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| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Herb --Thanks for your comments. Your findings on by-passing the VTL preamp are interesting, and overall are impressions I share with the direct-route in my own, albeit different setup. It goes to show there are sonically very worthwhile combinati... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Mapman -- YEs, but the question is, why?I can see how the proper eletronic mating might be trickier with a passive, but I cant see a disadvantage if done right, other than that various active pres might provide more flavors of sound to please more... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system Hi George Thank you for your comments and corrective remarks on my use of the term 'preamp.' Not to appear too apologetic I'm guessing I intended to use the term as a means to address the effort made with the analog output stage of the BCA Roquefo... | |
| Any thoughts on removing a preamp from your system An audio-friend of mine has always found it better not to use a separate hardware preamp in his setups, especially since his latest DAC/preamp (the Danish developed/manufactored Blue Cheese Audio Roquefort http://www.studiosound.dk/cddac/roquefort... | |
| "Against design" Mr. Weiss' follow-up to "Against design" - "Art vs. furniture:"... audio design is much like furniture, in that the relationships between form and function are easily convoluted. We live with these things in our homes, surrounded by other domestic... | |
| two way v. three way speakers For a long time I associated 2-way speakers mostly with smaller, stand-mounted incarnations with all that generally entails; lack of bandwidth/force downwards and overall sense of physique, mids that were somewhat affected at higher SPL's and the ... | |
| "Against design" Martykl --Thanks for your input.There may be an interpreting angle in Mr. Weiss' (and the rest of us) assessment of design and what makes it beautiful or ugly, but notwithstanding he equates the more typical box "designs" with their more expensive... | |
| Has anybody tried using single solid core cables? With the exception of my interconnects (copper/silver alloy, stranded) my power and speaker cables use solid core conductors. The power cables are ~15 gauge DIY Home Depot-style solid core wires, twisted and non-shielded. These are connected sans ... | |
| Digital volume control question... Mkh1099 --Given your fairly inefficient Magnepan 3.6's and the potential use of a digital volume control operating within a full, true 32-bit domain I'd perhaps downplay the importance of poweramp gain compared to the attention needed matching the... | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic Rleff --Many compare electrostatic speakers with good horn dittos (the latter with better dynamics, certainly macro-wise), and though I've yet to audition them I'd recommend you look into the Oswalds Mill Audio Mini's:http://oswaldsmillaudio.com/m... | |
| What is behind a "warm" or "vinyl"sound? Mapman --Audioengr,Can your reclocking device deliver massed strings as cleanly and grain-free as the best CD players out there? Or good vinyl?If so, I might have to try one.(I'm obviously not Audioengr, but here goes..)A lot a digital aficionados... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? Marqmike --My 150a ref v2 took roughly 850 hours to reach it's peak. As good as it was about every week I was happily suprised that new nuances of sound for a more positive and natural presentation would rear it beautiful head.I don't know if most... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? Noortje --What speakers do you use, if I may ask? I understand the rationale behind getting more power for them, and in the case of the SA-100 you might have yourself an extra headroom in the vicinity of 3dB's compared to the SA-30. Mr. Belles is ... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? I guess you are right that marketing may play a role here; unknown, unloved. When I was looking for a new amp my dealer suggested to audition the Belles SA-30, even while my speakers have a difficult load. I decided for the SA-100 as that was the ... | |
| What about the Belles SA-100? I own the Belles SA-30, for a few months now, and I don't see many user reviews of this sister-model to the SA-100 either, although a few magazines have reviewed it very favorably. It truly is a phenomenally good poweramp, and one I don't see taki... |