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Well the Khozmo has arrived and been installed.
Not too sure how best to operate it with my HPA which has its own volume pot.
First set the HPA pot to half way and then adjusted Khozmo to suit. More detail than before but some strange faint indiscernible noises.
The HPA is a battery powered valve amp using a 5751 valve and is very quiet.
Then tried with the HPA pot wide open and the Khozmo pot to suit......better but does running the HPA at full volume shorten its life or valve life???
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leaving it full on is closest way to not having it there so sound should be better.
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Why would you want to add a passive pre-amp if your main amp has a volume control anyway?
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Crap volume control in pre?
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You're still running the signal through it though. Better to disconnect it entirely I'd have thought?Originally Posted by Firebottle
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Martin, responded to your PM over on PFM. As others have suggested I would try the Khozmo direct first and see if you still get the issues reported.
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I'm Martin.
Thanks for the responses guys.
I'm not running the Khozmo together with my pre which is a Hovland with a pretty sophisticated attenuator but instead of it.
I am toying with the idea of forsaking the LP12 and the Hovland with its fabulous MC phono stage and have bought the Khozmo to evaluate, and perhaps getting a Hattor and a more modest TT
So far the level of detail with the HPA wide open is considerable
Last edited by ovlov854; 08-02-2019 at 23:05. Reason: clarity
Lumley Heliosphere Audiomods 5
Voyd Valdi AN Arm 1 V2 and Denon MC
Audiomeca Talisman Highly Modded
Audiomeca Kreatura &,SW1X DAC1
Hovland HP200 MC
Hovland Radia
Ming Da 805 monos
Magnum Dynalab Etude, RWA Cassabria + LCD 3
Wilson Benesch Actors
Cables by Cardas, Hovland G3 and Yter
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