mlsstl
Responses from mlsstl
| Streamer only If you want to get into streaming at nominal cost, check out the WiiM Mini (about $100) or the WiiM Pro (about $150) -- both support Qobuz and other streaming services, are very easy to set up and have a good app for your phone for selecting and c... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line As someone else has mentioned -- you're thinking of spending thousands on a new streamer and you're using internet radio and Spotify as your sources? Qobuz starts at $11 a month and everything is CD quality or better - tons of hi-rez material. Ti... | |
| Anyone tried Devore o/93 with Sugden A2 1SE Devores shouty and hard in the highs? Not a condition I think of with Devores. Curious if you've tried the speakers to different positions in the room and/or some acoustic treatment in the room. It also brings up the question of what you're using ... | |
| Streamer/DAC combinations If you want to do it in stages, first try using a different DAC. I believe the Node has only coax/optical outputs (no USB) but there are lots of excellent DACs on the market in your price range with those inputs. Just check the seller's return po... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? @clustrocasual -- "I wondered about people who use it [a preamp] to color the sound..." Its been explained that "colored sound" can also happen when there is a mismatch between the source's output and the power amp's input. You can't just assum... | |
| Hifi Man Sundaras! Another vote for the Sundara phones. | |
| Low Gain or Unity Gain Solid State Preamp The Schiit Saga is a unity gain preamp. And Schiit has some other options that are switchable between low and higher gain. | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? The purpose of a preamp? There are multiple reasons, depending on your setup. 1. Selecting between multiple sources. 2. Some sources don't have their own volume control and most power amps don't have one either. 3. Some power amps don't have eno... | |
| Speaker hum. Have you ever had the units serviced? The models you have could be 20 or more years old. It is very common that the power supply capacitors need to be replaced at that age. Power supply capacitors, especially the big ones on a power amp, are lik... | |
| Minimum Power Needed to Drive Klipsch Cornwall IVs? - Considering Erhard_Audio Ray @katokaelin -- just running back of the envelope numbers, if the loud end of your listening is 90 dB at one meter, you're looking at about one-eighth of a watt to achieve that. The four watts would get you to 108 dB peaks. So, from my perspecti... | |
| Minimum Power Needed to Drive Klipsch Cornwall IVs? - Considering Erhard_Audio Ray For 102 dB sensistive speakers, one watt will give you 102 dB of volume at one meter in front of the speaker. The volume at your listening position further back is a bit trickier since that depends on the size of the room and how it is furnished. ... | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage You might check out Bel Canto -- some years back I went from an Image Audio tube amp (KT88 outputs) to a Bel Canto C5i and was happy. (I've since moved on to separates.) The Image Audio and Bel Canto weren't exactly the same but I enjoyed them bot... | |
| Krell Service - speakers buzzing "Throw a cheater plug on your preamp..." That's a good experiment to try when you have a hum problem the first time you use a new piece of equipment or install it to a new location or setup, but my understanding of the OP's issue is that the prea... | |
| Krell Service - speakers buzzing A simple alternative is to borrow a different preamp (or use the preamp output of an integrated amp) and see if the hum is still there. If the hum disappears with the other preamp, this indicates the Krell needs servicing. If the hum is still pr... | |
| Solid State Low powered Amplifiers I bought a Gjallarhorn about eight months ago to replace the LSA VT-70 tube amp (EL34 tubes) that I was using to drive a pair of small Spendor 4/5 speakers in a sunroom. The Spendors (their current incarnation of the classic LS 3/5a speakers) are... |