phd
Responses from phd
| 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... | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Mapman, I think you brought a very good point in regards to clipping and its true certain kinds of music begs to be played louder. I think we have all pushed are systems on occasions just to see its capabilities because certain recordings can be m... | |
| Do I really need a preamp? I have generally found that a good active, well matched preamp can provide the drive a amplifier needs to show off its capabilities, not to mention you have the ability to switch between sources. For an exception and laughs I purchased a Lepai Cla... | |
| Rogue Audio Yes, God bless Rogue for standing behind their products, new or used. I have owned several Rogue pieces before and they always sounded excellent and performed far above their price point, a great company, a superior product. | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Atmasphere, you are right as rain on your recent post! | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Based on some of the above answers I have concluded that some people don't know when to leave well enough alone, I am such a person. I have tweaked my system to be more revealing and extended. Using high resolution silver interconnects connected t... | |
| Quality system, make poor recordings sound better? Thankyou all for the great indepth answers. A few days ago my daughters boyfriend brought over his IPod and connected it to my main system. He was thoughtful enough to have downloaded some of the music I like, new and older recordings. I thought a... | |
| Is Quad an upgrade from Rotel? Mkash3, yes I have heard this combination of Quad and thought the sound produced was outstanding. | |
| Is Quad an upgrade from Rotel? I'm not a big fan of Rotel so my answer will be obvious but I have owned Quad and liked it a great deal. | |
| Pre + Amplifier Recommendation Mattmiller, I would agree and I no longer have the tube amp but I used it as an example that speakers that are very efficient don't require alot of watts to drive them. I currently use 150 watts per channel amp and that sounds even better. | |
| Pre + Amplifier Recommendation I have kept the same speakers but seen a few preamps & power amps come and go. By the way they are very efficient speakers (102 db) and these were the ticket to getting the most out of lower powered tube gear. I drove them with a tube amp that... | |
| Are Rotel amps and preamps any good? Never heard a Rotel preamp that sounded good but I do like their power amps! | |
| Rotel RA-1520 vs Anthem 225 integrateds After hearing both I would go with the Anthem. |