lowrider57
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| How to find the good CD recordings? The 2014 LZ remasters are quite good, The drums are clean with good separation. What they don't reveal that a good original CD does is the decay of Bonzo's large drums and the ambience of the studio. The best pressings reveal "air" around his kit... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? Since you will be playing CDs, or any form of digital music, you need to learn about "The Loudness Wars."https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_warThere’s also another period in CD history; for a short time when CDs were being introduced, some m... | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? If a CD sounds very flat or with poor detail, you can try reversing the speaker leads. Many recordings have been mastered out of phase or polarity. | |
| How to find the good CD recordings? One of the best websites for info on CD quality from experts and users is to Google the Steve Hoffman forums.And as far as remastering of rock bands goes, the originals are almost always better. If you own a high quality, revealing CDP or transpor... | |
| Tube Preamp @newf27, IMO one of the great benefits of the Freya is the use of the 6SN7 tube. One of the most coveted tubes in high-end audio. Full disclosure...I have not yet heard the Freya, but I have owned two preamps based on the 6SN7 and with the return ... | |
| Tube Preamp @newf27, thanks for the detailed info.My recommendation to the OP would be the Schiit Freya plus Loki.I wanted to know about transparency of the Loki since all analogue EQ's add noise or affect sonics in some way. | |
| Difficulty with SoundStageDirect Understood. Your Steve Hoffman comments are well articulated and informative.A shame about SSD (the business) and also how their customers have been treated. | |
| Are my amp and preamp mismatched? @greycloud, I think you have a good match with your preamp and amp, especially since you are experiencing good low-end performance.This amp is an early Pass design and has a single-ended input stage as opposed to fully balanced so I think using yo... | |
| Are my amp and preamp mismatched? you can not go wrong if you pick all components from the same manufacturer.I believe back when the amp was introduced Nelson Pass intended that a solid state preamp, perhaps one of his designs, should be paired with the X-250. That may be why the ... | |
| Difficulty with SoundStageDirect OK, sorry jimmy. Your intention was honorable, but your answer above was a bit gruff...Those who focus on “cash” are a bit misguided. If I paid in rubies and diamonds what is the difference? I may still be screwed. And you might be living in the d... | |
| Difficulty with SoundStageDirect I dont understand why this new member has such an attitude. Two threads so far, both with a negative tone, and no respect for other members. | |
| Are my amp and preamp mismatched? "The Pass has an Input Impedance of 22k ohms balanced"This impedance rating is for a balanced signal and I believe your preamp is single ended. The input spec of the Pass for SE is 11 kOhms.The calculation for impedance matching is 20. IMO, this w... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. TOSLINK is an interface that was designed for AV transmission, while USB was designed for data use (not audio). It is a light source carrying the signal thru fiber optic strands encased in a cable. The highest quality cable which is recommended f... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. I can give you a simplified explanation and let others who are more familiar with computer audio chime in, but I know the USB interface carries’s a 5V power signal along with the data. Since the power is traveling down the same cable as the all im... | |
| New to HiFi, need digital advice. n80, I don't think anybody here has a problem sharing their knowledge to another member.Yes, the Toslink is carrying a digital signal and needs to be converted by a DAC. Then the analogue output goes to the preamp. |