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| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? To whom it may apply: "I" started THIS thread, NOT George. The impedance issue between my recently acquired Hattor XLR and my EP amps/ Audio Alchemy stereo amp has turned out to be a blessing. To get to the bottom of the impedance issues, I bought... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? George said (7/15): It may sound good, but I don’t want to burst your bubble, you should have asked, if your still using your Hattor passive, you didn’t heed what I said about your EP 100.2 amp being only 19kohm input impedance, and not the best m... | |
| Emerald Physics CS2.3 MkII I did not mean to suggest I do not like the Hattor.I love the looks and sound, plus, cool design face,very high quality fit and finish. I merely bought the dac/pre to see whether I needed to add an opamp to the Hattor in order to solve impedance ... | |
| Emerald Physics CS2.3 MkII Bump. I have a current pir of KC IIs with upgraded Wire World OCC internals. Damn fine speakers>AA stereo amp> Hattor XLR (AA dac/pre comes tomorrow)> Oppo 105 with upgrade LPM and pure silver connecting wires& Furutch Rhodium IEC>... | |
| Have Passive Preamps Finally Come of Age? FYI, Oppo 105 output impedance is 100 ohms. Is the Hattor still a mismatch with the AA amp? | |
| 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 |