume control question Thanks. It appears that the "volume control " on the mobile app is changing the volume in the streamer through the WiFi connection. Definitely not the preamp since the volume control on the preamp is unchanged. I guess the real question is whether... | |
| Volume control question Maybe my question was poorly worded. To be more specific or just use Bluesound Node 2 streamer as an example, I'm asking about the remote volume control on the mobile application. | |
| Tekton Double Impact & Comb Filtering I seriously doubt if any of the high end Italian speaker manufacturers with ultra exotic furniture grade cabinets allocate 40% of the cost in the drivers. If I remember correctly the norm is more like 10-20% depending on the specific model and its... | |
| Top integrated with MC phono section Heard the GSi75 but not with a turntable. McIntosh integrateds used to have very good phono sections. Not sure about the new ones. |