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| External DAC For Oppo 105 At What Cost? Mitch, I've owned the stock Oppo 105 and found its sound acceptable but not stellar. If you have CD7 you probably will be disappointed by a stock 105. Adding an external DAC will get you computer audio capability, but the 105 is not a great red bo... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Wow, so much fight after just one day! George and Charles, we've already known you are big fans of passive pre or source-direct, but at the end of the day, some of us will turn on an active preamp and some will go preamp-less. Who gets more fun ou... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Yes, I did try preamp-less and preamped options between the DP-777 and Cary 300SE. I prefer the preamped sound, being more ripe, full-bodied, and solid. In comparison the preamp-less sounds a little cardboardy and less 3D, the difference is not as... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Finally got a noise-free pre/pwr combo! Audio Mirror T-61 preamp + Cary 300SE monoblocks. I don't know why but this combo is free of noise/buzz/hiss. Sounds wonderful too! The best I've heard with Avantgarde Duo.Substituting either pre or pwr with... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers After almost a month the buzz remains with any preamp, and luckily I can still enjoy music running source-direct. The buzz is audible both above and below 140 Hz, I know this because my Avantgarde Duo Classic speakers have active sub crossed over ... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Atmasphere, you are right, I'd call it a buzz, not hiss. | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Well, guys, this thread just gained another dimension. I am a firm believer of well-designed active preamps after trying a few passive ones. I do not exclude the possibility of passives work better in other systems, and in return I hope the suppor... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Wow, I did not know my thread can attract so many responses in days! It looks like noise is more attractive than music.Georgelofi, I currently do exactly what you say: set the input impedance at max (57k Ohm on RCA) and run DP-777 directly. I norm... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Whart and Triode: I may have to go through the lengthy process like yours to eventually get rid of hum/noise. I was thinking about Granite Audio Ground Zero yesterday.Georgelofi and Atmasphere: There are pluses and minuses using an active preamp, ... | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? Coxhaus, USB/SPDIF converters do make a difference, I am using Yulong U-18 with great result after trying a bunch (including Off-ramp4 with all options). The iUSB Power works on passive converters but has minimum impact on Yulong, which already ha... | |
| Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers Thank you all for the very insightful suggestions. I'll do some experiment early next month. I will try removing the ground pin (on power cord) one by one, and then try a passive preamp to see if it's a gain issue. I've had a Benchmark DAC-1, even... | |
| Ayon Orion 2 or Prima Luna Dialogue Premium Int.? PrimaLuna is the most reliable and easy-to-use tube amp brand. With all due respect to Ayon, I'll stay with Primaluna. The sound quality/character depends on the actual model you are looking at, but I like the fact that PrimaLuna is more on the tr... | |
| Class A integrated Luxman L590AX vs Accuphase e560 I am a long-time Accuphase fan, if price is not an issue I will stick with Accuphase 560 (biased). My only concern is the quality of a DAC card v.s. a dedicated DAC. Phono cards are pretty mature these days but DACs evolve every year. As an altern... | |
| Any opinions on the AMR Digital Processor 777 Dac? I am on my 2nd AMR DP-777 after 1.5 years of ownership, and I am still highly satisfied by its sound. Look at my 300+ audiogon feedback, and you know very few pieces stay in my system for more than a year.Well, I wish the bass of DP-777 is slightl... | |
| Benchmark DAC-1 Get The Most Out Of Your DAC-1 Empirical Audio Off-ramp4 (now they have Off-ramp5) is a very good asynchronous USB/SPDIF converter, and better than DAC-1's own synchronous USB, but to hear a significant difference you have to buy battery supply and other upgrades which cost you... |