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| Preamp match for Mccormack DNA-125 Perhaps you should concider the McCormack RLD-1. It is a fully remote, stereo pre-amp with the added feature of having a HT feed-thru. You can use your choice of processor types, plus have a TRUE "stereo" pre-amp without comprimize. It is a VERY g... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? If it is for Himalayan Sherpa chants ... go for Avante GuardIf it is for Yodeling go for ... Bose.If it is for Humming go for ... Chevy.Tubby | |
| Mccormack DNA125 or Belles 150A Hot Rod You seem to have hit the topic upon it's pointed little head. Sometimes the bottom line depends upon the depth of the green valley we sit on. A quick glance at the McCormack amps for sale (here on Agon) shows a 4 to 1 or even 5 to 1 ratio (between... | |
| Mccormack DNA125 or Belles 150A Hot Rod "Sometimes" It is just not about "power. I had a good friend that used a DNA-1 (deluxe) with a pair of Scintilla's. Small room, not a real hard rocker. The amp that finally won out (for his tastes and need) was a N.E.W. DCA-33 ..... 'bout 30 watts... | |
| Mccormack DNA125 or Belles 150A Hot Rod I think that perhaps the name McCormack is just easy to pronounce. It falls off the edge of my lips easier than "Goldmund" or "Muse". Try saying "MUSE" 15 times in a row. You will have goat footed men running far and ye. The hills are alive with t... | |
| Mccormack DNA125 or Belles 150A Hot Rod Both amps are (of course) good (great to some) and always brought to the head of the class when someone asks "what amp should I buy" (?). Butttttt. There are others. Many others. If all we had was Belles and McCormack, they could change the name o... | |
| Do I even need or want a preamp? DenF,Nice system and nicely set up.There seems to be a subtle consistancy to the thrust of this thread. Your mention of the Nu-Force amps (in your system) brings up a real point. I recently switched out my single ended tube amps for a solid state ... | |
| Do I even need or want a preamp? Yea, I agree with Electroid. Since you are not really adding another source, nor do you need to alter the signal, you may be better off just where you are (w/o a pre-amp... passive or not). I think that you may have found your "magic", or perhaps ... | |
| Do I even need or want a preamp? You have just discribed what some 'philes may not now, or may not ever, experience. That is a "synergy" within your audio system. If you would like to add another source or would like to correct the details in the sonic field and/or add multiple f... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? I had a dream once that I heard 500 Bose Wave Radio's all wired together with Nordost Valhalla. No Watt/Puppy-6 or or a box full of Quads could even come close to that. It makes me want to go back to sleep.Tubby | |
| DAC with digital pass through? Know of any? Hello SeaStar,It is nice to know that there are many products not paid any attention to, simply because they are not expensive enough to gain any credibility. The audio market (thankfuly) is just slap full of them. Here is one of them (and it is p... | |
| Two line sources into one amp I ended up with a picture of a vidio switchbox of questionable construction for hi-end audio. If that is what you are looking at, I would pry a bit deeper into its parts quality for acurate audio transfer (ie: type of hookup wire, wiper type and b... | |
| Two line sources into one amp Try www.moon-audio.com and also parts-express. That sould get you started. There is also Parts Connection and of course, "Rat"-Shack (if you are desperate). And also: .......... How could any one of us forget to mention the CREEK OBH (passive remo... | |
| What's your profession? Age? Retired: (very happily). Journeyman power lineman (Local 1547 Alaska) and eventually that led into Systems distributions dispatcher (the "low" side of the substations .. scada controlled). Moved to the "lower 48" to settle down a few years ago. Au... | |
| Two line sources into one amp Continual swapping of your iterconnects will eventually lead to excessive wear and ultimatly the need for replacement (not cheap anymore). I too, recommend a well built "passive" line stage (unity gain, unbuffered and very high quality volume cont... |