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| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? George Hi tweak1 I am not sure if you referred to my review of the Nord Class D and Hattor preamp. I Yes, that review is where I first learned of you, it motivated me to get the Hattor.I thought I had posted this but, I decided against the Nord T... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Thanks Ralph. I would be shocked if it is < $1500 fully balanced | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? I just scored a used AA active dac/pre, but it hasn't arrived yet. The reviews are phenomenal, especially when adding the outboard power supply. Unfortunately this one did not, but, can be purchased. | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? Why not a SS passive with OpAmp on board? I love my Hattor but it does not have an OpAmp, which I need for impedance matching to my amp XLR provides ~ 6dB more gain | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? George, Arik is on holiday, but I managed to score a AA Dac/Pre at a price that I can easily flip when/if I get the Hattor OpAmp upgraded.Arik thinks I can do the parts upgrade here, but Im not that inclined as I don't have a high heat iron, or... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? I look at at this and see a serious bit of kit, if you like tube sound. George, thanks, as usual you bring the good 411. I just emailed Arik (Hattor) as to whether the opamp can be installed . He's some 8 hour time difference, so maybe tomorrow... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? george, while these are both good suggestions "You have two options to get the best with what you have.1:Send your Hattor back and get them to install the optional OPA2134 output buffer in into it, this will allow it then to drive the very low inp... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Ralph, I always wanted to try your amps but they were always out of my price range. I love the industrial designKeep me in mind if you are looking for claas D beta tester | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? well this could b a case of the specs don't tell the whole story, because it's probably the most authentic sound I've ever experienced in my home | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? ralphthe power amp in question that I decided not to buy is the Nord Two SPECIFICATIONS• Ice Power 1200AS/2 Module • 1200W 4Ohms 1 Channel Driven• 600W 8Ohms• Dynamic range 20 Hz – 20 kHz, A-weighted 127dB• SNR 135dB | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? WOW, just WOWDo I really need to include "critical' listening? Mind is officially blown now | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? well, considering you're still pushing 100% PURE BS, it's about time you stop | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? I have owned tube amps (including OTLs), tube preamps and cd players within and as a part of all tube systems,. I have also owned class A and AB amplifiers. They were all compromises in some way. I like to listen during the day as background mus... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? ROFLMAO. Had you ASKED questions instead of assuming, I would not have added the last sentence | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? Your assumption that I am doing all this just for the Hattor is incorrect. And 'respectfully disagreeing' doesn't change the realityThe changes were already in motion as I had sold my Parasound P5 preamp and had been using my 105 direct to the E... |