Lightspeed Attenuator

[anubisgrau]

a loss in bass will be gone once you implement the buffers. it's just an impedance mismatch, a usual caveat with the passives. what are the impedances of your source and your power amp?

[john blackburn]

Hi anubisgrau

If I remember rightly the playstation and amp are both 22k, I don't know about the phonostage without digging out diagrams.

The bass loss is negligible and is more than made up for by the improvement in everything else I am enjoying. I see the Nelson Pass B1 buffer is liked with the lightspeed, that could be an option when the budget recovers.

John

[Puffin]

I find I get great bass in fact every night is Paaarrrty night

[Tripmaster]

I find I get great bass in fact every night is Paaarrrty night

I only seem to recall seeing this when I listened to your Lightspeed

[Puffin]

I can only hear the sound of "Carping". Of course I haven't heard yours yet, have I.

[Tripmaster]

I can only hear the sound of "Carping". Of course I haven't heard yours yet, have I.

Mine sounds Brill!

[john blackburn]

I've just had a brief read up on measuring impedance and now realise the figures I thought to be true are total pollocks, disregard my last post.

The new answer to the question "what are the impedances of your source and your power amp?" is I'm sorry, I don't know.

I will read up on it, I totally misunderstood what the term meant.

John

[john blackburn]

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[chrism]

Anyone using the top device with a Beresford Caiman? If so just wondering if the Caiman line out through the Lightspeed betters the Caiman variable out and inbuilt pre?

If so looks like I will have to give it ago as well.

Regards

Chris

[Covenant]

Well I have a lightspeed connected up to my Wolfsoned 7520 and am impressed. Its altered the soundstage in some way so that its become more expansive.
At the moment I am using it with a volume pot in the signal path so the benefit must be limited. Looking forward to trying it witha power amplifier.