tweak1
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| Emerald Physics: Ultimate Bang for the Buck? contuzziAre you suggesting I was paid to do this? If so, I suggest you investigate how long I have been AG member | |
| Speaker recomendation Basd on my jawdropping experience owning Emerald Physics KC IIs (with WireWorld OCC internal upgrade) I feel confident recommending EP top of line, which is about 10K | |
| Speakers or amp to be upgrade? I have been both a hobbyist and a hi-end audio cona owner. contrary to the above, the best place to make changes is closest to the source, if not the source itself, | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? With almost a week in use, and a wide variety of favorite music spun, the biggest issue I have is that it is doing it's job too well. In part, due to the lack of overdesign, and quality resistors, it ruthlessly exposes when recordings are subpar. ... | |
| First Foray into XLR almargmaybe I have bat ears, but I can hear the difference in the same Eichmann XLR cable: 0.5m v 1.0m | |
| First Foray into XLR sisyphus, your background makes your lack of knowledge as to why one would use XLR over rca in a typical < 3m audio system (where all components in the signal path are tre balance/differentially balanced even more disturbing | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? lartecafe, Do you mean the kind of noise that putting your ear against the speaker with no music playing but volume wide open? | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? atmasphereAs was mentioned already, Hattor offers PASSIVE and BUFFEREDMine is PASSIVE | |
| First Foray into XLR Anyone who says LRs are of little use is ignorant, or just plain stupid. SorryI upgraded my system over a decade ago from rca to fully balanced, but that IS the key. Many manufacturers pay lip service to balanced by providing XLR I/Os BUT their co... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? atmosphere, all I could find on the Baxandall was math and schematics. What good is that? | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? It is really well built, all shiny stuff is real metal, too, including the remoteMine is near the top of their product page. MSRP $995 | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? kosstHis site can be confusingHe offers straight passive as I have, also tube buffered and integrated | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? jadedavid, let me try it another waya light dry white wine vs a full bodied red. The white is bleached out compared to the many flavors in the fb red | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? erik you have me mixed up with 213runninthis discussion format needs a major upgrade so we can reply to the OP | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? I m using WireWorld power cords. He calls them PowerConditioners. They absolutely work, but how much better depends on your system |