[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
Does Fifer do the same as me... or are you getting mixed up? I bought my NAIM-like cables from the Soundstable eBay shop (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/SoundStable). Top quality cables and unbelievably good value. Highly recommended. Make sure you specify exactly the correct cable though (for my NAP250: dual phono to 240 degree 4 pin din with locking nut)! MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Bel Canto No Risk Purchase Plan
95bcwh;171813 Wrote: No..I detest such ads.. but it's all over the place, what can you do about it? Just turn on your TV: Cable phone, call anywhere for $29.99 only yeah right, then you have to pay another $15 tax. Came in for a brake service for $99! Yeah right, you end up paying $800! Buy a sleep number bed, starting $599 Yeah right, the moment you enter the store, the price goes up to $2000! There is only one thing we can do about it: refuse to do business with such people. It's relatively hard in domains where we feel a need to own a product and there is an oligopoly (cellphones). But audio equipment seems to me a relatively easy venue for expressing this kind of disgust. -- totoro squeezebox 3 - mccormack dna .5 - audio physic tempo 4 totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31562 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Apple to allow music with Fairplay DRM to be streamed?
www.tech.co.uk (and MacRumors is carrying it) is reporting that Apple is to announce in the coming week that it is 1. licensing Fairplay DRM to the company's Made for iPod licence and 2. Allowing streaming of Fairplay protected music via USB (whatever that means). Maybe we'll get to play that iTunes music store crud through a Squeezebox soon (or waste a Transporter on it.) http://www.tech.co.uk/home-entertainment/hi-fi-and-audio/hi-fi-amps-and-receivers/news/apple-to-open-up-fairplay-drm;jsessionid=D9E83C25DF4C124EF06F8439516E78C2?articleid=394429162 http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2007/01/20070117025248.shtml -- geraint smith geraint smith's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=625 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31881 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Jolida 1501 hybrid
Thinking of getting the Jolida 1501 hybrid amp as a good match for my Magnepan MMG's over the NAD 272. Similar price...but from what I've read elsewhere, the Jolida is a better match. Anyone own Jolida amps? -- mmg_fan mmg_fan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9157 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31886 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Transporter on the cover of Stereophile, Feb 2007 issue
wshields;172137 Wrote: The only slight negative was he said his reference Ayre C-5xe provided higher resolution than the Transporter but only slightly noticeably. I guess he pretty much HAD to say that. Stereophile's ad revenue would take a sharp tumble if they had dared to indicate that the Transporter was equal to or better than the more expensive audiophile-approved front ends. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31860 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: New WIKI - Connecting SB3/Transporter directly to an Amplifier w/o Preamp
Eric Carroll;171975 Wrote: Its a Wiki! Edit away! The only question I have is if it belongs inline in the page I wrote or if you should create two new pages for the topics and link them in on a phrase. I am thinking the latter as its a long page already. OK, thanks. I sort of understand the community authoring philosophy of wikis, but I still feel uneasy about editing someone else's work. So, I've created two new pages: DIYPassiveAttenuation (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DIYPassiveAttenuation) and BalancedPowerAmps (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BalancedPowerAmps), and have added links to them on your ConnectToPowerAmp page. Comments and corrections gratefully received. -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31796 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)
So another good thread goes down the drains thanks to hijackers ... :( -- slimkid slimkid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8881 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31843 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)
How about used Bryston 2B-LP? Can be had for around $500 (and up!), very versatile and rugged. Some may say the sound is too cold and analytical, but then again, some may like that. I'm running a pair (Bi-Amped, Bi-Wired) for my frontend, and one for my rear channels. Cheers! Allan -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31843 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Q:Best BUDGET power or integrated AMP (under$1000)
The bryston would be a good bet. Looking at used amps, I'd look at bryston, mccormack, and older classe amps. All good quality and built like tanks. -- totoro squeezebox 3 - mccormack dna .5 - audio physic tempo 4 totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31843 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
