phomchick
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| What Matters and What is Nonsense @playmore give JRiver a try. I run it on a PC into a DAC and from there into the amplifier (no preamp). I’m also using JRiver for room correction, as its 64-bit DSP engine will use convolution filters from Room EQ Wizard (REW). | |
| Infinity RS1B ? Buy or runaway @playthebody - that's a very interesting post!When I started rebuilding my RS1s I traded an email or two with Paul McGowan, and he said, based on advice from Arnie, they used Mundorf capacitors in the IRS V rebuild. He didn't specify which seri... | |
| Infinity RS1B ? Buy or runaway Another source for information--- Paul McGowen of PS Audio-- he was co-founder of Infinity along with late Arnie Nudell. John Ulrich was co-founder of Infinity with Arnie Nudell. Paul McGowan was co-owner with Nudell of Genesis. @drf24 - Have you ... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense +1 with both @craigl59 and @barrarich Class D amplifiers, DACs, and DSP processing are all high enough quality and cheap enough that the following high end stereo system should be just around the corner.It will have WiFi connectivity to somethin... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? In summary: the OP removes his Audible Illusions L1 preamp and drives his amplifier directly from his Oppo BD105. He thinks it sounds better. He asks: how much money do I need to spend to get a preamp that will sound better than this straight wi... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Here is an interesting 10 year old article on active room correction:https://www.stereophile.com/reference/108tech/index.html This is the kind of technology that can make a big difference in an audio system. I know that Meyer Sound is doing this f... | |
| Audiophile LP's Sheffield Labs, legendary pressings:http://sheffieldlab.com/content.php?content_id=1002 | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? So while you can make good arguments against passive volume controls and uncontrolled cable interactions, these are not a factor in my system. Thus, in my system, my statement above that there is no amount of money that can be spent on a preamp th... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense Bottom line. If it is not nonsense to you and you believe in it that is what counts. No matter what anyone says or thinks it is still your opinion and your ears and money. There will be thousands of opinions but the only one that really matters is... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? “No preamp” is a straight wire. It will add no noise, no distortion, and in 99.9% of cases no frequency response anomalies.There is not a preamp made that has the same characterics. Thus, there is no amount of money that can be spent on a preamp t... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? There's no technical reason to conclude getting gain in a pre-amp stage won't sound better.Sure there is. Gain means an active circuit. And all active circuits add noise, distortion, phase and frequency distortions. If you don’t need the gain from... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? To be fair, there is no reason to use a preamp if you don’t need the gain (e.g. you are listening to vinyl). It’s not going to sound better, which is what the OP was about. | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? Replace your amplifiers with a wire and let me know how that works out for you.Since I listen to speakers, my DAC doesn’t have enough current output to make much noise, so I think I’ll keep my amplifiers (my speakers are bi-amped). My preamp wasn’... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? “No preamp” is a straight wire. It will add no noise, no distortion, and in 99.9% of cases no frequency response anomalies.There is not a preamp made that has the same characterics. Thus, there is no amount of money that can be spent on a preamp t... | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense DACs are mature technology and above the $800 point they pretty much all sound the same TO ME ftfy Thank you, but you didn’t have to fix it for me. You only needed to refrain from editing out my disclaimer:"[**]I think that[**] DACs are mature tec... |