willemj
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| Just confused about where to start This is volunteer work for the Dutch Cyle Touring Club. The course is taught by the best frame builder in the Netherlands, in his workshop, and I am there to make the coffee and to give a helping hand. Camping in the orchard.I am sure it will get ... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? I guess I want the music as it is rather than with added 'life'. | |
| Have you moved from tubed amplification to solid state amplification... Why? Great speakers. I could not have them because their top part would be in front of a huge panorama window. It would have spoilt the view, and exposed them to sunlight (so I went the subwoofer route). I have never heard any problem with the protecti... | |
| Just confused about where to start The simple answer is: yes that would be the same situation as powered speakers. Off to a weekend assisting in a course on bicycle maintenance (cycle touring is my other hobby). | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? The argument about dynamics is wrong. An electrical signal comes out of the Oppo and goes into the power amp. What would be pre amp do? Change the signal?As for digital volume control. That argument was true years ago. These days DACs have enough ... | |
| Should I eliminate my preamp? This is a very smart move, unless you need any of the facilities offered by the pre amp, such as a phono input , the option to switch between multiple inputs, or tone control. But for a basic system with just a disc player and perhaps (if your Opp... | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote Do you have data to falsify his conclusions? | |
| Cable Snake Oil Antidote In fact, Peter was right all ten times. Guess who is the troll. | |
| Just confused about where to start If budget is tight, nothing beats Yamaha with their AS 501/701/801 integrated amplifiers or their receivers like the RN803d that was mentioned earlier. I see no point in going second hand with budget gear: by the time you have had them refurbished... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Bach’s Johannes Passion, under N. Harnoncourt. | |
| Have you moved from tubed amplification to solid state amplification... Why? Not sure what Quads are referred to, but I have always been perfectly happy with mine (first ESL57s, now 2805s) driven by first a Q303 and now a Q606-2 solid state amplifier. I have also had the privilege of being given a private comparative demon... | |
| Just confused about where to start To elaborate on the room size issue: the Schroeder frequency of that room will be about 275 Hz. Below that you will suffer room modes (i.e. massive peaks and dips and hence boomy one note bass), and the more so the more deep bass you pump into the... | |
| What does moving from a 150 watt amp to a 400 watt amp get you? Indeed. Your amplifier is more than powerful enough for the P3ESR. In fact, you will need to exercise some caution. You are fine. You did not say how large the room is, but if the room is medium size or larger, the only thing you could do to get a... | |
| Just confused about where to start That room is tiny, so you really do not need massive amplification. Spend as litle as you can on the amplifier (within reason) to have as much budget for speakers.Can you use your headphone DAC/amplifier as a pre amplifier? If you can, you will on... | |
| What is your favorite system for an Office or a Secondary System I would assume a secundary/office system implies a relatively small room, and probably desk top use. To me that means bookshelf speakers, the quality of which would then largely depend on budget. In my own almost 200 sq feet home office (which I u... |