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How do you have your Droplet cdp hooked up?

Having owned a Opera Audio Droplet for a little over six months now, I was just curious if any other owners out there have experimented with running direct (using the variable output control) vs. using a high quality preamp.

I have always run mine direct, and am generally pleased with the results, but I guess I'm curious if putting a good preamp in the chain would "gain" (pun intended) me anything?

Thanks to any & all!
denf
denf OP
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Driver - could you elaborate? What specific areas did you feel were improved using the Atma-Sphere? Thanks.
larryken
537 posts
 
Run mine through a Consonance integrated.
Larry
bkonig
127 posts
 
Mrtennis is incorrect. The Droplet compared to an inferior player (there are many out there) should sound much better than that player even in a less than top notch system. If that is not the case, then the system has problems and does not deserve a top player like the Droplet or any other player. Getting to the point of the preamp. I found that it was better going through an active pre-amp. The extra gain really helps most CD players. Keep in mind that I only experimented with 2 pre-amps. The Steelhead which is a reference piece and the darTZeel which is in another universe compared to any other pre-amp I have heard.
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driver
750 posts
 
Denf-Soundstage was slightly more extended in all directions and although the droplet has a good quality sound, it just sounded smoother through the Atma-sphere.

The droplet is definitely worthy of consideration IMO and is on my short list.
mrtennis
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hi bkonig. you are stating an opinion just as i have. opinions are neither correct nor incorrect. only that which can be proven true or false can be correct or incorrect.\

there is no way to prove the correctness of your statement any more is there a way to prove the incorrectness of my statement.

as i have said and will continue to say, statements expressed on this and other forums are opinions, as they are based solely on experience, hence induction. there are no true or false statements accept as based upon mathetics or logic.

there are equations and laws of physics and in that "realm", true and false is applicable.

our listening experiences, however many, do not bring us closer to knowledge regardless of their consistency.
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