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| Budget preamp with quality volume control @pwayland I could not find that gain stage info in the manual for my Parasound amp. The control on the back are the unity gain control whose function, as you know, is to throw away some of the preamp output to get the main volume control in the re... | |
| EverSolo Streamer Against Lumin U2 Mini (verbally) https://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2023/05/02/eversolo-dmp-a6-streamer-and-dac-review-insane/ Against Innuos Pulse Mini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osjv8MgmenA&t=616s | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control As mentioned earlier, after trying out Schiit SYS, I no longer consider passive preamp. I suspect the degraded SQ, i.e., soften lows and restrainted less airy highs, is resulted from the mismatched impedance. In addition, the headroom becomes fair... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control @audphile1 I have looked that option earlier. Since I have hard time to pay $1000 for 1st Watt B1 buffer preamp, the only option I have looked is the Zerozone Pass X1-B Buffer Preamp from Aliexpress for around $230 incl. shipping. But unfortuna... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control The passive preamp Schiit SYS is first thing I tried. Although many people have attested it is a good sounding preamp, I found the low end notes thru it are softened. High end notes are restrained and less airy. On the paper, the SYS’s output impe... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control Thanks, @rtrlover. By reading its description on PS Audio website, "At this instrument's heart is the analog GainCell. Rather than using additional sonically-degrading elements inserted in the signal path to control volume, the GainCell elimina... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control @zlone Good to know the universal remote work on the Freya+. I will probably get one if I do clinch the Freya+ but I am still torn between several candidates mainly Pre90, Freya s/+ and Rogue RP1. | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control @tomcarr Toppings are raved by many reviewers / users including the class A rating by Stereophile (for Pre90). At the same time, one of the popular reviewer (do not wish to mention his name) critizes the A90D actually sounds only mediocre. In part... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control Yes, @zlone, interestingly I thought about that too. For example, I was really in self debate as to how much weights I should place on "remote." Nowadays not having remote for a stereo system is a crime but then the quality of remote is also an is... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control Great. One of the reason I did not include Freya + in my list is because I do not want to bother with tube replacement in the long run. But Schiit says they have longer lasting alternative called solid state tube, LISST, that triggers my interest.... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control @audioman58 Thank you for the coveat on the Alps / Bourne pot. Regarding AGD Master 19, I just listen to MidFi Guy channel where he stated, on the positive side, wide SS, smooth, polite and affordable price but, on the flip side, not as precise, o... | |
| Budget preamp with quality volume control @kr4 Silly me. Schiit gears are the same. I was confused at the time when I include the Benchmark and Cambridge all-in-one units in the group comparison. I have taken out which category. Thanks. @jtcf Rogue entry level tube preamp RP1 is more af... | |
| concrete (cinder) block tower with wood chopping block for turntable stand DIY with these dirt cheap sturdy material is always doable and practical IF you are ALONE. Seriously. I wanted to try that twenty five years ago but I got married thirty years ago. | |
| Why are speaker stands so expensive?! For metal stands, Monoprice quad-post stands were highly recommended. The only complaint I had is the small top plates. For wood stands, Rockville stands have a good value proposition. Two-tone wood stands (RHT or SS series) are in imparticular ... | |
| Amp vs Preamp which is more important? Power amp but a neutral, transparent preamp with good volume control that will keep perfect left-right channels balance is important too. |