mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Hifi Man Sundaras! Another vote for the Sundara phones. | |
| Low Gain or Unity Gain Solid State Preamp The Schiit Saga is a unity gain preamp. And Schiit has some other options that are switchable between low and higher gain. | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? The purpose of a preamp? There are multiple reasons, depending on your setup. 1. Selecting between multiple sources. 2. Some sources don't have their own volume control and most power amps don't have one either. 3. Some power amps don't have eno... | |
| Speaker hum. Have you ever had the units serviced? The models you have could be 20 or more years old. It is very common that the power supply capacitors need to be replaced at that age. Power supply capacitors, especially the big ones on a power amp, are lik... | |
| Minimum Power Needed to Drive Klipsch Cornwall IVs? - Considering Erhard_Audio Ray @katokaelin -- just running back of the envelope numbers, if the loud end of your listening is 90 dB at one meter, you're looking at about one-eighth of a watt to achieve that. The four watts would get you to 108 dB peaks. So, from my perspecti... | |
| Minimum Power Needed to Drive Klipsch Cornwall IVs? - Considering Erhard_Audio Ray For 102 dB sensistive speakers, one watt will give you 102 dB of volume at one meter in front of the speaker. The volume at your listening position further back is a bit trickier since that depends on the size of the room and how it is furnished. ... | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage You might check out Bel Canto -- some years back I went from an Image Audio tube amp (KT88 outputs) to a Bel Canto C5i and was happy. (I've since moved on to separates.) The Image Audio and Bel Canto weren't exactly the same but I enjoyed them bot... | |
| Krell Service - speakers buzzing "Throw a cheater plug on your preamp..." That's a good experiment to try when you have a hum problem the first time you use a new piece of equipment or install it to a new location or setup, but my understanding of the OP's issue is that the prea... | |
| Krell Service - speakers buzzing A simple alternative is to borrow a different preamp (or use the preamp output of an integrated amp) and see if the hum is still there. If the hum disappears with the other preamp, this indicates the Krell needs servicing. If the hum is still pr... | |
| Solid State Low powered Amplifiers I bought a Gjallarhorn about eight months ago to replace the LSA VT-70 tube amp (EL34 tubes) that I was using to drive a pair of small Spendor 4/5 speakers in a sunroom. The Spendors (their current incarnation of the classic LS 3/5a speakers) are... | |
| Practical Question Regarding Newer Topping Amps Ha! | |
| Practical Question Regarding Newer Topping Amps I don't have either a Kara (Schiit's newest preamp) nor a Freya+, but if I were buying one or the other I'd go with the Kara. | |
| Practical Question Regarding Newer Topping Amps Interesting, I currently have eight pieces of Schiit gear (used in three different systems) and have owned three or four other pieces of theirs which I've sold. I've never had a problem with any of them and love the way they sound for the money. A... | |
| help! no sound The OP had a second post that provided more information. That's the one where he said he used the RCA outs of the CD player to his speaker amp, which works without issue, and runs the CD player's coax out into his Bifrost DAC which then fed the Ly... | |
| help! no sound I thought the OP was pretty clear that he also tried the RCA output from his CD player (which works fine into the speaker amp) and this gives the same no-sound results as using the Bifrost DAC. Definitely sounds like the Lyr headphone amp is the p... |