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RE: Warming the Sound

My rig:

VPI Aries Extended
Dynavector 20x2H
Audio Research PH3SE
Signal Cable Silver cable from RT to phono preamp and from phono pre to preamp
Audio Research LS17 preamp
PS Audio Perfect Wave DAC with Bridge Ii
Cambridge Audio 840C or Audio Research CD3
Morrey XLR from both DAC and CDP to preamp

Source components plugged into PurePower 2000
Mostly Pangea 14 for components

Signal Cable XLR from preamp to AES SixPac
Running Springs Maxim for SixPac monos
Analysis Plus Silver Oval from amp to speakers
Merlin TSM-MXE on sand-filled Osiris stands

GIK acoustic treatment throughout room

This, to me, is actually a pretty awesome rig. Sounds fantastic (at least the digital) and the vinyl sounds between okay to occasionally excellent - read below.

Part of it might just be psychological. The digital part of the rig has way more volume than the analog part. Whenever I go from CD to a record I have to turn the volume up by quite a bit. For some reason, I'm hesitant and reluctant to turn the volume on the preamp past halfway, which I need to do, to get enough volume on vinyl.

I added a Singlepower MPX3 (6sn7 headamp with output) into the chain. I went from PH3SE to the SP then to the LS17. I was able to use the volume on the headamp going into the preamp to essentially match the volume of both my digital and analog sources.

I then compared record and digital on two records (D. Fagen The Nightfly and D. Grusin Mountain Dance). When I did it this way the sound quality was pretty similar. So maybe I just needed to not look at how much volume was being used on the preamp.

I did, however, remove the resisters I had soldered into the PH3SE and brought the unit back to stock 47k impedance. Not sure if this had anything to do with it or not as to what I heard.





"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)


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  • RE: Warming the Sound - AudioDwebe 01/19/2008:49:50 01/19/20 (1)

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