Preamp advice?
apples60
Posts: 29
in Electronics
Hello I was wondering about a Yamaha cx1000 verses a Marantz 1060 or 3200 series preamp.Thanks in advance.
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Care to fill in the picture a bit?
What are you looking to do? What other gear are you going to be using it with? Is cost a consideration? Have you located acceptable specimens?“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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Thanks for your response daddyjt. I'm currently running a Yamaha RX A840 receiver as my main piece. I have a Yamaha M-80 driving a set of Polk SDA 1c's as my front mains and I have 2 H/K Citation 22's driving a set of Polk monitor10a's and a set of SDA CRS's . I'm also currently using a pair of Advent 3's as my center channel.They are being powered by the receivers power. This is all set up in my home theater setup. But I also listen in a two channel mode as well.I guess I'm trying to determine what type of preamp would be best for my application.
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I did mean a ca1000 though.
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Are you looking to peel-off a pair of your speakers and one of your amps from the HT setup, and create a dedicated 2ch setup?
Inserting a preamp between your receiver and your current main channel amp is not a particularly favorable option - You're adding something in the signal chain that will not be adding anything of value. Even assuming either of those three preamp options has better sonic characteristics (not a given) than your current AVR - Any sound degradation/artifacts that the AVR imparts will still be present after passing through your new preamp....“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Thanks for your input . My receiver doesn't have a phono stage built in it. And I've been thinking about adding the preamp for that purpose. Although I don't have tons of vinyl I do have some. Really I listen to air play or my iPod's . Just want to listen to some non compressed music.Im really happy with my sound quality that I currently have. So maybe just a phono amp would be best. Thanks again for your input.
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Yes - snag a decent phono stage for around $200, and save a TON of hassle!“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -
Thanks for your input.
