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In Reply to: Nobody really knows the answer to the question "Why?" posted by Charles Hansen on April 11, 2006 at 19:17:16:
Mr. Hansen should include one more component in his list of distinguished preamplifiers: the conrad johnson Act II. I was using the Placette passive preamp before the Act II arrived two weeks ago. (I never touch the volume control on the dCS Elgar Plus DAC; I'm told it degrades the sound, so run the DAC wide open.) Now that the cj has broken in, my reaction is definitely WOW! It even beats my old CAT Ultimate. Anyone who thinks all active preamps are a negative has simply never heard a really good one.
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- Re: Nobody really knows the answer to the question "Why?" - anthonyh 04/12/0610:45:30 04/12/06 (16)
- Re: Nobody really knows the answer to the question "Why?" - LarryI 11:51:15 04/12/06 (10)
- Re: Nobody really knows the answer to the question "Why?" - morricab 01:55:55 04/13/06 (0)
- I too, am still wondering how much gain overkill is necessary (nt) - E-Stat 20:09:06 04/12/06 (8)
- Re: I too, am still wondering how much gain overkill is necessary (nt) - morricab 01:59:05 04/13/06 (7)
- So, how many times must a signal - E-Stat 05:33:03 04/13/06 (6)
- That's what you get for thinking... - Charles Hansen 08:24:53 04/13/06 (5)
- Actually - E-Stat 09:52:19 04/13/06 (4)
- Re: Actually - Charles Hansen 12:06:03 04/13/06 (3)
- Details - E-Stat 12:44:36 04/13/06 (2)
- OK, this makes sense - Charles Hansen 15:21:15 04/13/06 (1)
- I still believe the future is simpler - E-Stat 15:32:01 04/13/06 (0)
- I don't want to be TOO fussy, but the model designation is 'ACT2', :-) ... - jeffreybehr 11:27:24 04/12/06 (4)
- Re: I don't want to be TOO fussy, but the model designation is 'ACT2', :-) ... - anthonyh 12:03:55 04/13/06 (3)
- Mr. Fussy is back. :-) It can't be both Act 2 and ACT2. - jeffreybehr 15:22:13 04/13/06 (2)
- Re: Mr. Fussy is back. :-) It can't be both Act 2 and ACT2. - anthonyh 08:14:28 04/14/06 (1)
- That's what they tell me, too. In fact, Tor, the marketing director... - jeffreybehr 14:11:15 04/14/06 (0)