audio-talk

You could have a proper disco with them!

From what you say,it sounds like the amp is now less sensitive than it was. Perhaps the passive pre is struggling to drive the amp?

If you have a dac it's worth using the digi out from the Sky box. Quite a bit better than the analogue outs imho.

I waited for the Touch because it will play files from a directly attached HD,which is what I was looking for as I find having a pc on distracting when I want to listen. Sounds great from it's analogue outs to my ears.Can be bettered with a good dac though there's not a great deal in it.

I have two-the Valab and an Audionote.I use the AN on my Squeezebox for moozic,and the Valab hangs off the end of our Sky+ box. Both are definately an improvement on the analogue output stages of the sources.

BTW,hope I didn't offend you at Eggy Steve, I like to think we all know each other well enough to be honest about what we hear without any offence being taken. I only ever mean what I say constructively

Yes,I thought the same Steve,driving the 100k Pre 2, but the Valab was definately better in the bass. May be down to the dac rather than the output cap though.

You won't be disappointed, it's a great bit of kit.

Definately a Touch. I heard the Duet Nick had-only a quick listen-but I was distinctly unimpressed. The Touch on the other hand is a great sounding bit of kit,even from it's analogue outputs. Add a decent dac and it's even better. Bugs have been pretty much ironed out now and mine works seamlessly. ...

Ah,used the same value myself,but I wonder if a higher value would've been better. Mine died so I bought a Valab NOS 2 box dac from ebay. This has passive output but uses 10uF. Much better bass was my immediate impression. Different dac I know,but I suspect the cap value does make the difference.

Great stuff Steve,glad it's made such an improvement. Like to hear the dac sometime,along with the forthcoming Audiolab dac,which has been getting some hype. As for the bass issue, did your Beresford have the passive mod? If so,what value cap did you use?

Shame they're not that slow to take it off you!

Sorted! You can use it for yours too.

Yeah we could hire in a fleet of gennie sets to power it!

Aye that's the way it happens. It's all over before you realise something's not quite right...