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| basic passive preamp I concur with the Mccormack Micro Line Drive preamp, own one and it is spectacular. The passive side provides dynamics like an active pre would deliver. The active side provides up to 12 db of gain and it is very good sounding as well. Steve's amp... | |
| Quicksilver Remote Control Line stage. Need feedback from current or past owners I owned a Quicksilver preamp and I can tell you that it is OK not very transparent or musical. I gave it a week but turned around and sold it. A friend of mine also owned one and he sold his too. But for what I understand the most current model ha... | |
| Are audiophiles still out of their minds? It's not hard to get caught up in the hype especially when you are trying to get the most out of your system and want to fine tune it but I'm convinced that we want to believe that a ten thousand dollar cable should and will make a huge differenc... | |
| Etiquette for a listening session? There are no written rules when it comes to etiquette during a listening session but they are implied and common sense does apply here. If you invite non audiophiles over, find out what kind of music they enjoy and mix it up with yours, expect to ... | |
| Why some preamps does not play music? Cold? Preamps can be system dependent and personal preference do apply as well as musical tastes, what sounds mediocre in one system may actually sound very good in another. You might want to start by trying different interconnects and or tubes. If in t... | |
| Does the ceiling fan affect the sound? If the fan creates vibration then it could in effect degrade sound quality to a measurable degree but if there were any benefits to derive from a ceiling fan, it would in fact be keeping your components cooler during the summer months. I'm not lyi... | |
| Bryston 4B green clipping lights blinking terry9, it could be that the earlier models of the Bryston amps (B, BST) did not have the headroom that the more current amps (BSST) have, but you said you also owned the earlier 4B and thought it did not have this problem. We need to look at the ... | |
| Bryston 4B green clipping lights blinking This is one of the reasons why I gave up on the Bryston 3BST awhile back because it didn't take much volume to get it to clip and I was using very efficient speakers at the time, figurer that one out. Go for a Conrad Johnson or McCormack amp (soli... | |
| The Sad State of Movie Theater Sound Systems It is a sad affair when you go out to a movie and get inferior sound. Maybe you should stay at home and watch a movie on a good surround system because it looks like at this point it may be preferable. | |
| klipschorns, they kick ass for sure Any speaker that requires gobs of power just to drive them can't possibly reveal all the suttle details that music has to offer, who else said that? So lets give a round of applause for efficient speakers including the Khorns! | |
| Preamp inverts signal. oddiofyl, that makes a lot of sense. Anyway can't one reverse the polarity at the amp instead of the speakers, same thing right? | |
| Preamp inverts signal. Al, your tech info is always appreciated. | |
| Preamp inverts signal. folkfreak, thank you for the in depth information! I will try that. | |
| Preamp inverts signal. Thank you, that's all I wanted to know. | |
| Suggest affordable cable options Cables are system dependent and the ones that sound the best may sometimes be the least expensive. I have two large bags of interconnects, some are expensive and some are much less costly. It was shocking to me that after careful experimentation s... |