pubul57
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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Fiddler, I was glad to see your post, to help me rest assured that I was not loosing my mind or going deaf:) I thought it was pretty good too. The fact that compared with the Supratek, and that I have owned ARC, Lamm, CAT, Joule, and Dodd, makes m... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Actually, the voltage is 2v and 3.6v unbalanced. THe manual says output impedance is 50ohm, the brochure says 150ohms unbalanced - whatever it is, it seems to have no problem driving the Lightspeed Attenuator. Seems that there seems to be no reaso... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Maybe it is the input impedance of the LS that is constant? I've confused myself (again). | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Anthony, I'm not sure if you would know this, but if a CD player can be switched for output level (The EMM Labs can be switched between 2v and 3.9v)is there any theoretical reason why one should sound better or different, assuming 2v plays loud en... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? The Cardas GR have really low capacitance, but the Blue Jean ICs, which are Belden made, also have very low capacitance - if that is an issue, which shouldn't be with most cables under 2m (I would think). | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? George, do you think the quality of the power supply of the CD player would make a difference? Might not a poorly designed PS in the source benefit from the "conditioning" of an active preamp? | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Also, on the RM10, I'm driving Merlins with its 35 watts (actually 27 watts since I use the 4 ohm tap) so it's not really trying to move large bass drivers which might show up the RM10s limitations, don't know. I do know that Roger designs his amp... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I would think a room much larger than 12x18 would be too large for the RM10 with my Merlins which are 89db, the RM9s do have more scale (and 162 watts)so you would expect that, but they are closer than you expect, at 20% of the price of the RM9 Sp... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Well we may never get to the point that we can say of any preamplifier (or volume control, if you will) that it is the best ever (a silly thought), but I feel pretty comfortable saying that this is by far and away the best such thing for the money... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I agree Anthony, as enjoyable as several $10-$20,000 combos I had here over the past 5-7 years. With the right speakers, the LS-A/RM10 combo($2,400 list)is incredibly good and competitive with just about any pre/amp combo out there, at any price. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Proabably getting quite a bit of warmth, dimensionality, palpability, and bloom from the Jadis. The Lightspeed Attenuator doesn't look too puny driving the Music Reference RM10s which are about the size of hardcover book:) - now if I still had my ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Thought well enough of the Lightspeed Attenuator, that I just sold my beloved Joule LA150 Signature Edition line stage($6,500,)as having two "real" preamps and a single-source volume attentuator seemed like too much gear, but I'm keeping my Atma-s... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I had to google it, hmmmm. | |
| CAT JL-3 Versus VAC phi 300.1 monos? Jwn's comments ring true. The CAT is great amp for all sorts of speakers, but it is the tube amp I would choose for speakers that generally need SS to sound their best, they have power current and can really control bass drivers for a tube amp and... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I have never heard a stereo system that sounds like live music, but I have heard stereos that probably sound more the recording - the loss goes from live to recording and it only gets worse from their in terms of sounding live. If you don't go to ... |