mdalton
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| Looking for a more up-to-date streamer Volumio rivo or rivo+ ($1000 & $1500 respectively). The streamer is not causing “shrillness”, it’s just a glorified transport. But cheaper ones can be noisier than better engineered stuff. and your DAC may be susceptible to noise (some are l... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @lewm +1 totally agree with your last post. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @dover You’re right, the Leben is lower gain than typical, though I don’t think it’s quite as significant as their published specs (23.5 db) suggest. John Atkinson measured it at 37.1 db back in 2011. Regardless, paired with a Leben integrated ... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy QED | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy As I put it in my original post, “The founder of Leben has indicated that his inspiration for his phono pre (i have one) was the HK Citation IV, which apparently featured CR-type RIAA equalization (no negative feedback).” So I made clear that I w... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy As far as I can tell, “CR type” and “NFB” are typiically used interchangeably for “passive” and “active”, respectively. That’s why I find it helpful to define terms, and also why I tend to assume others on this forum might know stuff I don’t. | |
| Integrated amp for tube lover Octave nice but v70 just 70 watts into 4 ohms. v80se ($13.5k) closer at 120 into 4. Audio Hungary x2000 great amp at less than $7k! Trafomatic Eon about same price as Octave. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @lewm Am no expert but don’t think that’s right re CR type filtering. Pretty sure early Macs, Marantz 7, Fischer 400, and many others used negative feedback in their phono stages. | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy The founder of Leben has indicated that his inspiration for his phono pre (i have one) was the HK Citation IV, which apparently featured CR-type RIAA equalization (no negative feedback). | |
| Sound quality differences in streamers @hjdca pretty system. what are your speakers? | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! I suspect they would mate beautifully with Leben. I’m listening to my Altecs driven by my Leben (with Leben phono pre as well) as we speak. | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! or Pure Audio Project Duet 15, either with horn or Voxativ driver. >96db for about $7k. | |
| Speakers for 2nd System! Tough ask. Rethm Aarkas are 94db, and I think they’re at least $6k. Devore Micr/os are $4k but only 89db. Audio Notes are not 96db. Here’s a wild one: I love the Audience 1+1s. They meet the budget at $4.5k. sensitivity is only 87db, however... | |
| My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours? gummies | |
| Tube Pre-amp Suggestions. Fezz Audio Sagita Prestige - fully balanced tube preamp for $3495. |