Originally Posted by
Giovanni68
Just wondering, since I'm not using the turntable at all I'd like to give it a try to go from the Caiman straight to the power amp instead of passing through the Audio Research SP9 preamp just for the sake of trying to figure if there's any difference.
I use a SEG as a pre-amp directly into a Naim NAP 100 power amp. It works perfectly and delivers amazing results. Just set the pre-amp switch on the SEG
The only thing I had to do was to run an earth lead from the Naim's casing to the SEG's earthing point to remove an earth loop hum - I cannibalised the proprietary Naim connecting lead for this!
To be honest, if you only have digital sources, I don't see any point in using a separate pre-amp these days, provided your DAC has sufficient inputs and a variable output.
Bit-perfect Streaming: Raspberry Pi 2 & HiFiBerry Digi+ & MoodeAudio; DAC: Beresford Caiman SEG; Power Amp: Naim NAP 100; Speakers: PMC TB2i
Recording: Mics: 2 X DPA 2011C, 2 X Line Audio OM1, 2 X Line Audio CM3, 2 X Calrec CM652D, iSK SM168, 2 X Behringer C4; Recorder: Zoom F8; Zoom H4N; Interfaces/Mixers: Sound Devices USBPre-2, Behringer Xenyx 802, Monitors: KRK Rokit 6