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02-07-06
All too often, i find that digital playback equipment is,har ... Mcfarland
02-07-06
I prefer using a preamp, and i have the option of running di ... Tvad
02-07-06
But in hgabert's case, it's a solid state preamp and one fro ... Drubin
02-07-06
Yup, that's a quandry. i still believe that even if my prea ... Tvad
02-07-06
Well, it's not the cable. just tried a transparent referenc ... Hgabert
02-08-06
Well...my system isn't as hi-end as the one in question...ho ... Phasecorrect
02-07-06
It all depends on system synergy. try silent audio apollo c ... 55dok
02-07-06
My hunch is you have several issues here; 1. you make no m ... Stehno
02-08-06
I had a powerplant p-300 for a while, powering the preamp an ... Hgabert
02-08-06
I have an adcom 750 which allows me to listen in a passive m ... Qdrone
02-08-06: Stehno
Hgabert, I need to be careful here as I very recently became a dealer which included becoming a dealer for the Foundation Research passive and dedicated line conditioners.
I should also note that I've been using the Foundation Research line conditioners for almost 5 years now and wrote several reviews here on these products years before I became a dealer.
I could be very specific about the line conditioner you mentioned based on my personal experience at a customer's home (If you email me, I'll provide you the gentleman's email address so you can discuss with him.)
Rather I will simply reiterate my statement in my previous post where I stated, "proper line conditioning."
Your sonics did not improve so much because of the dedicated lines because, like everybody, your AC from the street is going to be just about as dirty as everyone else's AC.
The dedicated lines would no doubt offer your amp greater dynamics and may have helped tame some AC noise generated from inside your home by appliances and dimmers now on other circuits but they do nothing to treat the worst AC noise which comes from the pole outside.
So if the dedicated lines were not the reason for the improvement, then there is still another reason for the improvement you claim.
Don't get me wrong here as I'm not trying to sell you anything. Except perhaps the thought that not all line conditioners are created equally. Line conditioners, like any other component, will run the whole gamut.
There are line conditioners that induce sonic harm, there are those that rob an amplifier of needed current and thus strip away the dynamics, there are those that do little or nothing, there are those that provide any combination thereof, and then there are those that induce no sonic harm at all while providing tremendous musical benefit.
Foundation Research products are the best I know but they certainly not alone in this regard.
Regarding your question about the preamp, like I said in my previous post, my hunch is that your preamp is lacking in the detail department. That's why you hear greater detail when it is removed. At the same time, the preamp is probably also masking the higher noise-floor, digital hash, and lack of properly treated AC at the same time.
My only advise here is keep the dedicated lines as they definitely have their place in a system. But keep experimenting with different line conditioners. You'll know when you've found the right ones for your system.
-IMO
Stehno (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)
02-08-06
Isnt there an issue of impedance compatability? the preamps ... Jsujo
02-09-06
The impedance issue could be because you are using a combina ... Qdrone
02-09-06
Usually when it doesn't work well the premap is tube and the ... Drubin
05-15-06
The preamps in cd player are up to the job as seperates woul ... Wadia150
05-15-06
I tried to bypass the pre with ss mc250 and with a ss cdp, d ... Jsujo
05-15-06
I thought that there are thousands of people using tube prea ... Jsujo
05-25-06
Hgabert, maybe i interpreted your original post incorrectly ... Stehno
05-26-06
I will have to agree with hgabert here stehno, i have the sa ... Jsadurni
05-26-06
i owned a first sound presence deluxe ii in a system with an ... Tvad
05-26-06
Jsadurni, i wasn't necessarily making a statement in my last ... Stehno
05-27-06
Hello tvad, i guess the first sound with the apl dennon wou ... Jsadurni
05-27-06
Jsadurni, it appears that you like to tweak quite a bit and ... Stehno
05-27-06
i did have the h attenuator, yes. source today is exempl ... Tvad
06-01-06
Thanks for your response stehno, you were right on the spot, ... Jsadurni
06-01-06
it's not better, but it's less expensive. Tvad
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