Preamp Noise with High-Efficiency Speakers

Like I keep saying.

"By all means you can change the sound to your liking with a active preamp of your choice, this is why ALL ACTIVE PREAMPS SOUND DIFFERENT, as they are not a strait wire with gain"

But if you want to hear the source as it is, go direct this is, a straight wire with no gain.

Cheers George

Germanboxers, glad to see you get the meaning of my username! Cycle on!

It seems some prefer a more realistic sound thus the preference for high quality actives.Everything sounds different(not just actives) including passive devices(they have their signatures also) and even going direct the sound varies. Anything inserted into an audio system signal path will make its presence known.So you might as well go with what sounds most real and enjoyable to the individual listener.

Charles1dad Quote:"Anything inserted into an audio system signal path will make its presence known."

That's right, one of the best open/transparent sounds lately I have heard was from a old Musical Fidelity A3/24 dac that has such a beefy output stage (standard) that can give 6watts!!!, (modified output resistor from 47ohm to 1ohm)
This dac was directly attached to a pair of highend 108db horns from Italy (no power amps, no preamps), directly from the dacs output rca's to the speaker terminals.
The more active junk in the signal path the worse/electronic the sound becomes.

Cheers George

George it`s interesting how you dismiss the results of others who don`t agree with you. Grannyring and others on this site have put their money where their mouth is and actually purchased your component.Most of them thought highly of it but ultimately found short comings when directly compared to an active linestage in their systems.

Rather than graciously acknowledge their honest opinions, you claim they just prefer the added colorations they hear.A bit defensive and disingenuous don`t you think? Why can`t you admit they have discovered a few sonic flaws with your component when it was out performed by another component? there`s no shame in that, nothing is perfect,and some will prefer your device(it goes both ways,subjectivity).Do you believe you have superior hearing or that the others don`t know what live performing musicians truly sound like? Are they all wrong and you`re right? true to the source(as you claim) is a pale alternative to those components that reach deeper and further and provide the closer to real live music criteria/sound.Why would someone settle for less,tone,body,dynamics and vibrant timbre/harmonics(what Grannyring and others found lacking with the Lightspeed) in the name of "true to the source" which is less convincing in direct comparisions.Humility is a virtue.