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In Reply to: RE: pre amp question posted by jbechdel@comcast.net on November 06, 2015 at 10:27:53
I am so sorry to read about your problem.What is your budget? $500 or less than that?
Also in trying to help you, do you need balanced inputs or outputs? That would help in a recommendation.
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you can sell your nano DAC, and get this Emotiva Pre/Dac for $199, you can use the USB in the DAC and the built in preamp to control your amp as well.
If you have basic requirements with playback of just a normal music file and computer, that might be the best bet. I think Emotiva is good if you have any questions to contact them.
I had a problem with my preamp when I first bought it used, same problem. Fortunately it only lasted right after I plugged it in and was caused by condensation build-up. It seems you have some malfunctioning scenario, perhaps the recommendation below of blocking the infrared window with some black tape might help you if it is indeed IR interference, might be worth a shot but I know it is scary when that happens with a preamp and it did tend to freak me out and make me uneasy.
good luck I put the link to my recommendation below.
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So in your opinion would this both DAC and preamp be of better sound quality than what I have? I realize thats a loaded question. I also have the REGEN in-between my MacBook and ifiNano. By the way that price is in my budget.
Probably not , but I am not certain. It depends a lot on the build of what you have. That is the closest solution I could think of. Driving your amp it might be a tad less, noticeable maybe less quality, but I looked at it from a budget perspective, you can sell the nano and even the reclocker to pay for what might not be the best sounding solution, but it would be a solution, and indeed minimal.
Don't really mean to cause another problem, all I can say is my bud has emotiva equipment and he likes it, sound quality most likely will be sub par what you are used to. They just don't make them like they used to, maybe get the same pre-amp used on the market you have instead?
I am no expert, I just noticed that might be a solution.
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