Parasound's Hint 6's new volume control provides huge sonic advances?
The Lightspeed Attenuator, made by George, was probably the best volume control I have had in my system. It was also the longest on going thread back in the day. Im not sure why it isn’t still talked about and used by some of you. The belles aria integrated also uses a burr brown volume control. In essence, isn’t the volume control the only job of the preamp? |
The Lightspeed Attenuator, made by George, was probably the best volume control I have had in my system.Thanks for the rap. Im not sure why it isn’t still talked about and used by some of youHaven't sent one out of Australia since the start of Covid Feb, we shut down with the "Covid thing" very early with imported/exports parts to make them with, and with the export of the final product. I still won't send one OS as the last one took 4mts to get to the new owner in the US, he was happy in the end but quite upset during the delay. Cheers George |
NP George. Still to this day I think your pre’s are the best sounding pre for that kind of $ and I love the idea of no bs straight signal idea. It worked very well with my Classe CA150, my Classe CA250 and parasound z dac. The Lightspeed just got out of the way and I had no issues what so ever with dynamics or lack of meat on the bones, per se. |
I'd like to offer a different take on the volume mechanism. I am a huge fan of Ayre Acoustics. They have developed the VTG - Variable Gain Transdonductance Volume Control for their preamps. No resistors in the signal path. Silver to silver self cleaning contacts. Very high tech. I do own the Ayre C-X7eMP and the K-5xeMP and love them! However I have a local Ayre dealer in Cincinnati, OH. and have listened to much of Ayre's equipment over the years. Ayre has begun doing zoom videos with three their top technicians where they have a cold beer and discuss different aspects of their gear. I've attached a link to the newest on their top line volume controls. https://youtu.be/HR414rhDmQM N |
