No pre-amp at all??

shack

Since Cathy already told me I was right, I'm not going to express any more opinions on this thread, even though I have some. I'm still livin the moment.

TroyD

I hear ya, cochise....

The output of the CD8b was on the order of 2.2 - 2.4....in that neighborhood.

It's pretty high, I used one with a passive pre for quite awhile with great results.

BDT

shack

RuSsMaN wrote:

Yeah Noel, I've got some CD8b manuals somewhere, I'll see what it is exactly. It was much louder than the Cal Audio running them without a DAC - through the DAC it made no difference which CDP was hooked up.

Noel must have edited what this refers to. It does however remind me that when I first got my NAD T572 CD Changer I did a comparison with my D500SE. I connected both into the ELP and syncronized two copies of the same CD so that I could switch from source to source to compare the two. There was a SUBSTANTIAL difference in the sound level between the two sources (the CA was much louder). The CA was 2.4Vrms vs the NAD which was 2.0Vrms both through the analog outputs. I could be wrong but that difference seems much more insignificant than the difference I heard. Since it is obvious from this excercise that output from different sources is not uniform then the sound level going to an amp directly is NOT necessarily what the sound engineer intended but is still dependent upon the source equipment.

ND13

Okay, just got through with a few songs on DSOM and it was really clear and loud, but not to the point of damaging the speakers at all. I'd say except for a little hiss that is more than likely due to the original mix, it sounded great. Now did it sound as good as with the Dodd, well...let's just say it was different, very analytical. Maybe I'll try it again once I get a tube amp.

reeltrouble1

How did Big Daddy fall asleep on this thread, I could of said so much, of course its already been said and not that it would of mattered. Back to bed.

RT1

madmax

All I can say to Big Daddy is "Don't try this with the silver 9t's!"
madmax

audiobliss

shack wrote:

There was a SUBSTANTIAL difference in the sound level between the two sources (the CA was much louder). The CA was 2.4Vrms vs the NAD which was 2.0Vrms both through the analog outputs. I could be wrong but that difference seems much more insignificant than the difference I heard.

That makes me think about the HU in my car and how its preouts are 6.5V. I wonder how loud that'd be if I hooked it up to a HA amp.