lowrider57
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| Why Single-Ended? It is correct that some manufactures use a jumper pin from 1 to 3 when a input are configured with two options - XLR and RCA. IMO there is several issues with this. First one being that pin 1 of a XLR should have Chassis ground (earth) potential -... | |
| Why Single-Ended? @atmasphere , thanks, that's the answer i was hoping to hear."my guess would be that finding a fully balanced preamp providing sonics that are as much to your liking as those of the UV-1, for a comparable price, would be a tall order if not imposs... | |
| Why Single-Ended? An addition to my post;The unbalanced cable runs would be short, 1 to 1.5 meters. | |
| Why Single-Ended? How much potential sonic performance would I lose by using my SE preamp into the unbalanced inputs of a fully differential amp? e.g., my UV-1 preamp into the SE input of an Atma-sphere amp, or using this preamp with a Pass Labs amp.There’s an impe... | |
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| My first tube roll in a Primaluna Dialogue HP Integrated --The Amperex tubes have more top end attack. I wouldn't call it bite. There's more detail on top....not much, but it's there. --The Amperex may be less warm. The bass seems to be more defined but there's less of it. --The Primaluna's sounded a... | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? @jond , yeah, sorry about that blanket statement. I should have reread my comments before posting them. | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? @jond , I really should have stressed that entry-level, or budget units have had the greatest improvement. I’ve heard Esoteric and Naim CDPs years ago and they have always had superior sonics. My friend’s digital in the 1980s rivaled his analogue ... | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? spoogemonkey, I'm not sure, since I only moved up to higher-end gear about 12 years ago. I've noticed the most noticeable improvement is in budget DACs and CDPs. New units sound smoother, more realistic than those of the 1980's and 90's.I have an ... | |
| How old is too old for a Dac? I agree with Erik that there are many modern DAC designs that do Redbook very well. These DAC’s are not simply using a Delta-Sigma dac chip, many have added a FPGA (field-programmable gate array), which is programmable by the designer to process t... | |
| Connect banana jumpers to locking banana speaker cables? Spades on the jumpers would provide a solid connection to the binding posts. More so than plugging a banana into the back of another banana. | |
| Why Single-Ended? Full disclosure; my preamp is the Atma-sphere UV-1, single-ended. I decided to buy this unit based on it's sonics and simple design. To me, it does everything right; wide and deep soundstaging, realistic imaging, deep bass extension. It presents a... | |
| Why Single-Ended? @herman , I appreciate you participating in the discussion, but in viewing the archive threads I did not find an answer to my original question. I wanted to find the reason a manufacturer designs a SE component and why in today’s HiFi environment ... | |
| It is a good idea to purchase a vintage tube pre-amp. @baranyi , what is the new ModWright model and price? | |
| Why Single-Ended? Yes Charles, I'm getting much more info than I expected. And very pleased that a discussion about the different designs has happened. Glad that some of brightest minds on the forum have joined in.Jim |