The 102b has given me MANY hours of enjoyment, and there was never a time I regretted buying it. Kudos to jolida for pricing things inside the stratosphere. It looks like it got all 5/5 ratings, around 25 of them, on audioreview.com. There was also an audiogon thread where someone mentioned using this with his MMG's. I saw that Galen Carol still has them, and he used to have trial period/guarantee, which I would take advantage of in case it doesn't mate well with the MMG. OTOH there is a used 1501RC (remote control) on ebay at 'buy it now' $480. While you're there get some NOS 12ax7's (you may want to double check what it uses), but don't spend a fortune. Just get a variety. I got a 12ax7 Groove Tubes tube from a pro audio shop the other day which was a bad decision. I believe the current production 12ax7 people like in these is the EI gold pin elite. Sometimes the tube fiddling gets old, at which time I plug in the super t-amp. It's always good to have a switch hitter. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31886 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Skunk wrote: While you're there get some NOS 12ax7's (you may want to double check what it uses), but don't spend a fortune. Just get a variety. I got a 12ax7 Groove Tubes tube from a pro audio shop the other day which was a bad decision. Groove Tubes tubes are very good tubes, but they are designed and selected for a totally different usage. They are for guitar amps, where you want 'good distortion' There is a very informative article with the Groove Tubes' founder in a recent Tape-Op where he talks about how they differ from reproduction tubes. Guitar amps are supposed to distort. And the frequency response of a guitar amp is nothing like what audiophiles want. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC
95bcwh;172095 Wrote: Why does it matter what his opinion is I thought that a forum is a place for an exchange of views. If opinions don't matter, why bother to join a forum? IMO tomjtx didn't just refine his opinion but almost totally flip flopped so I was just curious about the reversal. -- rajacat rajacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Transporter on the cover of Stereophile, Feb 2007 issue
Pale Blue Ego wrote: I guess he pretty much HAD to say that. Stereophile's ad revenue would take a sharp tumble if they had dared to indicate that the Transporter was equal to or better than the more expensive audiophile-approved front ends. What a cynic. Most good buff books have a decent Chinese wall between the advertising and editorial sides of the business, and I think Stereophile is better at being honest than some of its competition. Look at the praise that they have placed in the past on non-audiophile stuff, like the SqueezeBox 3 or the Benchmark DAC-1. More importantly, buff books are not Consumer's Reports. Price and sonic perfection are not the sole drivers of audiohile vendors or purchasers. Sometimes it is better because it costs more, or has tubes. Look at all the folks that think that CD transports sound different. Let alone all the theological discussions of cables and interconnect. Part of being an audiophile is being willing to spend more money on stereo that rational people think is wise. Car and Driver, and Road Track review far more Ferraris than their readers will ever buy. Sometimes lust is good. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Pat Farrell;172319 Wrote: There is a very informative article with the Groove Tubes' founder in a recent Tape-Op where he talks about how they differ from reproduction tubes. Guitar amps are supposed to distort. I had a feeling that statement would pique your interest Pat. Thanks for pointing out the article. The tubes are described as 'warm' and 'fat' toned in guitar amps, but I found them anemic in playback. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31886 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
There's just 2 boxes in my system, running into Shahinian Arcs: Transporter - NAP250. Nothing else, no preamp, no Hicap or any other power supply. Very minimalist and sounds great. Although I do wonder whether not using a good Naim preamp (82, 52 or higher) is reducing the sound quality of the power amp. I have read many times and it's also stated in their own manuals that Naim power amps shouldn't be used without their preamps, but if you've only got one source and that source also has attenuation control and a volume control, then why not. I would love to hear from anyone who has 82, 52 or higher preamp and has done the above comparison. By the way TurnipMan you would need a 2x phono to XLR cable if you had the NAP250 - Chord company can make them for you and can probably make any other connection you may need if you tell them what amp you end up with. Hope this helps, Craig. -- coop250 coop250's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8217 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC
rajacat;172317 Wrote: I thought that a forum is a place for an exchange of views. If opinions don't matter, why bother to join a forum? IMO tomjtx didn't just refine his opinion but almost totally flip flopped so I was just curious about the reversal. In interest of full disclosure, I'm now breaking in a Bolder SB with full mods but, who knows, I'm always open to possibilities for better sound and a Transporter could be a future acquisition. Perhaps a modded TP, hah! Audionervosa eh? IMO this forum needs the smilies like over on the AC. Raj, How do you like your BSB? I asume you did the digital+analog mods? If I remember correctly you didn't do the 750.00 PSU but the elpac or something similar in price. To my ears the Ultimate PSU is the least bang for buck of all his mods. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
