When you say a "jittery" sound, do you mean as in digital jitter as demonstrated on the Stereophile test CD #1? Or is it a stuttering sound? If it is the latter, I bet that it is your charming Chinese CD player. But rather than guesswork, why not just hook up a tuner or casette or mini disk or 8-track or whatevery you have laying around. If you do this and the stuttering continues, it is the amp or preamp. Either borrow a preamp, or go down to Radio Shack and buy four RCA jacks and the stereo volume pot that they carry and work up a little passive attenuator, sub it for the preamp. If the probem is still there it is the amp, if it is gone, it is the preamp. Easy, no?
systems seems to be playing slowly, need thoughts
I have a CJ12AL preamp, Onix CDP, and a 1980 vintage Denon amp. I had noticed recently I had a jitter type of sound. Last night I was listening to Christmas music, Johnny Mathis and his vocals had an oscillating, jittery, and drawn out sound. So last night I swapped out my Brimars and flipped in a set of Philips Heerlands thinking the tubes where bad. Anyway, listening to Tony Bennett tonight the same thing but the music actually sounded like it was dragging, playing slowly, which maybe causing the distortion. What does it sound like to you all? I'm thinking it may be the amp. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank much, Dave
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