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AV, thank u sir, I have a feeling my Cherry adventure is just beginning...
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Yeah, with the KING STM, you should have PLENTY of clean power! I had the 48v STM and it almost got me to where I wanted but not quite. I have Magnepan LRS's, which are VERY demanding and hard to drive! Tommy and I talked about moving up to the KING, then to a 2-CHerry, then we finally decided on his top of the line Golden Cherry monoblocks. In heaven with this combo! Tommy's electronics are high end! Not high priced. They're just stupid good! And I had his DAC DAC 1HS and I had the EXACT same experience with the STM. When I went DAC straight to the STM and used the volume control on the STM!!!!! Holy smokes! It was so good! I mean a very noticeable difference. Switching back to my pre-amp for volume control still sounds spectacular, but not as good as going straight to the STM. The tradeoffs are convenience for sound quality. Now owning the Golden Cherries, I have to use volume control but am getting a manual, balanced, passive preamp sent to me to try to interfere with the signal as little as possible. Should be as close to a straight pass through signal from source to amps. Here is my set up with STM and now. I’m thinking of trying a pair of the LRS’s! I’m just finding out about these 😲 for $650 how can I go wrong!
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On another subject, when using the amp with a pre amp should the volume always be in full position or is there some kind of balance to consider? Say maybe three quarter on the amp and more volume on the pre...
Setting it to max is OK, but some listeners set it to limit max volume. If you're interested in a MK2 upgrade, please email me at Support@DigitalAmp.com. Thanks.
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I purchased a King STM with the MK2 upgrade from Tommy a couple of months ago (as it turned out, just in time for the Stay At Home) and am loving it. Since I never heard the STM without MK2 I don't know if the upgrade improves the sound quality but it certainly runs cool, barely warm after hours of play. I use a remote Tortuga passive pre, so I have always left the STM at full volume and adjusted the Tortuga volume by remote control.
That’s good to hear, heat is not a friend to electronics. I actually backed the volume to about 1 o'clock on the amp running through my Schiit Saga pre, for whatever reason it sounds a bit better. Something to play with I guess...
