sarcher30
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| Need Help Choosing a Tube Preamp for a Classe Amp Samhar beat me to it. You can move the jumpers by hand. You just need to unplug it for a half hour to let the capacitors discharge. | |
| Need Help Choosing a Tube Preamp for a Classe Amp I have a Calypso. They ship it set to the highest gain setting which is to high for most systems. That's why there are reports of tube rush. To change the gain setting you just have to move some jumpers inside. Also the stock tubes tend to go nois... | |
| Mac to DAC thats comparable to Linn CDP? Yes you can control the Linn DS with a iphone or itouch. You just have to buy an app. called Songbook. It's very easy to use. It also shows your album art. | |
| Mac to DAC thats comparable to Linn CDP? I second the Linn DS. I use an Akurate DS and love it. For $2,000 you can get the entry level Sneaky DS. For $3,000 the Magik DS. The Magik DS is really good. I would guess much superior to the Genki. | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... Relentless did you get to listen to the Ayre dac? I was considering it before I bought the Linn but it was not out yet. I had a usb converter from Empirical Audio with a benchmark dac1 before the Linn and tried a few different cheap usb cables and... | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... I want to add that spidf, toslink, and synchronous usb conversion create more jitter than the other alternatives. | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... From what I've read the problem with synchronous usb is it has to reclock the signal from the computer. Asynchronous usb apparently solves this problem. As of now the Wavelength Audio usb dacs and the new Ayre usb dac are the only ones that use as... | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... The beauty of the Linn DS is there are no extra conversions at all. It takes the data straight off a ethernet cable coming from your storage device. It does not use a USB conection. The DAC is internal. This is technically the best method availabl... | |
| Want to buy Ayre C-5xeMP but... If you have a Linn dealer near by, check out an Akurate DS. It's about the same price as the Arye. I have had one for a few months and love it. I have network storage in another room so theres no noise. You can also control it from an Apple itouch... | |
| New E.A.T. small signal tubes Thanks for the replies. I'm using NOS tubes in my preamp now. I will give them a try next time I need a set. | |
| New E.A.T. small signal tubes Thanks for the feed back. What are their tonal character? Anyone else tried them? | |
| Midrange texture? That's cool. I hope they are positive changes. Let us know what you conclude. | |
| Conrad Johnson vs Audio Research vs BAT vs Cary You will be hard pressed to find a tube preamp that has a low enough output impedance for that amp. I have an Aesthetix Calyso. Its output impedance is 600 ohms. As a rule of thumb you want a input impedance of at least 10x that of the output impe... | |
| Midrange texture? Hi Jylee, I understand your skepticism. They seem to lower the noise floor. I can hear more low level detail. I don't hear any change in tonal balance just more details. I don't have much experience with isolation devices. The only other device I ... | |
| Midrange texture? Vibration control is another avenue to explore. I just installed some Herbies Iso-cups with lampblack balls under my tube preamp. I can not believe the improvement in my system. They seem to have lowered the noise floor. I can hear more low level ... |