82 input question

Posted by: Alex S. on 10 August 2001

No more jokes, a serious question.

Why did a dealer tell me that I should use the Tuner input on my 82 for my CD player? He mentioned something about the standard CD input being buffered, is this true, and if so, does it matter?

ps I don't use a tuner.

Posted on: 10 August 2001 by Alex S.
but have you tried the tuner input at all?

Alex

Posted on: 10 August 2001 by Chris Dolan
Out of curiousity I have just changed inputs.

I am using a cdx/xps (no other inputs used - until tommorow). The rest of the system is 82/Hicap/250/sbls.

IMO the cd input (2) is better.

Chris smile

Posted on: 10 August 2001 by Paul B
IMO the tuner input on my 52 is significantly better than any other including the CD input. This was true on my 102 previously as well. I have tried both my LP12/Linto and 02 in both inputs and the tuner input was better with both sources. Why the CD and tuner inputs differ, I don't know.

Now, how tight are your locking rings?

Paul

Posted on: 10 August 2001 by Bosh
I have posted my ex dealers (no longer trading) views on this whose view I trusted who insisted Naims view was to use the tape inpur for "critical" sources as they sounded better due to their configuration. Done it but not a/b'ed it. Give it a try
Posted on: 11 August 2001 by Alex S.
and he said that inputs 2 & 3 (ie CD & Tuner) should be identical. 4,5 & 6 are buffered and should not sound as good for CD (or tuner) replay.

I've swapped 2 & 3 about and most of the time think I can't hear a difference but at other times think that input 2 sounds marginally better.

Thanks for your replies.

Alex

Posted on: 11 August 2001 by David Dever
quote:
I've swapped 2 & 3 about and most of the time think I can't hear a difference but at other times think that input 2 sounds marginally better.

...'cos it's closest of the DIN inputs to the 729 buffer stage (though the BNC inputs are closest--the only current preamp to offer this preference).

On the 52 and 102, input 3 does seem to sound the best (no Prefix power or record outputs, either).

All five DIN inputs are identical with regards to input impedance, feeding the time-aligned filter/buffer stage; what Mark (er, which Mark?) may have referred to was the buffered record outputs on 4, 5, & 6.

Dave Dever, NANA