AVA T7 Impressions - bryan - Amp/Preamp Asylum

AVA T7 Impressions

Posted by bryan (A) on July 29, 2003 at 09:10:45

Yesterday I received a T7 and have been listening to vinyl with it for quite a few hours yesterday. Prior to this I was using an EAR 834P c/w volume pot, direct to my amps. I have heard a couple of different preamps in my system, most recently the Bent TVC. I have not heard an active preamp in my current system.

The T7 is a fantastic linestage. It has all of the transparency that I am used to with what was basically a passive system, with nothing unusual or negative introduced that I could hear, yet it does give a wonderful sense of dynamics and drive that I have not heard before and which is very welcome. The large scale dynamics, contrasting low signal to high signal is quite wonderful and adds a sense of something that live music has that I was missing with a passive pre before. Other than the increased dynamics, and no perceivable loss of transparency, there is not much else to say at this point about the linestage section.

I did briefly compare the T7 onboad phono section to the 834P thru the T7 and at first I would say the 834P is smoother sounding and the T7 more crisp and solid like.

Bryan

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Topic - AVA T7 Impressions - bryan 09:10:45 07/29/03 (23)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - darkstar 18:46:36 07/29/03 (0)

Anyone got a take on the sonics of the T5 vs. T7.... - Marc Bratton 16:06:48 07/29/03 (2)

Re: Anyone got a take on the sonics of the T5 vs. T7.... - bryan 20:50:54 07/29/03 (1)

Well - I've had my T7 for over a year.................. - Cut-Throat 16:05:46 07/30/03 (0)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Marc Bratton 15:56:18 07/29/03 (1)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Tyson 16:23:12 07/29/03 (0)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Tyson 09:30:34 07/29/03 (16)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - bryan 10:06:30 07/29/03 (14)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Tyson 12:03:59 07/29/03 (13)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - rp1@surfnetusa.com 23:58:09 07/29/03 (12)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Tyson 09:56:40 07/30/03 (11)

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Re: AVA T7 Impressions - gme109 22:26:12 08/01/03 (7)

Re: AVA T7 Impressions - rp1@surfnetusa.com 05:04:38 08/02/03 (0)

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Re: AVA T7 Impressions - Cut-Throat 09:46:41 07/29/03 (0)

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