mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| My 30 Watt class A is louder than my 100 Watt Class AB? @russ69 -- I know the Saga has no gain (that's what "unity gain" means.) And I was using a DAC with the typical 2 volt output, so nothing amiss there. While most of the time I got the desired playback volume, the problem was when the recording its... | |
| My 30 Watt class A is louder than my 100 Watt Class AB? I had a situation that was opposite of the "too much gain" scenario. I tried to use a Schiit Saga preamp (unity gain) with their Aegir power amp which is on the low side of amp gain. I had to turn the volume up to near max on most recordings to ge... | |
| “Prima Luna HP” Just out of curiousity, have you checked the bias settings? | |
| Freya + / static from volume control @curiousjim -- the Freya doesn't use potentiometers for volume control. It uses stepped relays. Something else is going on. | |
| Devore 0/96 and Room Size I heard the O/96s at a local dealer's place a few months ago. He had them in a room that was around 15' square or so, with a 8' or 10' opening in the room to the right of the speakers. He had the speakers around 4' from the wall behind them with ... | |
| Freya + / static from volume control Are you talking about the mechanical noise from the preamp itself? The Freya+ uses a stepped relay system for volume control which makes a clicking sound. Or, are you hearing a noise through your speakers when you turn the volume knob (other than... | |
| Can I connect multiple sources to an external DAC Correct -- both the Topping and Schiit examples I gave have a button on the front panel to switch between inputs. There are some DACs that "autoswitch" based on which input is providing a signal. In your case, that could be confusing to the DAC i... | |
| PS Audio Aspen FR20: Planar Floorstanding Speakers Another comment -- look at the room -- bare walls, glass, hard floors. This says that person who staged the photo was far more interested in a modern-looking appearance than anything to do with the sound quality of a proper, acoustically treated ... | |
| Glare with Qobuz… My Qobuz sounds fine -- same answer as fuzztone -- no change in Qobuz as compared to my local collection. Question -- what other souces do you routinely use? Have you done a direct comparison? It is possible that there is something going on with... | |
| Why is it that every time, lately, that I'm interested in a thread... Re: the ADMIN post, I wonder how one gives examples of posts that aren't there. Just curious. | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? Just looked at my Aegir and the RCA inputs seem very solid to me. Not sure what your problem is with this unless you plan on plugging/unplugging the amp dozens of times a day. Or bashing the back of the amp, in which case the speaker connections ... | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? @hi2alex2 -- what are you talking about? The Vidar has left and right RCA line inputs -- the same as my Aegir which I'm listening to right now. The only reason there is also a XLR input is if you wish to use the amp in mono mode for higher power ... | |
| Can I connect multiple sources to an external DAC Two examples of DACs with multiple inputs (I've owned both.) At the relatively inexpensive end, a Topping E-30 has coax, optical and USB inputs which are switchable from a front button. The Schiit Bifrost at $800 also has these inputs which are sw... | |
| Can I connect multiple sources to an external DAC Depends on the DAC. Some have multiple inputs with a front panel switch to choose the source. Most commonly you'd see a coax input, an optical input and a USB input with a switch to choose between them. If your CD and Node are capable of differ... | |
| Best sounding low power (under 80watts) Class AB amp? How about a Schiit Vidar? At 100 watts/ch, it is a shade more powerful than your 80 watt spec, but definitely class AB and 22 lbs and a fairly small footprint. (In my case, I have their class A Aegir which is much lower power, but all of their am... |