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Posted by: Alex S. on 10 November 2001

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Alex

[This message was edited by Alex S. on SATURDAY 10 November 2001 at 14:08.]

Posted on: 10 November 2001 by Top Cat

After all, you did for the preamp test...

I want to find out what made you go for the DV (if that is the case) over the wee 640s, however....

TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."

Posted on: 10 November 2001 by MarkEJ

You've tried everything else -- why not sample one of these...

Sort of looks vaguely familiar, doesn't it. Not surprisingly!

Best;

Mark

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Posted on: 10 November 2001 by Martin Payne

Go on, post it here.

It's not like Naim sales will immediately plummet around the world!

cheers, Martin

Posted on: 10 November 2001 by MarkEJ

Alex, I'm sure I'm not alone in watching your evolving epiphany with considerable interest. However, from your "spur" thread, I now looks as though you've only just fitted the spur.

Does this mean that all that preamp (and now power amp) agonising took place against a background of powering the kit from a "normal" mains socket? Say it ain't so!

If this is the case, then you have to bear in mind that if you did all the trials again with your spur installed, your conclusions could very easily be entirely different. Certainly when I "did" a spur, any tendency our system had towards grain, harshness, aggression, etc. were eliminated at a stroke. The worse the power situation, the more potentially inviting the sound of gear which is less inherently transparent.

I'm worried now...

Best;

Mark

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forum environment is
better than none)

Posted on: 10 November 2001 by Top Cat

I installed my own 30A dedicated spur a few months back, and whilst I agree that things improve, the general characteristics of hifi systems remain as before - I'd say that, yes, less transparent sources probably improve the least - my old Arcam amp is a good example of such a source - but nevertheless the improvement is not great enough to overwhelm the magnitude of differences between the preamps Alex auditioned, if you get my meaning.

I'm listening right now to the Naim classical sampler (from this month's Gramaphone, a rag I don't normally buy) on a completely non-Naim system with superb transparency, and it's quite something else indeed!

TC '..'
"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."

Posted on: 10 November 2001 by Alex S.

quote:
The worse the power situation, the more potentially inviting the sound of gear which is less inherently transparent.

This bit stops me worrying.

With regard to mains, all the preamps were tested before the spur, the poweramps were tested before and after. A level enough playing field surely.

In the interests of consistency, and to un-clog my email, I'm about to post the results.

Alex