sworksone
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| Too Much Gain the Issue ? (preamp and amp) I use Rothwell 10db XLR attenuators and they work wonders between my tube pre and power amp.. I bought them new from Analogue Seduction on EBay and received them from the UK in less than a week. | |
| Which preamp to go with pass labs x150.8 I do not suggest a tube preamp with any SS amplifier,as it is not a good match. There are many including myself that would strongly disagree with this! | |
| Innuos Phoenix USB cabling “Clearly, the character of the cable after the Phoenix dominates.” That was my experience as well. I also agree the cable ahead of the Phoenix makes a difference, but very minimal. Quite honestly I questioned a lot of what was posted on the AB ... | |
| Single vs Bi-wire Speaker Cable I’m also in the bi-wiring is a downgrade camp. The key is to use a good jumper and not the usual low quality ones that come with most speakers (which many compare bi-wiring against hence thinking it’s better). | |
| Unusual Old School Way of Wiring Speakers Is this what you’re looking for? | |
| Just received my B&W 802's: One tweeter doesn't work - HELP! I recently did something stupid (which will remain unmentioned) and lost all sound from a 702 S2 tweeter. I took a chance and ordered a new tweeter not wanting to have to go through the hassle of taking it in for repairs and hoping/gambling that ... | |
| Looking for a preamp with XLR connections Hard to go wrong with a Benchmark LA4 if looking for a silent transparent balanced solid state preamp. | |
| Intergrated Amp suggestions for B&W 805d4 I can give you my experience with power amps with B&W 702 S2’s. Classe paired a bit better than a Musical Fidelity M8S (which I was rather disappointed with). My current amp is a Coda no8 which was a massive step up from both in every way so... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I had my Benchmark LA4 out of commission for a couple of weeks and was using a Denon receiver to fill the gap. Even in pure direct mode the sound quality was significantly worse. As per an earlier poster, I’m not surprised you found an improveme... | |
| Question about Bi-Wiring I recently switched from bi-wiring back to single cables (by removing one of the two identical sets of speaker cables) and installed home made jumpers from high quality copper speaker cable instead of using the jumper plates. The sound quality wa... | |
| Coda CB vs 2016 07X I have a Coda #8 paired with an LA4 and it’s an amazing combination. I previously had a Freya+ and while it’s almost unbeatable for the price and I had quite a lot of fun tube rolling, it wasn’t transparent enough for my liking. The #8 is a stan... | |
| Do speaker wires have to be the same length for each speaker? Is there any scientific reason that different speaker cable lengths will make a detectable difference in sound quality - no. Will you be able to notice any sound quality difference with different cable lengths - no. As an audiophile will you alw... | |
| What's up with Innuos? Very surprised by some of the comments on here. For me with a Zenith Mk3 the SQ with Sense is significantly better versus Roon even in experimental mode. The minor bugs since the initial release of Sense (to be expected with a new software) cont... | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- U2 - Baby Please Come Home https://youtu.be/mmZBC92pgrE | |
| Has Nordost forgotton who pays the bills? That’s disappointing. Cardas in the past year has validated, or at least given me their opinion, on two different sets of used cables I was looking at and later purchased online. |