coop250;172340 Wrote: I would love to hear from anyone who has 82, 52 or higher preamp and has done the above comparison. I had an 82 with 2 Hicaps, and trying it into a non-naim amp (I'd already sold my 135s), I slightly preferred things without. That was with an SB+ though, you might not be able to hear any difference at all with a standard SB ;-) ( or Transporter) -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
coop250;172340 Wrote: Although I do wonder whether not using a good Naim preamp (82, 52 or higher) is reducing the sound quality of the power amp. I have read many times and it's also stated in their own manuals that Naim power amps shouldn't be used without their preamps, but if you've only got one source and that source also has attenuation control and a volume control, then why not. The reason why you need to use a Naim preamp with their power amps is because Naim power amps rely on being fed a bandwidth limited signal. Lots of high frequency (ultrasonic) energy can drive them into instability. Naim preamps ensure that no nasty ultrasonics get through. I'd have thought that, assuming the Transporter has proper anti-imaging filters after the DAC, it won't be putting out any ultrasonics anyway, so you're probably safe. -- cliveb Performers - dozens of mixers and effects - clipped/hypercompressed mastering - you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Skunk wrote: I had a feeling that statement would pique your interest Pat. Thanks for pointing out the article. The tubes are described as 'warm' and 'fat' toned in guitar amps, but I found them anemic in playback. Well, did you turn it up into distortion? Guitar amp tone doesn't happen until you get into the non-linear parts. You want to drive the tubes into overload, and drive the output transformers into overload, and sometimes drive it so hard that the rectifier circuit sags. You want the speaker cones to be moving so radically that they don't couple well with the air. If that is too loud, then you are supposed to move. or at least get something like a Sholtz Power Shot, which is nothing more than a huge array of resistors to attenuate the signal. If the amp isn't at 11, its not going to sound fat. Which is not what an audiophile amp is about at all. An electric guitar amp's sound is part of the instrument, it is not just a Statocaster, or Les Paul, etc. it is the combination of the guitar, amp, speaker, playing style, etc. Nearly everything changes the sound, simple things like having a long lead (the wire between the guitar and amp) has huge impact. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Pat Farrell;172372 Wrote: You want to drive the tubes into overload, and drive the output transformers into overload, and sometimes drive it so hard that the rectifier circuit sags. You want the speaker cones to be moving so radically that they don't couple well with the air. If that is too loud, then you are supposed to move. or at least get something like a Sholtz Power Shot, which is nothing more than a huge array of resistors to attenuate the signal. If the amp isn't at 11, its not going to sound fat. Well you're more than welcome to have the tube if you have a suitable amp. OTOH if you know of an easy circuit it would be fun to build an amp that goes to 11. This poor guy can't have an on-topic thread to save his life :-) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31843 -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31886 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Skunk wrote: Well you're more than welcome to have the tube if you have a suitable amp. OTOH if you know of an easy circuit it would be fun to build an amp that goes to 11. Sure, my Fender tube amp can use the 12ax7 in its preamp circuit, altho they last a long time, its the big 6L6 or 33 tubes that go, and of course, they are far more expensive than a 12ax7 All of the tube amp circuits are all based on work done by RCA in the 20s and 30s. And all are pretty basic, especially if you cheat and use a solid state rectifier for the DC power supply. Just be careful, the A voltages in any tube amp can kill you, they are at least 70 volts AC, often more, and have more than enough current to do serious damage. check out http://www.diyaudio.com/ search for 12ax7 and you'll find lots -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Jolida 1501 hybrid
Pat Farrell;172386 Wrote: Sure, my Fender tube amp can use the 12ax7 in its preamp circuit, I sent you a private message if you can log in to the interface. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31886 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC
