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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
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Subject: Re: Re: Spring cleaning Preamps (actually CD vs LP)
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 09:26:42 EDT
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>However, if you are willing to spend more money on the analog player,
>then things become confusing. When things are set up properly a good
>analog player is simply amazing. (The LP advocates are knowingly nodding
>their heads and smiling at this point. The CD advocates have already hit
>the 'n' key.) I listened to a small jazz group and could place the exact
>position of each drum and cymbal. Of course the front end cost over
>$3000 (Sota Star Saphire, Souther arm, a Kiseki (I forget which one)
>cart feeding a Klyne pre-preamp). I've never heard such precise imaging
>from a CD. But is this worth $2000?

Absolutely true.  The nature of the technology is such that you need
high quality components at each point in the chain.  I'd take it a
step further than Marty did, and say that a quality preamp is an
absolute necessity also.  For a CD player, the preamp is little more
than a volume control, but for a record player, it provides not only
many times more amplification, but also the RIAA recording
de-emphasis.  Properly done, the amplification and equalization are
transparent, and the preamp adds no sonic signature of its own.  But
a lesser preamp can kill all the magic that $3000 worth of turntable
cartridge and headamp have preserved.

                                        Ben Broder
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