katfnc
Responses from katfnc
| Spectral amp and VTL preamp I spent about two years with the VTL 7.5 Series III along with the Spectral DMA 260 but things substantially improved when I decided to replace the Spectral with a Boulder 1060. The Soulution 540 has been replaced by a dCS Rossini player and some ... | |
| Tube Preamp with Solid State Amp? I have a hybrid preamp (VTL 7.5 III) and a Boulder 1060. Best match ever had in my system. Period. | |
| Spectral amp and VTL preamp Al, I couldn’t have hoped for a better and comprehensive response! You have been very clear and kind, thanks a lot!!And thanks also for the Spectral email address. I’ll write to them to ask about the “0.5 volt range of the DC protection servo” in ... | |
| Spectral amp and VTL preamp @almarg Another thing Al... I think that the crux of the matter is: has the Spectral DMC-30SS Series 2 some kind of protection that the VTL hasn’t? This because the power amp would be the same (DMA-260) and my doubt is if the use of the VTL could ... | |
| Spectral amp and VTL preamp @almarg Thanks for your further clarification. Does Spectral has an email address? I live in Italy and I’d prefer to contact them by email ‘cause it’s much more easy for me to write than to have an intercontinental phone call... also because I’m s... | |
| Spectral amp and VTL preamp Al, thanks for your full and comprehensive answer! This is exactly what I was hoping for ‘cause I like a lot how the VTL sounds with the Spectral. Thanks also to John (roxy54) for inviting Al to answer my questions! :-)) | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection @dionakra Congratulations for your Boulder preamp! | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection @dionakra I decided to return the preamp to the store (I didn’t feel good about this thing). They have been absolutely kind and understanding and since only few days had passed they gave back to me my Spectral and money. | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection @dionakra Could you explain better what you mean?I wrote to Soulution and received a kind answer from Cyrill Hammer.He told me that: “Yes, this is normal behavior, but please let me explain.The 721 is DC coupled design. This means that DC which sh... | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection Thanks a lot for all the suggestions guys. The next test I’ll do will be with a different audio source, with the same CDs/songs where I saw the DC-offset protection switching on... | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection In the meanwhile I’ve swapped the cables between CD player/preamp and preamp/power amp. Now I have a balanced connection between CD player and preamp. Symmetrical input # 1 instead of asymmetrical input # 2. Things got worse. With this connection ... | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection @atmasphere: I didn’t meant to imply any kind of criticism towards Spectral. I had Spectral equipment for some years (after a long time spent with Levinson Reference) and I liked them a lot. I was simply try to understand what happens now because ... | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection My dilemma is: when I had the Spectral preamp I was simply unaware of this thing just because the Spectral doesn’t have this kind of protection (or perhaps it doesn’t show anything to the user)? Because I don’t hear anything wrong with the music..... | |
| Soulution preamp DC-offset protection @atmasphere: No, it doesn’t seems to be related to high volume. And the strange thing is that it occurs always in certain points of certain CD/songs... For example near the end of Chris Jones “Long after you’ve gone”... @imhififan: Soulution 540 S... |