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| Who is using passive preamps and why? Clio09, send me an email if you're interested and we can work out a time for you to hear it at my place. I'm five minutes from the Burbank airport. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Correct. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? FWIW,I use 30 foot XLR interconnects with no apparent roll-off that I can hear compared to what I have heard with an active preamplifier. Cables are Oyaide PA-02. | |
| Who is using passive preamps and why? Rrog, a passive does require some more attention to matching, as you wrote, and had been mentioned previously.In my system, the VRE-1 preamp conveys a transparency that no active preamp I have owned has been able to do. For me, that transparency i... | |
| Tube or Solid State J_Bailey, factor in at minimum 10dB peaks in the music, especially for orchestral pieces. So, if you're listening at an average volume of 95dB, then you should allow for at least 105dB peaks (some suggest 15-20dB of headroom). That "one tube watt ... | |
| Resolution Audio Opus Players? 03-22-10: Kurt_tankI will readily admit that the laser did fail a couple of months ago...I believe the laser assembly is primary issue. I probably mis-spoke when I called it a transport problem.Do a search of the threads, and you will probably fin... | |
| Resolution Audio Opus Players? There have been user reports of transports failing on some Opus 21 players. Be certain you ask if the transport has been replaced on the one you are considering.Of course, you must go in knowing that the risk of a failing transport is a possibility. | |
| How good is the coincident frankenstein mark 2 amp Has anyone tried the Frankenstein amps with speakers other than Coincident? | |
| Review: Running Springs Audio Dmitri AC filter These two statements don't seem to jibe...03-22-10: SamuelOur "new" series of conditioners are not new at all, they are more than a year old...03-20-10: SamuelTeajay, Robert Harley's failure to list a comparison is likely due to the fact that he w... | |
| lessloss blackbody Rja makes a good point about the owners of the Blackbody.My point was that sometimes a certain sonic characteristic is initially interesting and may seem to be an improvement, but upon further consideration it is not preferrable.I dont know if th... | |
| lessloss blackbody I've heard one or two power conditioners (I know we're not discussing power conditioners, but the effect I'm going to discuss is similar) that created "blackness" between the notes. What I found was that this blackness between the notes sounded un... | |
| Power cord heiarchy Spending hundreds of dollars on a six-foot replacement power cord ignores the other hundred-odd feet of regular wire between the wall outlet and power pole. Schipo (Threads | Answers)That's an oft repeated argument against after market power cords... | |
| Which purchase tipped you into nirvana. Some fresh sticky bud.No audio gear has ever come close. | |
| Reference 3A You may really like the Reference 3A Veena or Grand Veena with your integrated. You may also have the opportunity to mate the speakers with your tube amp down the road.A great speaker is a great speaker. I just wanted you to be aware that there ma... | |
| Synergistic New Tesla Line...Any comments? 03-20-10: OzzyTbg, The Amp weighs 150 lbs. Will the MIG's support it ?I'm trying to understand why Tbg is the oracle on this topic rather than an SR dealer or Ted Denney? |