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| amp for vandersteens My local dealer is big into Vandersteens, has been the 20 years I’ve known him. I’m shopping for a preamp, and just heard his Quattros with a Parasound power amp and Prima Luna tube preamp. Very impressive! Stage was well delineated, instruments s... | |
| Adding a preamp to HT setup I’m interested in trying tubes, but not hellbent on it. I found a Hegel P20 used that would work too. On this thread, the recommendations seem to be heavily on the tube side. So the consensus is that tubes will sound better? | |
| Adding a preamp to HT setup Luxman I also heard the new EVO400 at my local dealer and the system sounded great. It just didn’t have any of the equipment attached that I have, so who knows. They will let me trial it though...I’d rather narrow down my choices before taking the... | |
| Adding a preamp to HT setup My amp won’t work like that. It’s an Odyssey, and IIRC, the RCA and XLR connectors are wired together inside the amp, so it’s not a true ‘balanced’ amp, and doesn’t have the switch....at least that’s what my foggy memory is telling me from a coupl... | |
| Adding a preamp to HT setup Could you mean the switch on the amps input? Is the Bryston the 2-channel amp? | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... I did search out that thread, and lots of good stuff there, although HT bypass is a must. I’m starting a new thread for the preamp options....thanks all!!! | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... I stopped in to my local dealer on a whim, just to see what he had. They suggest digital out from the 8802a pre/pro into the Oppo is the most seamless, then Ontario the streaming with phone/tablet as I do now. I listened to a PL Evo400 pre they ha... | |
| Almost embarrassed to ask, but... The Marantz is a processor, not receiver, but the room is dual purpose home theater, so Oppo to amp isn’t an option. Amp is Odyssey Stratos, speakers are Aerial 7T, and I’m confident the sound for 2-Channel can be improved with a ‘real’ pre amp, n... | |
| First Foray into XLR Thanks Al and ieales et al. So the moral is, ‘who knows, keep trying til you find what you like’, or alternatively, ‘plug the rabbit hole!’it does make sense, cables would be another component that can add or detract, to varying degrees, what is u... | |
| First Foray into XLR I found a pic online that appeared to show a jumper from RCA input to XLR, and given other warnings here and elsewhere, I’m sticking to RCA.so, for a first-timer stepping up from cheapie interconnnects, what do you need to know from me to make rec... | |
| First Foray into XLR Thanks for the info. I will see what I can out. Thanks...should I amend the question to ‘what cables of either configuration would people here recommend to someone who’s sceptical but willing to try something more than freebie cables’?I’m impresse... | |
| First Foray into XLR Good point on the ‘bridged’ term. I suspect it’s supposed to read ‘balanced’, but that’s a guess. It was recommended to me by someone who doesn’t sell Odyssey (obviously), but is familiar, that i use the balanced connections as it’s a ‘true’ balan... | |
| First Foray into XLR I’m not sure of the budget myself. I don’t want to spend so little there’s no chance of getting a benefit, and/or restricting the performance that’s available with the equipment I have. Somewhere comfortably below ‘diminishing returns’, if that’s ... | |
| Interconnects and non-believers Elizabeth, WHICH OIL did you use? That’s the important part, not that you did it yourself. Using the correct oil will boost mileage and hp by 50%.... :) | |
| Using Oppo 205 instead of per amp processor Noble, I have been considering a setup similar to yours, but was concerned about the difference in the Oppo’s outputs on XLR vs RCA. Doesn’t that create a mismatch? My plan due to limited funds right now is to use the 205 as the pre. The old AVR I... |