I recently built a new line-stage from a kit. To test it, I connected it into my system ahead of my Cary SLI-80 integrated amp. Surprize; this sounded way better than the Cary alone. BTW - this is one sweet preamp: tranformer coupled with Lundahl trannies, differencial parallel-feed gain stage, etc. The sound was more lucid, more of that PRAT thing. The leading edge of the notes better defined. And QUIET. I'm running the vol. control on the Cary at ~10-11 o'clock. This might not be the case every time, but in this instance running a preamp ahead of an integrated was a sonic improvement and not a small one either. The Cary is now a "power amp".
Am I crazy - tube pre-amp with receiver??
Hi - I am a newbie (but avid reader of this forum). I have a newbie-like question which arose from some extrapolating I am doing.
I hear you can use the TAD-150 pre-amp with the TA-30 Integrated amp, by using the TA-150 as input to the TA-30, and just leaving the volume knob of the T-30 turned up. I hear that this is supposed to provide some sort of benefit over using the TA-30 alone. What one gets outside of remote control is not clear to me - but I digress . .
I have an old Harman/Kardon 3400 reciver, who's remote control no longer works.
Now - what would happen if I plugged something like the TAD-150 pre-amp into the H/K, and used by H/K as an amp (just keep the volume turned up)? The desired result is to improve performance, incrementally work towards a better system, and regain my remote control.
Would this work? Would I see any benefit?
This weekend, I was told by a stereo salesperson that one could get the majority of tube amplification benefits by going with a tube pre-amp / SS amplifier. So I am putting 2 and 2 together here, possibly to only get 1. Ha.
Regardless, the whole point is to incrementally upgrade - and this is one way I came up with. Thoughts? Is this stupid / insane / waste of time & money?
I hear you can use the TAD-150 pre-amp with the TA-30 Integrated amp, by using the TA-150 as input to the TA-30, and just leaving the volume knob of the T-30 turned up. I hear that this is supposed to provide some sort of benefit over using the TA-30 alone. What one gets outside of remote control is not clear to me - but I digress . .
I have an old Harman/Kardon 3400 reciver, who's remote control no longer works.
Now - what would happen if I plugged something like the TAD-150 pre-amp into the H/K, and used by H/K as an amp (just keep the volume turned up)? The desired result is to improve performance, incrementally work towards a better system, and regain my remote control.
Would this work? Would I see any benefit?
This weekend, I was told by a stereo salesperson that one could get the majority of tube amplification benefits by going with a tube pre-amp / SS amplifier. So I am putting 2 and 2 together here, possibly to only get 1. Ha.
Regardless, the whole point is to incrementally upgrade - and this is one way I came up with. Thoughts? Is this stupid / insane / waste of time & money?
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