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| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Pubul57 - Seems I have written pages :-) on this yet no understanding of my point? It may be impossible and that's OK!A "direct connection" as you say, is as I say, just another STEREO SYSTEM and produces a sound of its own. Direct connection from... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Got it and understand it perfectly Georgelofi. Did this several times on past systems after reading about on A. Salvatore's site.Tony (Clio09) - thanks again for letting me play with the LSA. Great fun and I always learn more. You are welcome anyt... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? That being said, the LSA/Music Reference RM10 is about as good as it gets for $2,400 new as long as 35 watts is enough."I bet this is a true statement based on my experience with both units and dependent on the speakers used.Killer value on both i... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Transparency means something far different to me. To me it has nothing to do with how the inclusion of a new piece of gear "changes" the resulting sound. That fact needs another word - not transparency IMHO. Transparency refers to how see through ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? This is a great thread. Agear is spot on about the LSA or any passive /active preamp doing something to the sound as signal does flow though unit hardware and such :-)The LSA was at 75% of full volume in my system to get 90db of sound as an FYI.Ge... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Tvad, you understand me correctly. Sorry I should have been more clear perhaps. Further, so we can get on more common ground around this topic, I feel the software/recording used to judge accuracy should be one that is very close to live sound - a... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Perhaps the 2D forwardness speaks more to my system synergy then to anything else. This may well be the case as I have no way of really knowing.Tvad's point is understood. I guess I always felt the point of a good stereo system was to recreate the... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? "That to me is an indication of the LSA's transparency and faithfulness to the source, and a lack of transparency in The Dude. By transparency I am referring to lack or presence of coloration"Let me further explain as I think my statement needs mo... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I should also point out that the LSA is a champ at bringing all of the detail and parts of the music into the front row. I was hearing instument lines that on my Dude were more muted or set-back. Some may really like this. This is what really got ... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I forgot to add that my Soundlab speakers are very revealing and I would not consider them warm sounding. My Atma-sphere amps are also quite revealing and I would not consider them warm sounding. The LSA is also very revealing and with it in my sy... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I have had the fortune of playing with this Lightspeed preamp/attenuator over the past 10 or so days thanks to Tony (Clio09). Thank you Tony for giving me this great opportunity. I have tried several passive units in the past and the LSA is the be... | |
| Warming-Up Amps w/o Inputs or Speakers Attached Don't do it with tube amps. | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps Ya, I wish I could afford the MA2's as the heat is no problem here in Minnesota. I welcome the heat most of the time. | |
| Thought on OTL tube amps I love the sound of the Atma-sphere MA1's on my Soundlabs, but I wish I had a bit more power.Up to 85 db or so they are so sweet and intimate. The bass has great foundation and weight.My amps are still breaking in and I must remember that. They ha... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Tony was very kind to let me play with his Lightspeed unit. I really appeciate his kindness. I will post comments once I have heard more kinds of music etc... |