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| Who is using passive preamps and why? Paul,Transformer based using Electra Print nickel core copper wound transformers. I was going to do balanced, but single ended for now until its fully tested (just easier to start). If all goes well I may build some more and sell a few here and th... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? The manual for the RM-10 has a nice discourse on cable voodoo, not to mention ground loop hum. I'm going to finish building my passive today. Sanded down, drilled all holes, and painted the chassis yesterday. Today its plugging in parts and wiring... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? I am not aware of one single amplifier manufacturer that designs a matching passive preamp to compliment their amplifiers.Three manufacturers were mentioned in this thread: Roger Modjeski - Music Reference, Jack Elliano - Electra Print, and Jeffre... | |
| Thin speaker cable I miss Sean. | |
| An Experiment in Speaker Placement Now that you've tried the Cardas method, try the Sumiko Master Set method. I find the results better in my room set-up using Master Set. Also, the Audio Physics method works great if you are using long wall speaker placement. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Well you would think with minimal parts and no active circuitry (non-buffered designs) a passive would be low maintenance, but I've run into a few scenarios where owners of both Sonic Euphoria and Promitheus expressed issues related to noise/hum. ... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Dave Slagle is selling them too now:http://intactaudio.com/atten.htmlI spoke to Jeffrey about redoing my Slagle box. He is very detailed and does great wood work. I still may pursue this with him but for now need to finish my balance passive proje... | |
| Why hasnt yamamoto A-o11 gotten more love? Does test equipment hear the same way we do? About the only benefit of test equipment is that it has no bias or opinion. Other than that its not human so it technically can't hear things from a human perspective.Case in point: tube designs are gen... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Jeffrey uses the Slagle autoformers in his designs. Another person who on his site specifically states what we have probably stated an number of times here and in other passive threads:http://www.jeffreywjackson.com/preamplifiers.htm | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Paul,After listening to the RM-10 MkII for the last few days I'm beginning to believe Roger is the genius he thinks he is ;) I haven't even tube swapped yet and I may not. I may try my hand at building one of his PITB's, but after I build my balan... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? I used to think the TVC/AVC designs were better. The Lightspeed Attenuator changed that thinking. Again, it probably comes down to system matching, and of course the actual design and parts used, but my system can easily work with both types. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Active preamps are for those who can't figure out what it takes to integrate a passive into their system,...While this statement does apply to some, I do think there are those out there that just prefer the sound/coloration of tube preamps or othe... | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Have to agree with Herman, the topic seems to come up once a month.When discussing passives you need to break them out into a few different camps. There are those that use resistors to attenuate the volume, those that use transformers, and those t... | |
| Pre amp with Atma-Sphere S30 Also, running balanced from preamp to amp won't cost much in terms of XLR cables. If you read Ralph's posts here, since the balanced design supports the 600 ohm standard, a pair of Mogami XLR cables will do just fine.I'd be interested to hear how ... | |
| Most powerful and popular EL34 tube amp? If still available these could be an option. Slightly over your budget though. http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ampstube&1271128369&/Cary/AES-Six-Pacs-black---redu |