Benchmark has some affordable XLR to RCA cables (or is it RCA to XLR?). I do not have any experience with them, but took notice b/c my current pre-amp does not have balanced out but now many power amps only have XLR in.
Considering Schiit equipment
Hi folks,
I love my vintage gear but have an itch to try some new equipment.
I'm looking into a pair of Schiit Tyr F mono blocks and either the Frya +F, Kara F or Saga 2 preamps.
Mono blocks are a given. I like it better than just stereo.
The preamps are hard to decide on. Frya +F has tubes and I've never had tube equipment. The Kara F seems the same, except no tubes. The Saga 2 is in the running because of the extra RCA input. I will need 5 RCA jack inputs total.
I see I can get XLR to RCA adapters but wonder about quality loss with those.
I can live with one adapter for the rarely used tuner if sound quality loss is an issue with these.
A big issue with the Schiit preamps is that I don't see a balance control for left and right. Is this something that's done with the remote control or just isn't there?
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The guy who designed the Tyr and the Wotan posted on Head-fi that he thinks the Wotan is the best amp they have ever made. I owned it and loved it. It is as good as some $8k amps that I have owned. It does need about a month of heavy play for the top end to clean up. I have owned the Kara F, Saga 2, Freya+ and 2 of them were just OK. The Saga 2 was not good I currently use the $500 Schiit Valhalla 3 OTL/OCL headphone amp as my 2-channel preamp for my office system. I used the stock tubes, and it was better than ALL other Schiit preamps by a lot. However, it is not user-friendly since it has only 1 RCA input and 1 RCA output and no remote. I got an audiophile grade RCA switch made with 4 extra RCA inputs and that works great. I am finding my tubes are already wearing out and need to get some warmish tubes. It is a bit of an adventure wit this unit, but it is easily the best sounding Schiit preamp. The new Schiit Singular DAC is very good. The best DAC I have heard from Schiit and I have owned the Yggi+ OG | LIM | MIB | Singular. It took the new imersiv D-1 DAC for me to move away from the Schiit Yggi+ DACs. The imersiv D-1 is much better.
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Reading all this further input with interest. I hear a lot of good about tubes but it's not something I have the time and such to learn about. Especially when I have to pay to really learn! Anyhow, the bug has bitten me and now I have found my own little rabbit hole. I just ordered a Parasound Halo JC 2 BP preamplifier from Upscale Audio. https://upscaleaudio.com/products/parasound-halo-jc-2-bp-preamplifier?_pos=1&_sid=a3952eac0&_ss=r
Everything I've read and everyone I've talked to these last couple days say the Halo JC 2 BP will have great synergy with the Cambridge Audio Edge M mono blocks and my JBL L100t3 speakers. Longer SP6 speaker cables from Morrow Audio were ordered a while back. The audio room will be fully remodeled in a week or two and then I can enjoy my new gear. Excited doesn't begin to describe it ! |
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