hello from vienna

[vienna]

Hi everybody,
my name is peter, I am living in vienna

The current system is:
digital source: self made htpc running JRiver
digital player: Oppo 105D
integrated amp: vintage Phillips 970:eyebrows:
speakers: the same
improvement in one-two months: Parasound A21, NuVero110 or B&W CM9 S2, passive preamp DIY, Turntable (which I have to evaluate at first, double hand by chance for new and my old collection as well)

Musical preference is classic, rock, fado
Sources: CD, SACD, hi-res files, vinyl will come soon too

Thanks to have a chance to share a good discussions in forum with all of you
Regards vienna

[flapland]

Hi everybody,
my name is peter, I am living in vienna

The current system is:
digital source: self made htpc running JRiver
digital player: Oppo 105D
integrated amp: vintage Phillips 970:eyebrows:
speakers: the same
improvement in one-two months: Parasound A21, NuVero110 or B&W CM9 S2, passive preamp DIY, Turntable (which I have to evaluate at first, double hand by chance for new and my old collection as well)

Musical preference is classic, rock, fado
Sources: CD, SACD, hi-res files, vinyl will come soon too

Thanks to have a chance to share a good discussions in forum with all of you
Regards vienna

Hello Vienna, this is London calling.

Welcome to the forum, it sounds like you have some nice plans.

[struth]

Welcome to AoS Peter... Sounds like you'll be busy :D

[vienna]

Hi everybody
correct, I´ve a lot to do´s in the near future,
first at all, I have to establishe properly working stereo gear, getting directly connection of Oppo 105D via xlr or rca to Parasound power amp A21 (or A23) and driving of my future purchase target - speakers from Nubert, NuVero110.
Which connectors (unbalanced/balanced) I ´m gonna use (Oppo/A21), depends of A21 gain and given Vrms from Oppo self,
I have to try a different configurations as well (will see)
Next step will be evaluation of passive preamp solutions, maybe as simple DIY project, I thought about switched (stepped) attenuator (eg DACT, Khozmo), LDR (DIY Tortuga), but I am not sure how it will affect the SQ

Parasound P7 (analogue preamp) is also very interested device as well, is giving a lot but cost is >3000$, have to think about it too,
Playing of records by turntable+preamp, is in any case desired too.

God, my wife will not be happy at all,

as I am a new kid in the town, is there some threads about DIY passive preamps?

By the way, Oppo 105D does not have any physical volume knob on case, I can controll volume by remote and it works very fine,
But, I do not like buttons, I like to turn knob with my fingers, so there is an very nice remote solution done by devialet
(http://en.devialet.com/expert/#models/expert-range/le-400/),
Such of device will fine, anybody did some DIY project in this direction?

thanks and rg vienna

[struth]

Have a read through the drawing board...should be some there

[vienna]

probably, I´ll check it tomorrow,
rg vienna

[Ninanina]

probably, I´ll check it tomorrow,
rg vienna
Welcome Peter to the forum

You will definitely like it here .... :)

[CageyH]

This means nothing to me
Oh, Vienna

(Someone had to do it!) :eyebrows:

Welcome aboard.

[vienna]

@Kevin
you´re right, I wrote it in 02:00AM,
now it should be more intelligibly
rg vienna

[Barry]

Welcome to AoS Peter,

Enjoy the Forum

Regards
Barry

[CageyH]

@Kevin
you´re right, I wrote it in 02:00AM,
now it should be more intelligibly
rg vienna

I think you have misunderstood.
http://www.allbum.it/images/ultravox-vienna-1.jpg

No malice meant in my original post, more of a play on words, or lyrics.

[Eagle owl]

Hello and welcome Peter.

Geoff. :wave:

[vienna]

@Kevin no problem, I did not take it as negative critics, just I realised that what I wrote, there was no sense for somebody who gonna read it, that were my caotic thoughts only,
Thanks to all of you for address of welcome
let´s be active in forum from now
rg vienna

[walpurgis]

Hi Peter, welcome from me too.

Enjoy AOS,
Geoff.