Antigrunge - what kind of passive attenuator do you use with the Wavacs?
I have found that transformer-based is the best. I have a pure silver cryo-treated Music First myself, but I'm developing a transformer buffer stage using the latest Finemet transformer technology from Japan. Now that sounds amazing.
If you are using balanced to your amps and not using a transformer in the line somewhere, you are losing out on a major improvement in SQ IME. All balanced to amp situations should use transformers, and the best you can acquire. Two reasons: First, it is the only way to achieve truly balanced situation. Solid-state balanced is never really balanced. Second, it can isolate the grounds from amps to other components, elminating ground-loops which typically pick-up HF noise and sometimes hum.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
I have found that transformer-based is the best. I have a pure silver cryo-treated Music First myself, but I'm developing a transformer buffer stage using the latest Finemet transformer technology from Japan. Now that sounds amazing.
If you are using balanced to your amps and not using a transformer in the line somewhere, you are losing out on a major improvement in SQ IME. All balanced to amp situations should use transformers, and the best you can acquire. Two reasons: First, it is the only way to achieve truly balanced situation. Solid-state balanced is never really balanced. Second, it can isolate the grounds from amps to other components, elminating ground-loops which typically pick-up HF noise and sometimes hum.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio