phd
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| System upgrade advice The Proceed PRE Preamp is the culprit and is known to lean towards sounding bright, even a reviewer of the Proceed Pre mentioned not to couple this preamp with highly revealing speakers for example like horns. | |
| Importance of Amplifier versus Preamp? I think that Zd542 got it right. If I had a given amount of money, I would invest most of the money into a good active preamp, you can then fudge a little on buying an amp. Then there is the crowd that think that buying both components of the same... | |
| Amplifier Cooling Suggestions? I think you have taken reasonable precautions to keep your integrated cool. Even at higher volumes it still should be adequate unless you are driving low impedance loads. I have not had the concern lately about overheating since I've been using Cl... | |
| Describe ube sound vs solid state Tube, better midrange, Solid State, better bass. Ube falls somewhere in between. | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together Zd542, I should of made myself clearer in my post that a less powered less expensive amp does not have to be lower in sound quality. Let me refer to the line-up of Conrad Johnson amps as an example. You already know that their 100 WPC will cost yo... | |
| hi, i trying to to get my first system together I would put in a vote for buying speakers first since they will lay the foundation for your system and because you are working within cost restraints (which many are) buy efficient speakers so you don't have to invest in expensive amplification. | |
| What is the answer? True but seldom the case. What was the question again? | |
| What is the answer? Test Test Test then Rest Rest Rest! | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... It is possible that Frank feels that there is no substitute for good engineering, even expensive parts. Case in point I purchased a cheap chinese preamp, called Modwright to have it upgraded. He asked me what would you have me do to it if your not... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... Grannyring, Frank has brought to market some very interesting designs and appararently he has a good following, you don't see too much of his gear for sale on the used market very often. But I would have to disagree with his statement that all par... | |
| Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps.... Interestingly, a few hours of warm up applies to solid state gear as well. In fact the manufacturer of my solid state preamp recommends at least two days of warm up before listening, then leave it on continuously, turn it off and you will start ov... | |
| Do I really need a preamp? Mapman, then does that mean if my solid state amp has an unblanced input impedance of 47K ohms that it is not compatible with a tube preamp? | |
| Tube Preamp vs Solid State Yes I own a VTL 2.5 preamp and love it. It renders a huge, full soundstage if the power amp is up to it and has a wonderful midrange. | |
| Tube Preamp vs Solid State Good advice above. I prefer a tube preamp with a solid state power amp but there are some very good solid state preamps out there. As mentioned, experiment with both. | |
| Do I really need a preamp? Marqmike, I would think first your power amp has enough gain for a passive preamp to work very well, this would be a very important thing. Second you must have a very good quality passive preamp, passive preamps like active are not all created equ... |