I have an Audion Silver Night MKII which I love, it is really a power amp but has a volume pot so I currently use as an integrated as only need 1 analogue input....so the question is can the sound be improved with a Pre or is adding another link in the chain pointless..
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24-05-2012, 07:30 PM #1Super Wammer
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24-05-2012, 07:37 PM #2Not sure if serious
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Yes it will improve the sound.
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24-05-2012, 07:42 PM #3Happy Wammer
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the right pre might improve things. Auditioning definitely necessary I would say.
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24-05-2012, 10:02 PM #4Super Wammer
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I compared using an Audion pre with just using the single input on the power amp. It's a very noticeable change. The pre brought more drive and dynamics and generally made things more solid sounding. It also seemed to have more headroom before it ran out of breath.
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24-05-2012, 10:18 PM #5Mono-maniac
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Don't know if Audion have changed their guidelines but they used to say that it wasn't a volume pot, but a 'variable sensitivity' control to help with matching the power amp with any suitable preamp.
So it's not really a volume control at all ...
Anyway as another Audion owner I can unequivocally say that a pre will improve the sound, in agreement with the comments above.The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory.
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24-05-2012, 10:45 PM #6Super Wammer
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Ok...seems sound advice....any recs for a pre?
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24-05-2012, 10:49 PM #7Mono-maniac
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Depends on budget!
The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory.
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24-05-2012, 10:54 PM #8Super Wammer
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I suppose it is the best I can get for improvement.....second hand £1500?
Originally Posted by montesquieu
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24-05-2012, 11:00 PM #9Mono-maniac
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There's an Audion two-box preamp (gold colour) that I used to own for sale at Definitive Audio.
The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory.
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