edwyun
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| Most resolving solid state amp you've ever heard? Threshold SA series amplifiers and Pass Labs XA series amplifiers - both operate fully in Class A to their rated output and are, of course, designs by Nelson Pass. | |
| Mcintosh c46 balanced input vs. fully balanced pre Merely having balanced inputs/outputs is indeed different from having a balanced circuit design (input and output).Just because a component has balanced inputs/outputs does not necessarily mean that its circuit has been designed that way.If proper... | |
| Pass Labs X5 I believe the X series amps, which are class A/AB, are biased in full class A to 20% and then switch to class AB. For the X5, that means 25W into 8 ohms Class A and thereafter up to 125W into 8 ohms Class AB.I believe Nelson Pass used this same pe... | |
| Specific needs for a new preamp... Anyone have an opinion on the Simaudio Moon P5.3? It appears that it has a 50ohm RCA and 100ohm XLR output impedance. | |
| Specific needs for a new preamp... Thanks. Hmmm. I remember the Coherence well - back in the day.Haven't looked at Rowland stuff in a while. Seems like I need to do some looking around. =) | |
| No More upgrades to ARC LS25 Mk.1? Thanks all.Yeah, the LS26 would be ideal for the 6H30.Might as well stick with the Mk.1 and try some better tubes. And particular recommendations? | |
| No More upgrades to ARC LS25 Mk.1? Yes. I understand about the nuances between the Mk.1 and Mk.2. I just wish I had a Mk.2 to use in my current system.If I were to tell you the Mk.1 is hooked up to a Threshold SA/4e and B&W 802's, would that change anyone's recommendations?Gues... | |
| No More upgrades to ARC LS25 Mk.1? JMC:My bad regarding front and rear panels. That's not it.Of course I want to improve the performance of the LS25. But, I think the jury is out as to whether the Mk.1 with new 6922's from upscale audio is better or the Mk.2 with the JFET/6H30 is b... | |
| No More upgrades to ARC LS25 Mk.1? Yup. I'll contact GNSC. While they may to certain upgrades, I doubt they would do the Mk.1 to Mk.2 upgrades given the parts involved (e.g., new front and rear panels). | |
| No More upgrades to ARC LS25 Mk.1? I did speak to someone at ARC and that's what I was told. I assume they will still service both Mk.1 and Mk.2 LS25's but apparently not upgrade. Guess they want to sell more of the LS26's. | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Ozzy62:The thresholds are definitely up to the task, as I've only used them directly connected to one input source without any preamp.However, as I said before, I've been restricted to using CD players all of these years with a variable out. | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control As between a resistor-based passive preamp and a TVC, are there any benefits of the former over the latter. From what I've heard and read, the answer is no. Any thoughts? | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Lak:That's just it, it difficult to find places/people who have actually auditioned this stuff. I am aware of the CI Audio's PLC-1 but I believe that still uses a resistor potentiometer. | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Teajay:I am familiar with Bent. I believe Stevens & Billington (which owns Music First Audio aka MFA) provides the trannies for most TVC's including the ones for Bent. | |
| Passive Preamps w/ Transformer Volume Control Gregm:MFA is Music First Audio, which is one of the ones I'm looking at.My direct setup is fine. There are a couple of CD players that I like to get but they don't have variable out. So thus the need for gain control. Additional switching would be... |