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Post by southall1998 on Dec 9, 2015 12:51:02 GMT
I'd love a blend of Sugden and Roksan sounds. Still searching but ever hopeful  Roksan & Sugden. That's like comparing the working class to the middle class S. |
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 9, 2015 13:00:45 GMT
Loads of candidates out there! - Sugden and Roksan are fairly extreme examples of their kind, imo. Lots of amps sit somewhere inbetween. |
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Post by southall1998 on Dec 11, 2015 20:49:42 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 12:44:55 GMT
I do wish people would stop calling a passive control unit a 'preamp'. It's nothing of the sort!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2015 13:27:46 GMT
I guess it might have more to do with ensuring it pops up on the biggest number of keyword searches. If the Alps pot is genuine, it's a pretty good price.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 13:47:25 GMT
Yes I suspect you're right, Andrew.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 12, 2015 16:49:14 GMT
The one that annoys me most is calling headphone amps 'head amps' .....grrrrr.
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 12, 2015 20:08:13 GMT
I do wish people would stop calling a passive control unit a 'preamp'. It's nothing of the sort! How about calling them preattenuators? |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 20:14:12 GMT
Yep, that'll fit!
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 12, 2015 20:34:51 GMT
But by that logic even an active preamp is only a preamp if the volume setting is at greater than unity gain.  |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 20:36:44 GMT
I thought the name is only for passives?
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 12, 2015 21:00:24 GMT
I thought the name is only for passives? Now you've lost me!  |
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Post by southall1998 on Dec 12, 2015 21:03:27 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 12, 2015 21:03:46 GMT
"preattenuator"?
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 12, 2015 21:34:00 GMT
Ah, OK. My point was that even a 'real' preamp doesn't always amplify, it just can if you want it to. So a preamp isn't a preamp when it is set to less than unity gain. Anyway - a little off topic here.  That is a seriously gorgeous looking platform, Shane!  |
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Post by southall1998 on Dec 17, 2015 23:29:04 GMT
My Roksan is currently being borrowed to be used in another system. For the time being I'll be using my backup Quad 303 power amp. For the last 2 hours I've been listening to the Quad, driving a pair of Neat Critique II speakers. CD Player is the Linn Mimik, The control is just a single in/output volume pot in a box. Cables are NVA LS3 speaker wires. Interconnects are Klotz MC5000/Merlin Elgar. I can't really describe the sound I'm experiencing. At a guess, the best description is slightly ''chameleon like'' added with a touch of ''matter of fact''. If the album is white, the system performs out in white. The other album could be black, the system performs out in black. I'm still trying to adjust to the Quad 303's slightly laid back bass. But I'm liking its almost ''fit and forget'' kind of sound. To a degree I can understand why some studios use Quad amps! So, any album with a nasty/good recording, will come out like it is with this system. Neat have always made fantastic speakers. All the Neats I have heard are fast, dynamic and explicitly musical. Neat speakers sound just a tad like Royds, but more sober S.     |
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Post by southall1998 on Dec 18, 2015 23:50:17 GMT
Some more pics. Just gave the system a wee tidy. The Quad 303 is built like a brick shit-house. A true classic!! The £40 I paid for the volume box, I just can't really argue. It feels well made and looks of fairly good quality. S.      |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 7:18:20 GMT
I do wish people would stop calling a passive control unit a 'preamp'. It's nothing of the sort! Isn't it called a preamp because it's fitted before an amplifier? It must be true, because it says so on Wiki - here |
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Post by jandl100 on Dec 19, 2015 7:22:56 GMT
so in that case a loudspeaker is a postamplifier? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 7:40:51 GMT
Is a loudspeaker still called a loudspeaker when you play your music quietly? |
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