Amp/Preamp Asylum Looking for a new Amp or Preamp? If you're after tubes, post over here.

---

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Amp/Preamp Asylum ]

---

[ Alert Moderator ]

---

RE: Active is the way to go.

Posted by billmilosz@aol.com on May 26, 2007 at 14:21:09

In Reply to: Active is the way to go. posted by Ozzie on May 26, 2007 at 12:28:28:

Nothing sounds the way I want it- which is PERFECT!! :-o

The main reason I want to do this is I assume that if the designer of the amp - John Curl- is doing it, then it must make it sound better.... I know this is perhaps unscientific.

Frankly, I would bet at least even money that I COULD NOT hear the difference between a class A power amp and A/B amp of similar power in A/B/X blind study. My ears aren't so great, in terms of hearing all these fine differences. For example I have a hell of a time hearing why the SACD version of Kind of Blue is better than the CD version - I've synced the two versions up, the CD on a 1983 (!) NAD cd player and the SACD on a $1,500 SACD player - and carefully matched the levels using an osciloscope - and neither I nor my pro musician friend could hear a difference. (On SOME direct-to-DSD SACDs I THINK I hear that the SACD allows one to hear the various instruments recorded more clearly distince from each other, but even that conclusion is tenuous.)

But I have the "audiophile habit" and since I'm an engineer my impulse is to take the top off and start poking around.

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Signature Sound

[ Signature Sound Lounge ]

---

[ Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]

---

[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]

---