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Bypass preamp, better sound, yet fatiguing?

Does anybody know a good reason why running from the CD player direct into the amp will produce a better, detailed sound (e.g., piano sounds more real, instruments are better separated), but on the other hand, after a while, after an hour or so, the sound becomes fatiguing? Is there any thing as too much detail? System consists of Levinson 390s, 380s, VTL MB-450, B&W 802n. Interconnects are Transparent super. Speaker cable is Transparent super bi-cable. Are the cables not up to it? Room acoustics? B&W tweeter to bright? I don't experience any fatigue, if I listen through the preamp, but the sound is somewhat duller (but better rythmically) than if I go direct. Any suggestions are welcome. Hgabert  (Threads | Answers | This Thread) 02-07-06

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 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   Hgabert, i need to be careful here as i very recently became ...   Stehno 02-08-06   Isnt there an issue of impedance compatability? the preamps ...   Jsujo 02-09-06: Qdrone THE IMPEDANCE ISSUE COULD BE BECAUSE YOU ARE USING A COMBINATION OF SS AND TUBES. SOMETIMES THIS DOES NOT WORK WELL. Qdrone  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 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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