cliveb;425587 Wrote:
Quite a few people (myself included) would disagree on this point. To my
ears, genuine balanced operation delivers a more solid, organic sound.
Instrumental timbres seem better defined. It's just a guess, but I think
it might be to do with a lower noise floor and/or the
cliveb;425587 Wrote:
Quite a few people (myself included) would disagree on this point. To my
ears, genuine balanced operation delivers a more solid, organic sound.
Instrumental timbres seem better defined. It's just a guess, but I think
it might be to do with a lower noise floor and/or the
Fatila;424194 Wrote:
Thank you for all the information. Most of the active speakers I have
seen thus far are way beyond my £3-3.5k budget for this system. Although
that may indeed be the optimal listening solution, it seems the only way
to connect the Transporter with reasonable cost, is a
I know this is almost now OT, but I am going to watch with interest
professional reviews of the Naimuniti to see how the quality of that
comes out. Although it is an all in one unit which is something perhaps
slightly sacrilegious in audiophile hifi, it does offer the
functionality I am after at
Fatila;424009 Wrote:
but I have not yet seen an integrated amp with anything but unbalanced
inputs?
Electrocompagniet, Primare, Krell, Mark Levinson, Cerwin-Vega, NAD,
Cambridge, Lyngdorf all offer integrated with XLR inputs... they're not
difficult to find ;) Especially since XLR seems to
Obviously I had not looked very hard! Was mainly looking at what hifi
charts and seeing if it mentioned balanced, and only power amps had a
dedicated entry so I came to an assumption. Any recommendations? What
might be the top five to look at off the top of your head.
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Fatila
Fatila;424065 Wrote:
Any recommendations? What might be the top five to look at off the top
of your head.
Its impossible to say, especially since you provide no contextual
information. All brands I listed (except the CW and maybe even the
Lyngdorf) are good and highly regarded. Also the list
The only system I have listened to is Arcam CD player and integrated
amp. To be honest I am no qualified audiophile, I can distinguish
tinny music with lack of depth from a higher quality set.. but that is
about my range. Budget would be under $2k for the amp, and I imagine
system would play
Fatila;424065 Wrote:
Was mainly looking at what hifi charts and seeing if it mentioned
balanced, and only power amps had a dedicated entry so I came to an
assumption.
I get the impression that you're aiming for a minimalist system and the
Transporter will be the only source component. If
cliveb wrote:
I get the impression that you're aiming for a minimalist system and the
Transporter will be the only source component. If that's the case, then
you should consider just getting a power amp with balanced inputs.
More minimal would be TP direct to powered speakers.
--
Pat
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would probably want
the option of
Fatila wrote:
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would probably want
Well the speakers I'm looking at would not be powered afaik, (The CM7
perhaps) and yes I do not even really know what a pre amp is for
really...
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Fatila
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Ok had a quick look around based on some of the names mentioned, and the
Primare A30.2 scores highly on whathifi.com (if there are any other good
review sites please share!) It also might be worth trying to narrow down
a shortlist of products and going to a dealer that might stock a few,
some of
Fatila;424121 Wrote:
Interesting, I assumed I would need an integrated amp as a power amp
would also need a pre amp to be a complete unit as it were. I am looking
at a minimal, but also high quality solution. I was not aware the
Transporter could output directly to speakers, but would
All the video equipment will be in another room, thankfully that lot all
goes into one simple receiver ;)
I think I understand better now, I was not even aware of powered
speakers.. but I would imagine using a power amp to speakers would be a
preferred solution. And I suppose I could even have
You are probably using powered speakers with your computer.
ATC, PMC, BO, Dynaudio, Audiostatic, Martin Logan etc all make powered
speakers.
What is overlooked many times is the quality of the preamp, its much
more important than the poweramp, but since preamp dont have watts
nobody talks about
Fatila wrote:
what a pre amp is for
really...
In the olden days, a Preamp was mostly a before amp that raised the
phonograph input level up to the same as other sources (tape, tuner,
etc.). It literally amplified the turntable input.
Then and now, the secondary functions of a preamp are:
1)
Fatila wrote:
I think I understand better now, I was not even aware of powered
speakers.. but I would imagine using a power amp to speakers would be a
preferred solution.
Not really, altho people who sell amps and interconnects and speaker
wires will not complain.
Meridian has been selling
Thank you for all the information. Most of the active speakers I have
seen thus far are way beyond my £3-3.5k budget for this system. Although
that may indeed be the optimal listening solution, it seems the only way
to connect the Transporter with reasonable cost, is a single power amp
to
I'm not using a Transporter, just an SB3 - but I am very happy with my
rig. Bel Canto S300 power amp (which has balanced and XLR inputs) into
BW 703's. I, like you, just wanted a very minimal set up for stereo
audio listening. With no pre-amp you need to be a little careful that
your source
Hi,
Very new to audio systems generally. Wanted to setup a fairly simple
system with Transporter Integrated Amp Speakers
I've heard that balanced interconnects offer the best quality, but I
have not yet seen an integrated amp with anything but unbalanced inputs?
Is there a better solution for
Fatila wrote:
I've heard that balanced interconnects offer the best quality, but I
have not yet seen an integrated amp with anything but unbalanced inputs?
My Classe integrated amp has balanced input. There are some. There are
companies that make all of their amps be balanced.
For typical
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