an old pioneer SA-9800 was my choice ... paid £275 off ebay and am delighted
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an old pioneer SA-9800 was my choice ... paid £275 off ebay and am delighted
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Location: Netherlands
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I'm Martijn.
From what I understand I can use my Beresford TC-7520 DAC as a Pre.Originally Posted by Themis
Only can't figure out how I can hook it up.
The TC-7520 had RCA out but the Behringer A500 doesn't seem to have RCA in.
Only XLR, jack and someting that looks like a single RCA connector.
Anyone can shine there light on this?
Martijn
Martijn
Mesmer
Location: France
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I'm notAlone.
The A500 has two RCA inputs, no worries : http://www.thomann.de/gb/prod_zoom_AR_183243.html
Dimitri.
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I'm Martijn.
Aha, but how doest it work then.
I have two RCA's coming from the DAC, do I plug one of them in the upper left RCA socket and the other in the upper right RCA socket?
Martijn
Martijn
Mesmer
Location: France
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I'm notAlone.
Yes, you have to use the variable Caiman outputs into the unbalanced upper left and right of the A500, if you want to plug directly to the A500.
Be careful to have the Caiman volume completely down when you power up.
Last edited by Themis; 28-11-2009 at 13:41.
Dimitri.
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Mhhh, searching info on the Behringer A500 I came across this Youtube vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWj5CUl7rio
Don't know how big of a problem it would be for home hifi use but it doesn't look good to me
Martijn
Martijn
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Not a problem running them into a pre with the vol turned fully up methinks? In any case,measured distortion bears little resemblance to what we hear with our ears.If it did,why do so many here favour valve gear? Often,a little second harmonic will actually add to the listenng pleasure.
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