Audiophile Tube Amps and Tube Gear from DECWARE
do you think this is a good design? looks simple enough to copy for my first diy preamp, and i do like how they worded their ad!
do you think this is a good design? looks simple enough to copy for my first diy preamp, and i do like how they worded their ad!
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Hi,
DECWARE is famous for ridiculously over the top claims, if you like
that sort of thing then buyer beware, the reality is never true.
No way, in my modest system, would that improve my CD player.
You can add a triode based buffer for far less, its your wallet.
rgds, sreten.
CD player is a Cambridge Audio CD4SE, it works just fine.
DECWARE is famous for ridiculously over the top claims, if you like
that sort of thing then buyer beware, the reality is never true.
No way, in my modest system, would that improve my CD player.
You can add a triode based buffer for far less, its your wallet.
rgds, sreten.
CD player is a Cambridge Audio CD4SE, it works just fine.
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i only use a dac so a preamp is a must. from what i understand, lampizator line stage is a glorified srpp, correct? i wonder if the circuit exhibits typical PP sound which i'm not too fond of.do you think aikido is a better choice for the smooth euphoria of SE sound that i'm always preferring?
yes, the lampizator is srpp
http://lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/SATCH/IMG_5501.jpg
look at the aikido schematics...
Aikido Amplifier Revisited
see the srpp as first stage?
http://lampizator.eu/LAMPIZATOR/REFERENCES/SATCH/IMG_5501.jpg
look at the aikido schematics...
Aikido Amplifier Revisited
see the srpp as first stage?
how many srpp circuits have you built? can you describe what you mean by "typical PP sound"?
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Definitely more of a tone control than anything I would consider allowing in my own system.
The solution here may be a better dac, this kind of band-aide IMO is really the worst of all worlds, hiding the shortcomings of a bad analog path or other sins in the DAC with an incompetently designed tube stage to add some pleasant sounding colorations to an already apparently unpleasantly colored source. In the end what you loose is some of the music...
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Definitely more of a tone control than anything I would consider allowing in my own system.
The solution here may be a better dac, this kind of band-aide IMO is really the worst of all worlds, hiding the shortcomings of a bad analog path or other sins in the DAC with an incompetently designed tube stage to add some pleasant sounding colorations to an already apparently unpleasantly colored source. In the end what you loose is some of the music...
With you there Kevin, it's not true to the source and a band-aid fix, better off fixing the fault of the source instead of colouring it and losing focus, definition, control and dynamics.
Cheers George
well i have a modded lite dac 60 with reclocker that i (humbly) consider as a commendable piece. the myrefc definitely needs some compensating upstream because the amp itself is a bit clinical to my ears. the dac i know to be able to give me what i want so something has to help out downstream.
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Perhaps what you really need longer term is a less clinical sounding amplifier - harder to achieve initially, but in the long term will be much more musically gratifying. Choices of course depend a lot on the nature and efficiency of the speaker system, the size of your room, preferred listening levels and finally to some degree what sort of music you listen to..
The distortion spectrum which apparently bothers you now will still be there even though somewhat masked by the addition of of harmonic dirt upstream, and ultimately you may find it doesn't address the issue sufficiently..
All IMHO of course, and the ultimate solution will have to be one you can afford, and can live with..
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