rcprince
Responses from rcprince
| Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid. For amps and preamps, I still go with VAC, Shindo, Jadis and Lamm. I think Lamm's LL1.1 qualifies as a great preamp, and while I love my VAC amp, my Lamm monos might have been just a little more refined in some respects (not that the VAC isn't). | |
| Who makes great active preamps ? Tube or solid state or hybrid. Well, I'd add Jadis and second the Shindo and VAC recommendations. But I must have missed something, maybe in another thread--who is claiming that Lamm, Rowland and Pass don't make great active preamps? My experience with Lamm alone would disput... | |
| MORE Esoteric problems Maybe this explains why my EMM Labs XDS1 has trouble reading some SACD discs (it has an Esoteric mechanism). Not encouraging news. | |
| Am I deaf? Just to confirm, you are comparing CDs, not SACDs, right? The Chord would decode the CD layer, while the Oppo could play the SACD layer.In any event, I don't think you're going nuts, you just prefer your Oppo's sound. While there are differences... | |
| Can I use the Walker Audio precision motor controller with the Avid Volvere turntable? Can't speak to the Avid, but I have used the Walker controller for many years now with my Basis Ovation, no problems. Bought it used, and have had it upgraded by Lloyd. Lloyd is very helpful and easy to deal with, I'm sure he could answer your q... | |
| To use a preamp with my Line Magnetic 805 integrated amp, or not? If the pre-in input does not bypass the LM's preamp circuitry, I doubt any external preamp will improve the sound through that input. Does the LM have a tape input? That bypasses the line circuitry in a number of preamps I'm aware of. If it doe... | |
| Threat of fire from audio equipment I used to leave my tube preamp on all the time until one of the caps in the power supply went bad and caught on fire. The fire was contained in the unit, but the smell hung around for a while (it was the reason we went down to see what was happen... | |
| Classical Music: Dorian Label Dorian was a top-notch, audiophile oriented recording company back in the 90s and early 2000s. They made a lot of recordings in the Troy Music Hall, a superb acoustic. I have quite a few of their recordings. If you like early music, The Baltimo... | |
| Am I the only one that finds the "Round thumbnail frames" irritating on classifieds? That's funny, they don't have the porthole views for me anymore.I do agree that the portholes are annoying. Maybe we're not easily agitated, as mentioned (tongue-in-cheek) earlier, just resistant to change? | |
| To use a preamp with my Line Magnetic 805 integrated amp, or not? I would try before I made any change. You're adding additional circuitry and connections (generally not advisable) to what seems to be a pretty decent preamp in the LM, plus you will have the added expense of (and angst in choosing the right) int... | |
| Am I the only one that finds the "Round thumbnail frames" irritating on classifieds? You can get rid of the porthole view. Go to Browse, on the right you'll see a "sort by" box and another icon plus a green icon. Click on the middle icon and it will give you an option for Classic View. Click on that and you go back to the way t... | |
| Vandersteen 7 mark ll or big Kef blades At that price range, you do need to audition them both. I can say that one of the two or three best systems I have ever heard was Vandersteen 7 Mk IIs with their amps and subs at Audio Connection. I have not heard the Blades, though. | |
| Need Advice on Amp Audition at a Dealers One problem I can see with your idea is that you need to think of the speaker and amp as essentially one component. Unless the dealer has the same speakers as you do, you will be hearing how your and another amp interact with the speakers they're... | |
| How are you hearing no difference? +1 to tomcarr. Everyone hears differently, listens for different things or perhaps not as critically. | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need What does "iculate" mean? Do you mean "articulate"? |