RE: Volume control settings

Posted by georgehifi (M) on July 17, 2014 at 19:22:07

In Reply to: RE: Volume control settings posted by stehno on July 17, 2014 at 16:33:22:

All active circuits have more distortion/s and colourations than a good passive device. (re: Nelsons Pass's article in my first post and he sells active pre's))

One way you can figure this out, is if you have a source that is a good low output impedance, say below 1kohm which most are, and feed it direct into your poweramp, which should be the industry standard of 33kohm or higher which most are. This will be the most transparent/dynamic/uncoloured sound you can get.

Put on a known quiet starting CD (with your finger on the stop button just in case) and listen. This is the most transparent/dynamic way of getting the source signal to the poweramp, and I'll bet my last dollar that the well implemented passive volume control comes the closest to this sound or equals it.

The only way an active preamp can sound more dynamic than this is two ways. It is distorting with TIM giving you the impression of more leading edge dynamics or it has a built in dynamic rage enhancer (DBX) which sound like rubbish.

Cheers George

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Topic - Volume control settings - M3 lover 15:49:14 07/10/14 (24)

RE: Volume control settings - georgehifi 13:46:11 07/12/14 (6)

RE: Volume control settings - stehno 20:23:22 07/15/14 (3)

RE: Volume control settings - georgehifi 14:20:51 07/17/14 (2)

RE: Volume control settings - stehno 16:33:22 07/17/14 (1)

RE: Volume control settings - georgehifi 19:22:07 07/17/14 (0)

RE: Volume control settings - Palustris 10:53:26 07/13/14 (1)

RE: Volume control settings - georgehifi 14:26:46 07/14/14 (0)

RE: Volume control settings - Caucasian Blackplate 22:37:07 07/11/14 (3)

RE: more on volume control settings - M3 lover 14:05:50 07/12/14 (1)

RE: more on volume control settings - Palustris 11:01:31 07/13/14 (0)

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RE: Volume control settings - jsm71 06:47:04 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Volume control settings - BCR 05:15:40 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Volume control settings - Ozzy 04:04:32 07/11/14 (0)

Everything sounds its best... - mkuller 20:27:14 07/10/14 (7)

That's what Nigel Tufnel says! - E-Stat 08:29:22 07/11/14 (3)

RE: That's what Nigel Tufnel says! - mkuller 08:40:24 07/11/14 (2)

That's a good one! Never seen that one before. (nt) - Sondek 20:30:53 07/11/14 (0)

LOL!! - E-Stat 10:03:43 07/11/14 (0)

RE: Everything sounds its best... - BCR 05:18:24 07/11/14 (1)

Have you noticed one leg is now longer than the other? - oldmkvi 08:05:53 07/11/14 (0)

Perfect summary! nt - M3 lover 22:31:50 07/10/14 (0)

Not only that, but - E-Stat 16:53:50 07/10/14 (0)

Yes and....................... - Kal Rubinson 15:57:57 07/10/14 (0)

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