Interesting. It’s a very highly regarded pre amp for the money. I was actually looking at the top of the line McIntosh unit, but decided spending 2k was overkill, although I still need a way to digitize my records, which it offered in addition to a mono mode. This according to the articles/reviews I read does everything I need it to. I did purchase a recommended tube upgrade from Amazon.
although I still need a way to digitize my records
Forgive my ignorance but that room looks like sound would bounce around it like a super-ball in a squash court, no?
Most definitely, it is a live room. I am going to put treatment on the ceiling and possibly behind the speakers. I have a ver live room at my office and I was successful at stopping the echo.
I use a Music Hall USB turntable with a Grado Green cartridge hooked up to my laptop on which I'm running some version of Roxio Media Creator, but Audigy would work just as well. I record to WAV, burn to CD, and then rip to FLAC and MP3. (I like to have physical media backups just in case.) It works well for me.
What kind of a treatment will you use?
Will have to figure something out that looks nice.
Persian rugs.
You can have a lot of fun with tube rolling in those. They take 12ax7’s so the options are plentiful and you can hear the differences in the tube box. My friend runs a pair of vintage Bugle boys in his- they match up well to his system.
https://upscaleaudio.com/collections/preamp-tubes
As days roll by, my amazement at this pre amp increases. Yesterday, Days Of Future Passed” was rendered in a soundstage and rich detail, I’d never experienced before. Then I put on AJA …. It does seem to help to switch the unit on to warm for a bit prior to use. Guess thats SOP for tube gear.
It does seem to help to switch the unit on to warm for a bit prior to use. Guess thats SOP for tube gear.
Persian rugs.
Yup, I usually give my gear about 20 minutes at idle before I play anything, otherwise it usually sounds like shit. My ARC SP3 actually sounds defective for the first 10 minutes, then sounds compressed and tired for the next 20, then magically starts to open up.
By the second side of an album the speakers disappear. Considering it’s almost the same age I am, I understand- it takes me about 30 minutes to be any kind of functional in the morning.
This is the reason I never turn off my pre-amp, power amp & turntable power supply 👍
