George, I am not worried about a thing. Thank you for your concern. Enjoy !
How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp?
Hello all.
I'm using an Audible Illusions L1 preamp and I think my system sounds better when I remove it from the signal path. Oppo BD105 directly to SMC Audio DNA1 Gold power amp. I have read that there is level of quality you need to hit before there will be an improvement in sound. I can't seem to find what that level is. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
I'm using an Audible Illusions L1 preamp and I think my system sounds better when I remove it from the signal path. Oppo BD105 directly to SMC Audio DNA1 Gold power amp. I have read that there is level of quality you need to hit before there will be an improvement in sound. I can't seem to find what that level is. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Ben
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bacheVery nice, a little expensive.$995 You get the same type of volume control in the $699 Freya from Schitt. Plus you can switch it from passive (as the Alexus is) to two different active buffer modes with a little gain for some added colourations, tube or solid state. And it has rca and balanced. http://www.schiit.com/products/freya Cheers George |
The $699 Freya from Schitt seems like an amazing bargain for the price. If I didn't already have something great, and were on a tighter budget, I would definitely be interested. For passives, the only one remaining that interests me is Townshend’s Allegri+ which uses autotransformers that are wound using Townshend’s own Fractal wire and coated in ultra thin Mu foil. Unfortunately, it does not match my system well since it is single-ended only. |
mitch2 The Allergri is nice, but being a TVC (transformer volume control) they are coloured, nice but not transparent to the source. Here is an A/B a member here Rob_j did between my Lightspeed Attenuator and the Allegri. https://forum.audiogon.com/posts/77350?highlight=Lightspeed%2BTownshend Cheers George |
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