Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"

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jmimac351

Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #40 on: 19 Mar 2025, 02:03 pm »
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Cut-Throat

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Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #41 on: 20 Mar 2025, 05:28 pm »
Wire is crazy... spooky.  Matter of fact, if I were considering another piece of gear, I would be thinking of how much $$$ the wire is going to cost me as well.  I have found that wire is absolutely a Component.  I have a piece that has DAC / PEQ / Preamp All In One... studio grade equipment.  It's not my "main preamp"... but it could be at exponentially lower cost.  Besides the cost of the piece, that makes for eliminating a few cables as well... simplification. Point being, if someone can use an All In One piece as a preamp it can help save money for the wire people don't realize they need.  It can make a lot of sense.

How do you go about selecting wire to actually listen to?
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jmimac351

Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #42 on: 23 Mar 2025, 01:50 pm »
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Cut-Throat

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Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #43 on: 23 Mar 2025, 02:49 pm »
  That cable was the Cardas Clear Sky XLR in 1M length.  I put it between my Ayre QX-5 Twenty and and Ayre KX-R Twenty.  The impact was instant, obvious... and shocking.  For the first time, I heard what "wire" was about. 

OK, so what is the physical construction of this cable?  --- Material, Gauge, shielding etc.

jmimac351

Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #44 on: 23 Mar 2025, 03:11 pm »
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corndog71

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Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #45 on: 23 Mar 2025, 04:18 pm »
I would also suggest Iconoclast cables which also have an excellent trial period / return policy.

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Re: Looking for new Line Stage Preamp "ideas & opinions"
« Reply #46 on: 23 Mar 2025, 09:08 pm »
I have posted an internal build pic of the Raven Preamp over in the Spatial Circle with build impressions. https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=189142.msg2005987#msg2005987