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post #16 of 19
2/8/12 at 7:13pm

Can any of you tell the difference between amps during these tests?

 

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Originally Posted by liamstrain View Post

My personal experience:

McIntosh 275 monoblocks, Magnepan (unknown model), Theil (3.7) and Wilson Audio speakers (Sophia) , Audio Quest, Nordost Valhalla and a few lesser priced cables (Kimber). Source was a Krell SACD (I do not recall model), via McIntosh C2300 pre-amp. 

 

In blind and sighted testing over a few weeks, none of us were able to discern a difference in the cables. In the end, he opted for the Kimber because he liked the look and the price was the best of the ones he tried. 

 

My experience is also the one backed up by ALL the objective data currently to be found. 

 

*shrug*

 

But like I said, we don't need to rehash this here. 



 

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post #17 of 19
2/8/12 at 7:16pm

There was only one amp rig being tested, so I can not say for sure. I expect that I would be able to tell between a tube vs SS rig under these conditions, but likely not between two different SS rigs, but did not have the opportunity (and won't - he has moved across the country, and my set up is much more modest, just some early McIntosh SS gear).

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post #18 of 19
2/10/12 at 2:49pm
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Hey, not sure if you guys are still reading this thread (OR to anyone else),

 

 

 

BUT, I just read that the e9 is a preamp & amp. what's the point of a pre-amp?

ANYWAY, I'm not sure how all this works, but can I use the e9 as a preamp with my turntable and EF2A??

 

What would I do? feed the turntable into the e9 line in (probably through a splitter so I can keep my DAC connected to it), and then e9 pre-out to EF2A in.

 

 

 

 

thanks

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post #19 of 19
2/10/12 at 2:57pm

The E9 does not have a phono stage, so while you could do that with a different line level source - you could not with the Turntable. 

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