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| Solid State preamp to mate with McIntosh MC-252 power amp That price range is the best sweet spot for a lot of different excellent preamps in the used market. I'm exactly in the same hunt except my amp is a Mac MC2200. Take your time as there are a lot of options out there. Good luck and keep us posted. | |
| Reliabilty, Keeping Equipment Powered on or off? I was told as rule of thumb the components that run hot - not just warm, should be left on at all times along with good line protection. I think this applies to most if not all power amps that operate in class A. Extreme temperature cycling puts a... | |
| Must speakers have certain volume to sound convincing ? I am neither a musician nor consider myself an expert in the field of acoustics but regardless, I think the question asked by the OP is completely pointless and his (or hers) views are narrow and being expressed just to start a more pointless argu... | |
| Explain to me dsd I was following this thread with interest but I'm now a little lost. So all this technical stuff aside and monthly fees notwithstanding, why wouldn't most people just subscribe to some lossless streaming service like Tidal and forego all this file... | |
| Atmasphere amps trustable? Clearly the troll that started this thread has gone underground where he belongs. I sure hope he stays there. | |
| Last CD player? Got it, thanks. I overlooked the idea of using the digital output on the CD player. | |
| Magnepan 1.7s in a 10x13' dedicated room? This may sound unresponsive but any good quality speaker paired with high quality components will sound much much better than mediocre speakers paired with mediocre components. The real question is whether or not these components are delivering th... | |
| Tube Amp vs Solid State Amp HELP Veroman, if I may ask, how long did the delivery take? It appears that the items are shipped from Asia. I'm quite a bit intrigued by their bookshelf speakers. Thanks. | |
| Last CD player? Sorry if they seem like a stupid question but how does one use a CD player as just a DAC? Is it just a matter of connecting the output of the CD player to an input of a DAC instead of the preamp or the CD player needs to have separate output from ... | |
| Climbing the Preamp ladder There’s a full review on Stereofile talking about this unit. Sounds like a great source component. | |
| Climbing the Preamp ladder Sorry I can't help with your specific question and don't mean to start a debate, but have you considered a passive preamp as an option? I'm also seriously considering to upgrade my preamp and been reading up on the pros and cons of passive vs. act... | |
| Help me choosing an Integrated Amp So, there are folks who actually can compare audio equipment sound quality by just listening to YouTube videos?! I probably missed the humor in that.... or it was meant to be serious. Hard to tell these days. | |
| Direct Digital Amplification Sounds like a perfect match for my Bluesound Node DAC to make it a complete digital sound path. | |
| Would increasing the gain in the amp give more weight to the sound? Any negatives? So what is this "body" that you guys are talking about? I'm no expert but based on my (limited) experience, this lack of "body" is either because of at least one poor quality component in the sound chain or poor impedance mismatch if the component... | |
| Bluesound Node 2 Those of you who own a Node 2, or any other DAC that can stream music wirelessly, have you tried a comparison in the sound quality among these configurations: 1) wireless streaming using a service such as Tidal, 2) stream the same source using har... |