tom_nice
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| Passive Preamps: Jumping Ship I'll join Rzado, just to get the numbers pro and con in a bit better balance. I agree with all he's said. But if anyone is considering buying a passive, there are a number of things to check out. A look at www.goldpt.com, and its DIY section in pa... | |
| Do I really need a pre-amp? If your CD source has no volume control of its own, you'll need one--but it could be just a volume control, along with connectors for cables in and out of it. This is called a passive preamp, and debates rage--well, simmer, at least--over whether ... | |
| Best preamp to use with electrostatic speakers... How about a good passive? For under $500 you can make, assuming modest DIY skills, a passive using Shallco dual mono stepped attenuators, Holco resistors, good RCA's and internal wire, and have a preamp that will let more signal through undamaged ... | |
| Avoid UPS Shipping To/From Canada It has happened to me too, just to assure others that yours wasn't an isolated experience. | |
| Why a line preamp? I'm surprised that it was't more evenly balanced between those for and those against an active preamp. I reached as high in actives as a CAT SL-1 III with factory-simplified signal path, and found it clearly inferior, for CD play, to a DIY passive... | |
| Great cd players that can connect directly to a power amp? I'm sure the argument will never end between preamp and no preamp. I've used an Accuphase DP-75 with a world class passive preamp, with a CAT SL-1 Mark III (with simplified signal path--Balance and Tape Monitor switches out), and straight into a p... | |
| Speaker cable length for mono blocks I have a very similar setup, with Aleph 3's and Quad ESL 63's. I tried it first with 8' Stealth Ultimate Ribbons and then with 18" lengths of the same cable. My experience: it is VERY MUCH WORTHWHILE to go for the shorter length! The 18" cables br... | |
| High Quality Passive Preamp Recommendtion If you have any DIY skills I'd recommend making your own, even if you have to pay someone to make you a wood chassis. I'd get a pair of Shallco 31-position mono switches with circuit boards and resistors, from The Parts Connection, and a good sele... | |
| Need Help Designing a Dream Room Lots of good advice here already, but as I quickly scanned it I didn't see anyone advising you to read books by F. Alton Everest, "Master Handbook of Acoustics" 4th edition, and especially "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget". The latter book h... | |
| Running a CD player directly into power amps, One comment on Croese's dislike of digital volume controls: Accuphase and Wadia have taken steps to overcome their USUAL defects, and in my experience with an Accuphase DP-75, they have succeeded. I used my DP-75 with excellent cables and an excel... | |
| Passive Preamp Project vol. II Besides MNichael Percy, who has recently moved and is VERY busy, try Arn Roatcap at www.goldpt.com. Email your question and I bet you'll get a useful answer. My guess is that your additional resistor idea isn't good. It may also be relevant that I... | |
| Is the quality of the AC in canada is better than USA ? I was in Vancouver for years, where the wall power was HORRIBLE! Not just at my house--every audiophile I knew found that an AC conditioner made a huge difference. Now I live in a small town in California and the power is better, though I use a Ci... | |
| imaging and speaker placement with tv in center Since I've already said that I put a 7-tube Room Lens copy in front of my TV set (which sits between Quad ESL 63's), let me add that I had previously tried several layers of a thick blanket, and the Room Lens worked MUCH, MUCH better. This could b... | |
| HIFi in Vancouver, B.C. I was there for 28 years, and dealt with Commercial Electronics, Sound Plus and The Sound Room. If you don't have time for all, I'd stick to the last two. I think these three are a cut above the rest that others mention, at least in having a knowl... | |
| imaging and speaker placement with tv in center I agree with the "if it's not broken ..." comment, but for whatever use it may be to you, I have a large TV set pretty well on the floor between my speakers, back from their plane about 1.5', and found that things improved if I put Argent Room Len... |