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Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET 2688 
Good luck with that ....:-) 2687 
Yes, it is about my sources 2687 
Gain vs. Output Impedance vs. Z 2686 
Gain management 2686 
It is simple and not. 2686 
Oh, low voltage sources... 2686 
Only with a preamp 2686 
It was all in there, somewhere 2686 
A preliminary valve list 2682 
Sometime less is more... 2681 
Still only a thought bubble 2680 
Very interesting... 2680 
Phasure is a very experimental company 2680 
A long story about Phasure and the Placette 2680 
Expedited sound 2680 
Very interesting. 2679 
Streaming Sound as Pivot 2679 
Streaming is a second class source 2679 
Streaming vs. Streaming. 2679 
You may well be right... 2679 
We have different definitions of streaming 2679 
Experimental is not bleeding edge. 2678 
It's 1.25VRMS output 2678 
Sometime a cigar is not a just a cigar.. 2678 
So playful 2678 
An adagio... 2677 
I finally measured the dac output 2677 
Burson and SMD 2673 
The Placette has died 2667 
Not necessarily... 2666 
The damn wall wart 2664 
My experience might be limited but.... 2664 
It's not just the dac... 2664 
DHT Preamp update 2216 
Very interesting, how does it Sound? 2214 
Active vs. Passive Placette? 2214 
Nice 2214 
Active for sure 2214 
Of cause but I do not know if it maters. 2212 
Listening to the 10y 2212 
Congratulations on your next step! 2211 
My view of the situation. 2211 
Me too... 2210 
Transparency 2209 
An important note 2208 
Clarification 2208 
Polarity? 2206 
You are getting somewhere... 2205 
DHT's tested 2203 
Three preamps compared 2203 
More thoughts... 2203 
The last paragrapher worth to read a few times... 2203 
All sources 2203 
I think you are done then 2203 
All for nought? 2194 
Your enviable situation 2194 
Do not ask me how I know it. 2193 
No questions asked 2192 
Preamp details 1588 
Oops 1521 
Some more on my needs 1520 
The known good solution 1520 
Yes but... 1519 
Damnable Type 10's 1517 
Thanks goodness we are not soldering resistors ;) 1517 
801A preamp 1120 
With Headphones? 1119 
Dannoys 1119 
Attenuation? 1119 
Electrostats 1119 
It is alive! 1119 
Thank you! 1119 
Get more DB from you tuner 1117 
Not necessary now 1117 
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