phantom_av
Responses from phantom_av
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Personal Experience, Trying many possible methods DAC to Amps with various Dacs and Various Amps. Final Conclusion: Pre-Amps is Required. Some Dacs have Pre-amps built into them like Playback Design and MSB and various others. However much th... | |
| DACs and more. Is there a good analog sounding DAC. "digital has improved so much" it has been improving but now how the industry makes it out to be. This reminds me of the HDMI Con in the industry | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio Playback Design DACs in the Higher End of the Market are one of the best value you can get today. | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek Was it Ralph Karsten who built the first ever Fully balanced Phono Stage? | |
| Atma-Sphere vs. Supratek My Phono Stage in the MP-1 is dead quiet, if you use noisy tubes you’re gonna get more noise. Nos Tubes dont work in the Phono Stage they are just too noisy. The Phono Stage runs fully balanced, i have balanced cable going into it. It is by far o... | |
| CLASS D MONO AMPS buy ATMASPHERE MUSIC SYSTEMS If you have had experience With Atma-Sphere Amplifiers and pre-amps (I have owned every single unit) you will know anything that comes out off Ralph Little Lab is going to sound bigger and better than anything else on the market at the same price ... | |
| Your single most significant purchase mistake? SOTM Dac and server. | |
| Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP) They are not fakes, they are made for the local market which demands a cheaper price so LM uses cheaper parts in some parts of the circuit. Their is no warranty either if something goes wrong usually LM will provide the dealer with free parts for ... | |
| Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP) I would suggest the OP to seriously Consider the LM-845 Premium Version. Bypass the built in Pre-amp with out outboard Pre-amp. You can also buy a outboard pre-amp later, The LM-845 Prem Version is a better class better reliability unit than t... | |
| Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP) @fatdaddy2 Exactly, I think this buy amercian thing is stale now. | |
| Choice between two different integrated tube amps (SET & PP) PP will give you more flexibiliuty on speaker choices SET usually sounds better but your limited on speaker choice. Line Magnetic 845 Premium Version works better then the chinese import version, better parts and transformer. LM Stuff is ... | |
| What phono cartridge is suited for metal and heavy rock? iv always found most metal music badly recorded. | |
| CLASS D MONO AMPS buy ATMASPHERE MUSIC SYSTEMS An Intergrated Class D Amp with Tube Pre-section would be a good idea?? | |
| McIntosh -- good for show, not for sound, says dealer The brand image is still going strong, a buddy of mine either has his ears full of wax or is brainwashed deep down to his subconsciousness. He believes it's still super high end. | |
| CLASS D MONO AMPS buy ATMASPHERE MUSIC SYSTEMS I think Ralph will be working on bigger Amplifiers in the Class D Domain at a later stage. Remember this is not using anyone else module but he designed it from ground up. |