tomjtx;172350 Wrote: Raj, How do you like your BSB? I asume you did the digital+analog mods? If I remember correctly you didn't do the 750.00 PSU but the elpac or something similar in price. To my ears the Ultimate PSU is the least bang for buck of all his mods. I can't give you an opinion yet on the BSB because the 400+ hours of break-in is at about the 300 hour point. I did do the digital+analog mod because the dig mod wasn't that expensive and maybe a hot new dac might appear such as the Altman which will cause the dig mod option the be the best.I opted for the Platinum upgrade but gave the Bybees a pass. The platinum Sonicap is suppose to be not at its' optimum until 1000 hours pass. I didn't go for the 750 buck power supply but I did acquire a Power One psu ($4.00) and had Wayne mod it for about $100. If I get the urge I might attempt to built a ps using top end components. I feel that $750 would be better spent elsewhere in my modest system. I'm now testing/break-in a refurbished Scott LK -48 tube integrated amp which is confusing the evaluation of the BSB. Raja -- rajacat rajacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC
rajacat;172393 Wrote: I can't give you an opinion yet on the BSB because the 400+ hours of break-in is at about the 300 hour point. I did do the digital+analog mod because the dig mod wasn't that expensive and maybe a hot new dac might appear such as the Altman which will cause the dig mod option the be the best.I opted for the Platinum upgrade but gave the Bybees a pass. The platinum Sonicap is suppose to be not at its' optimum until 1000 hours pass. I didn't go for the 750 buck power supply but I did acquire a Power One psu ($4.00) and had Wayne mod it for about $100. If I get the urge I might attempt to built a ps using top end components. I feel that $750 would be better spent elsewhere in my modest system. I'm now testing/break-in a refurbished Scott LK -48 tube integrated amp which is confusing the evaluation of the BSB. Raja I'd wouldn't be surprised if the power one sounds just as good as the ultimatePSU. The Ultimate just didn't sound better than my elpac my stock SB3. BTW I have an old Macintosh tube tuner that sounds great. Vintage tube gear is a lot of fun, enjoy. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: To DAC or not to DAC
tomjtx;172404 Wrote: I'd wouldn't be surprised if the power one sounds just as good as the ultimatePSU. The Ultimate just didn't sound better than my elpac my stock SB3. BTW I have an old Macintosh tube tuner that sounds great. Vintage tube gear is a lot of fun, enjoy. I think the the old Scott will be excellent with my system. It has some serious iron and is, I think, a good match for my high efficiency speakers. I'm listening Alison Krauss Lonely Runs Both Ways and she sounds as if she is in the room singing to just me. Raja -- rajacat rajacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4156 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26548 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Phono noise when Squeezebox plugged in
I have noise that was previously not in my phono section before I installed my Squeezebox in my main system. Will a linear power supply minimize this( I have a Welborne on order)? Relevant components as follows: Simaudio I5 Dynavector 10X5 cart Cambridge 640P Lat International IC100D interconnect ( I originally had Nordost Blue Heavens, I took them out and these LATs quieted things down a bit) Squeezebox w AudioArt IC3s Blue Heaven Speaker Cable Totem Hawks Thanks in advance. -- upstateaudio upstateaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31899 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Phono noise when Squeezebox plugged in
I forgot to mention Squeezebox is on network wirelessly. -- upstateaudio upstateaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31899 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Phono noise when Squeezebox plugged in
Depends where the noise is getting into your system. Most likely via the power lines. Changing power supplies may alleviate some of that, as would adding an isolator like mentioned in http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31734 or maybe ferrite beads around cables. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31899 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
ModelCitizen;172225 Wrote: Does Fifer do the same as me... or are you getting mixed up? Think I'm getting mixed up :-( -- magnanimous magnanimous's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Using a Naim Power Amp Without a PreAmp
cliveb;172365 Wrote: The reason why you need to use a Naim preamp with their power amps is because Naim power amps rely on being fed a bandwidth limited signal. Lots of high frequency (ultrasonic) energy can drive them into instability. Naim preamps ensure that no nasty ultrasonics get through. Exactly. I use 82/SC/250. Sounds pretty good with SB3/Bolder mods. -- sonofcolin sonofcolin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9291 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Phono noise when Squeezebox plugged in
I just put some ferrite cores onto the powers supply. The noise is gone. Thanks for the tip. -- upstateaudio upstateaudio's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9577 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31899 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Re: Grado sr60, sr80 or something else
I already had Sennheiser PX-100's for my iPod. I highly recommend them. Unfortunately, the cable is too short for indoor purposes. So I recently bought Grado SR 80's. Not sure yet if they sound that much better than the PX-100's, but I'm still in the process of breaking them in. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30865 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
