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- From: daniel@netcom.com (Sam Daniel)
- Subject: Re: is pre-amp necessary for line-level input?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.091530.19374@netcom.com>
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- References: <92365.133647YKWON@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <1992Dec31.014320.9693@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 09:15:30 GMT
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- cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) writes:
-
- >Youngjoon Kwon (415)926-2761 <YKWON@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> writes:
-
- >>To be more specific, I am thinking of purchasing an Acurus amplifier
- >>and I have two choices:
- >>One is more conventional - get a pure power amp, such as A250 and a
- >>separate line preamp, L10.
- >>The other is to purchase a "direct-input-amp" DIA-100, which contains
- >>passive control sections including source-switching and input attenuation.
- >>
- > The short term may be fine, but I have a couple of more long-
- >term items that you may want to consider:
-
- > -1) How will that delicate preamp stage fare over the next few
- > years after it spends a great deal of time next to that
- > hot, noisy amplifier stage?
-
- The preamp stage in the DIA-100 is all passive. the only thing in the
- signal path between the CD player and the amp is the source selector
- switch and the volume control. There should be no degradation in
- quality due to proximity to the amp.
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