Shakeydeal
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Anyway give them a watch and respond as if you learned something.
You certainly are full of yourself...
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Could be a phase issue. The 76 khorns I purchased had the xovers wired out of phase. Sound was horrible until I caught that issue.
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I replaced caps in khorn AA xovers with sonicap and the sound actually became worse. Just food for thought.
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7 minutes ago, Stephen Buck said:
Only if you feel you have a right to be offended. The OP is offended with how some songs are reproduced in his setup. Shall we figure out the physics or tell him he shouldn’t be offended?
My reply was actually a joke, but obviously not a very good one if I have to explain it.
You guys continue smacking away at this horse, he ain't quite dead yet. For me, I will continue to blissfully and ignorantly enjoy my lascalas while not worrying a whit about all things EQ.
Carry on....
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6 minutes ago, Stephen Buck said:
I’m sure you manage to tune out a very big world without any assistance with thought terminating comments like this. Following the mystery is part of the hobby, but of course if you have an object to sell to “fix” something, you don’t want your customer to find out the reality.
Somehow I think I should be offended by that....
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There's been a lot of bandwidth expended on this when it's probably just a nothingburger.
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1 hour ago, OO1 said:
a quality preamp does the contrary , technology marches on , high end preamps with Tone Controls are now mainstream
Mcintosh and Luxman are two that I can think of. Hardly mainstream or the norm.
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1 minute ago, Stephen Buck said:
Bring your tubes over I will listen!
Now you're talkin......
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You can only imagine how good those AL5s will sound once you get some good gear in front of them.
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If it contributes to you enjoying music more, then it's all good. That is, after all, what we want, right?
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37 minutes ago, OO1 said:
no , ideally you need a quality preamp with separate tone controls to allow you to EQ the sound , I would recommend the Mark Levinson LNP-2 , one of the best preamps ever designed by Mark Levinson himself .
Get your room and system right and EQ can go pound sand......
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5 hours ago, Flevoman said:
@Shakeydeal he just arrived this morning 😁
So now I have to study the manual what to do with it.
It is the DSpeaker anti-mode 2.0 dual core by the way.
The device doesn't really feel as audiophile; do you notice any adverse effects in the sound due to adding this device? (considering the idea of introducing more obstacles in the audio path)
The 8033 in my system is not in the signal path for anything but the subwoofer amp. I use the second set of outputs from my preamp to the device, then out from there to the left and right subwoofers. In your instance, I wouldn't be surprised if it adds (or takes away) something. Which is why I wouldn't use DSP in my system for anything other than low frequencies.
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I'm not trying to answer for @henry4841, but my take is that if you have a source with 2v output, have 104 db speakers, and an amplifier with high(ish) input sensitivity, you are a prime candidate for a passive linestage.
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I use the Dspeaker Anti-mode 8033 II on my subs and it works as advertised. I wouldn’t be without it. I have no experience with their full range room correction products.
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I can't see myself wanting to upgrade either amp or speakers anytime soon, if ever.
Famous last words…..😆
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1 hour ago, Flevoman said:
You're absolutely right about the recordings. But perhaps you missed it in my previous messages; I had the CW4 at home until recently and reconnected these speakers for three days.
As good as the CW4 is, the AL-5 is my preferred choice in terms of sound. However, on the CW4, every song that exhibited a sort of thickening on the AL-5 just sounded good. So, without diminishing the fantastic sound experience I have with the AL-5, there's sometimes a kind of thickening on a frequency that, while I've grown accustomed to it, I would like to eliminate.
Question. Did you have the CW4 and the AL5 in the exact same location? And I don’t mean near each other, but exactly. If not, you may be hearing a room node exacerbated by the position of the LaScala. If so, try the Cornwalls in that location. And make sure your location is the same every time.-
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54 minutes ago, CWelsh said:
The Marantz is an integrated from 1974, so no remote. The Node feeds into the Aux input on the Marantz which I am using only as a preamp (Marantz Preamp-Out outputs to ACA). The volume control on the Marantz definitely affects the output volume of the system, as does the volume setting of the Node. I don't know how I could do it any other way than daisy chaining.
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So is the marantz an integrated amp? Does it not have remote? I don’t understand why you are Daisy chaining two volume controls?
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Well if you are using it with ample volume control and you feel like you aren’t losing dynamics and slam, I’d say it is working just fine. Ideally you want to use as little attenuation as possible and be at the upper 2/3s of the range, not near the beginning of the range.
So the question is, how does it sound to you? You might still get better results with an active pre, but most of the time you know right away it’s not a good match.
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1 hour ago, Flevoman said:
Well, it's a 45 SET with 1.5W only, so my volume controle of the cambridge is around the 65%..
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31 minutes ago, CWelsh said:
Congratulations on the new monoblocks! I will be interested to hear what you think of them.
I've been trying to research this same question for some of the additions I hope to make in the future. What I've read suggests that devices like CD players and streamers should have enough output voltage to drive an amplifier without an additional gain stage. However, a passive preamp might be beneficial for impedance matching. I know there are others who have far more knowledge than me, so I hope they will chime in and correct me if I am wrong.
Currently, I am using the preamp section of my Marantz 1060 between my Bluesound Node streamer and my ACA. I tried going direct from the Node to the ACA and it works, but the addition of the preamp seems to make a huge difference. I keep trying to dig for specs that will explain why, but I haven't been able to find anything so far...at least not that I can understand.
The Node volume control is done in the digital domain and it’s not a very sophisticated one at that. When you attenuate past a certain point, you are throwing away bits. Not good. So it’s no wonder a preamp sounds better. But if you have enough front end gain, a well designed passive pre will beat most all comers.-
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Depends on the input impedance and sensitivity of the amplifier. And the output impedance and voltage of your source. It certainly could work.
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9 hours ago, seti said:
1957 Ampex console first stereo console.
This is a good one. I've had it for years and taken many stabs at restoration. I finally made some progress. The amps, preamp, and tuner are now functionally. I also added some bluetooth. The record changer is going to be swapped and the RTR need serious help. The belts fell out the motor needs some work. All that being said I have a tuner and bluetooth for now.
The guts all spread out so we can find issues more easily.
Nice little JBL 8" full rangers.
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Lascala cabinet resonance
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Yeah, one way or another, methinks he’s not long for this world……