mrdecibel
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| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? Georgie, fyi, emcdade is stating, in the last paragraph of his post, that his Perla pre " is a passive " unit. Man, you are always defensive and ready to fight. Relax there fella. | |
| Take up drums at age 56? This is what I told people when I set up for karaoke night. Have fun ! | |
| Any experience with Tannoy loudspeakers? bache’s English is not the best, so just for the sake of all of the contributors on this thread, and others of the ops, bache is a manufacturer of speakers out of Brooklyn N.Y. I do not believe he is a shill, not telling anyone. I just do not thin... | |
| Good starter amp recommendation I will not make a recommendation on what to buy, but I will make recommendations ( cautions ) on what not to buy. Early B & K ST 140s. By todays standards, very dark, very muddy, very soft, no dynamics. 20 plus year old McCormack amps. Ready f... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? George has been saying all along, that with today's digital sources, with the lower impedances and 2 volt outputs, the gain stages of preamps are not necessary. I do concur with these findings. 25 years ago, or more, there were passive units avail... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? George, I am sure you meant Black. Do those pictures say Black Beauty anywhere ? I cannot find it. I know about the Black bodied attenuators that Alps made, but they are no longer made, as the " Blue " does the trick. A buddy of mine purchased 4 o... | |
| Preamp Question A few questions. How did you use the Freya, tube gain, jfet buffer, or passive ? I could understand the sources sounding better direct to the amplifier. Are you happy with the sound of each connected to the amp ? I suppose what I am getting at, wo... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? George, picture is just a picture. Did you know that Alps never referred to the control as a Blue Velvet. Nowhere on their web site have I found it. If you could find it, please post it. I believe some audiophile engineer, in using it, gave it tha... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? George, if you look further down on the Douk page of the device, in the specification section, it states that the Alps 27 pot is 50K ohms. I have not taken mine apart, which would be easy, but I am telling you, it sounds quite invisible. | |
| 3 great tube preamps. Which would you purchase? This will be coming from left field, but YMMV. Change the amp, as you are describing the sonics of that particular Class D amplifier. There, I said it. I am also coming from a standpoint that the best preamp is no preamp, so again, YMMV. All the b... | |
| Jadis DA-7 Very warm and lush sounding, if that is what you are looking for. Some of my best listening experiences included Jadis gear. That is all I have to say. | |
| Lightning quick DYNAMIC amp in the under $1000 range Tube equipment, and hot running Class A amplification, I would ( have ) turned off. All other ss gear, I leave on, which sounds better, and I believe, lessens wear and tear on a product. But, both of these points to leave gear on 24/7, is always d... | |
| Used Amp Under $1000 Unfortunately, the Japanese use speaker switching, which limits current and adds some noise. Internally bypass the speaker switching, change out the speaker output jacks to better ones, and replace the stock power cord with a beefier, heavier gaug... | |
| Who is using their DAC as a preamp? Cleaner than the Sys...Ebay item # 253818627052...HiFi version. $40 or less, shipped. About what you would pay to build one. Promise.. | |
| NAD 3020 I owned several of them throughout my years. Should have kept at least one. What amazed me most about the design ( everything actually ), a single power transformer was used ( obviously a price decision ), and it still sounded spectacular ! |