jaysung;410341 Wrote: > That is the question. > How do you use your transporter? > Directly into main amps or have you got a pre? > Why? Security? Sound quality? More sources than just the transporter? > I think Cliveb said that one of the biggest improvements he made was > removing the pre. > So signal path gets shorter? Sound gets better? > A friend of mine said that a main amp needs an apropriate driver (not > sure about my translation to English here) and most sources were to > weak to drive the main amp. Didn't quite understand what he meant but > took it for it. He's doing hifi for more than 20 years now. > What do you think? > Is a pre needed with a transporter? > Why? > Or is it better to just go the direct route to the power amp? > Thanks for any enlightenment on the obscure nature of hifi.
Don't know that I would say anything is best! I think what matters is how it sounds to the end user. The end user should have his or her own opinion not take the word of somebody else that even has the same equipment. The other person probably has a different room for the equipment and a different taste of what sounds best to them. Having said that, they are always common sense things when it comes to equipment. In most cases, the less in the signal path the better. I think what the friend is trying to say is that one can't get the maximum gain out of an amp using only a component's line level out. The idea with line level out is to create a level of output from a component that was within a range to be enough signal to drive a pre-amp. Line level can drive an amp, but it was meant to drive a pre-amp. Personally for me, I do like the TP straight into my amp when using the XLRs. But that way has no attenuators to protect the amp and speakers. So I use XLRs into my VTL, XLRs into the Mono Blocks, and it sounds very good to me. I have more control options that way also. The TP sounds pretty great using the RCAs into fixed or variable attenuators into the amp, they just isn't as much gain to drive the amps to maximum performance (but still enough to damage speakers if there is a malfunction). If you have an amp that's easy to drive and don't need a pre-amp for other sources, give it a try and see what you think about the sound. But remember the attenuators, as they are the only thing protecting ones amp and speakers if there is a malfunction with the Transporter. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Expedition: SB3, ToughBook ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61821 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
