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In Reply to: RE: Short Lead lengths RULE the Day, for SET amp's Rk bypass path posted by drlowmu on December 04, 2016 at 17:49:47
I replied to your post at the bottom but you may have missed it. I was wondering what you used for your source? Turntable, CD Player, Music Server, Reel to Reel etc and what are your thoughts on the importance of the front end relative to the amp, preamp and speakers and wire? Also, do you get hung up on cheap vinyl, versus 180g vinyl versus 200g vinyl? I got out of vinyl as it was a rabbit hole....Down to cleaning solutions....I can't remember what source you used and where you favored SACD to redbook or where you are on the different digital formats and which sounds better? Also, what DAC topography do you favor and what chips sound best? Not a debate....just wondering how you felt about these things and whether you think they are important?
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I had a decent phono unit, and have about 10,000 LPs at home, which I have collected since 1962.
My preamp, however, developed a problem, putting out pulses, so since mid 2016, I have NO phono capability. I hope, in 2017, to rectify that.
I also have been using, last two years, a Pioneer Elite BPD-09 Blue Ray player, and just Redbook CD s as a repeatable and reliable source.
For four decades, I find most fault with ( most ) amps, and feel that they are in need of most help, in the entire chain.
Jeff Medwin
OK. Just wondering. I have gone through a few turntable set ups / tone arms / cartridges and even digital players and DACs along with a bunch of amps and have come to the conclusion that it all matters to some degree. Nothing worse for me than bad source players. My guess is that if you could fiddle around with digital circuits, you may find that increasingly important if you listen to a lot of digital. Going to a transformer coupled DAC made a big difference for me. I also prefer the pioneer stable player drive to most others. A well built psu is also important in a DAC. As for phono stages, when I was listening to LPs, I preferred step up phono stages and liked the S&B nickel units over some others that I had. A lot of rabbit holes in audiophilia.
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