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In Reply to: RE: Best Passive/Active Combination of Crossovers for IIIa's and T 1-D's posted by Satie on July 08, 2015 at 11:41:53
That made it very clear thank you! I am looking forward to getting this done. I will most likely be ordering the upgrade kit for the DCX2496 tomorrow. Also
thinking about a cheap Carver preamp like maybe a C-1 or something similar. I would assume the volume pots, switches etc. would be of sufficient quality to eliminate any noise injection providing it is in good shape. Any other brand suggestion?
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Look for preamps with gold plated connectors (or the rarer silver rhodium) and no complaints on switch quality (switching noise) - having a tape out, of course.
Old SS pieces that might also be usable with their gain stages are the old PS Audio preamps, Aragon preamps, particularly the 24. The Classe preamps, The Threshold fet 2 preamp, On the cheaper side the Accurus (sp?) 100, Musical Fidelity
On the tube side there are the lower end CJ Manley, VTL Berning and ARC preamps, the Golden Tube Audio pre was cheap and had good connectors. Newer pres like the Doge 8 (used) and the VincentShengya hybrid preamps, There are some passive TVC based preamps as well that should fit your bill..
Again, older HT processors go for rather cheap and may have the right "direct" signal path, high quality connectors and tape/line out. These usually have remote source selection which may be convenient for you.
Either of these would be fine, the TGP III is going to price better, I would guess. There is one on Audiogon for $350 IIRC.
From all I could find the Emotiva is identical to the TGP-IV not the III, so I made an offer on it as I did not want to let this one slip by. It is listed at only $225.00, so even if they don't take my offer it still looks like a good buy and it would fit the bill including remote original box etc.
https://app.audiogon.com/listings/processors-emotiva-dmc-1-essentially-identical-to-sunfire-tg-iii-2015-07-05-home-theater-97405-eugene-or
That is a terrific discount and really looks like the OEM product for both the Sunfire and Emotiva is the same.
Hopefully they don't use lesser parts - not that I have a reason to believe so, just that they have been coming out with new versions of some products with major parts upgrades, e.g. their top preamp.
Well they accepted my offer of 200 plus 55 shipping so definitely a good deal and thanks so much for the guidance!!
Congrats on the new toy.
Thanks did you see this one, even better price and not a bidding situation like the Sunfire. is the quality as good with the Emotiva?
https://app.audiogon.com/listings/processors-emotiva-dmc-1-essentially-identical-to-sunfire-tg-iii-2015-07-05-home-theater-97405-eugene-or
This Aragon would fit the bill correct? plus there is a TGP III for which I have a remote,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aragon-Stage-One-Pre-Amp-THX-Ultra2-Certified-With-Pronto-NEO-Remote-/321798526281?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aecafd549
TGP III
http://www.ebay.com/itm/291506290787?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Would the Sunfire TGP III series fit the bill?...here is an example if the price stays low..only 10 hrs. left http://www.ebay.com/itm/291506290787?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I have a remote for it as well as I had to replace mine and could only find a III at the time which also works for the 5.
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