kalali
Responses from kalali
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? george, fair point. I should have said "pushing passive preamps" instead of "pushing his own passive preamps". But in your case that makes no difference. Either way, your remark to Ralph was completely unnecessary. | |
| DAC recommendation with tube preamp If it were me, I’d forego the Node altogether and divide the budget between a better streamer paired with a good DAC. Perhaps a Lumin paired with a Chord. | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? "...thought up by active preamp makers to aid in their product sales."Funny to hear this from someone who floods these threads constantly pushing his own passive preamps. Just stick with technical inputs and leave out the editorials. | |
| A DAC that can make digital sound analog? "Now that I can play back 7 1/2 tape in my system, I can hear what is lacking in both vinyl and digital."This statement begs the question what is used as the source for copying the content onto the reel. Anything except the original studio recordi... | |
| Looking for more transparency. Just made an 8' pair of speaker cables using 8awg copper wires from Home Depot. Used some leftover Truflex, heat shrink, and locking bananas I had and for < $50 total they look good and sound pretty decent. Let's see if they even get better as... | |
| Equipment break in question "All things get better with time."Visited a nursing home lately? Quite a statement. | |
| new L100? I still have the L40 that I purchased new back in 1977. Sounds like it was preceded by L46 in the eighties. I listen to mine on its side as well. | |
| Do preamps have a material affect on high level sources? There are two ways to look at the question being asked, what you measure and what you hear. Different preamps DEFINITELY sound different in the same system. Whether they add coloration, distortion, or whatever else, is a matter of taste and what y... | |
| Tough getting my fingers around the (Mc) This is what I used with mine...https://www.ebay.com/i/292865886523?chn=ps | |
| Equipment break in question I don't intend to start a debate but in my (upgrade) experience, if a new piece of equipment did not sound better than the one it replaced right out of the box, it never improved enough to justify the upgrade no matter how long it was played. Cabl... | |
| Streamer/DAC combo or stand alone DAC with Node2? ^^^...as it should for 8x the price...How does the user interface compare to BlueOS? | |
| Replace Caps? What you describe sounds like an oscillation in the audio chain, preamp or amp. Could be caused by cables/interconnects, maybe? But that aside, the only “sound signature” I’ve heard as an indication of marginal/old capacitors was in my old Adcom 5... | |
| Low Volume Listening - XLR Cables ?? “I can guarantee some XLR ARE BETTER at low level detail than others”Can you back up this “claim” with some data? Your guarantee has little value unless you’re willing to compensate the OP if he finds otherwise. | |
| Kinki Studio EX-M1 Based on my experience, Martin Logan speakers do qualify as “hard to drive” speakers except maybe the models with built-in subwoofers which are less hard to drive. Depending on the specific model, listening room size, type of music, and listening ... | |
| Looking for great tube integrated for Martin Logan Summit X speakers Congratulations. Your experience demonstrates the well known fact that there are many variables in play to predict an outcome with any degree of certainty. Instead of trying to find the shortcomings of the tube circuit, I think you should listen t... |