Supposing you were to start again

[BigH]

Dont want to turn this into a AVI thread sorry OP but quick question to ADM owners.

Is it possible to buy 2 slave ADM and use those with my existing dac and preamp ? if so how much cheaper would that be.

Ive got 12 preamps and 4 dacs ect so dont need the internal dac and pre of the AVIs.

Out of interest why do you have so many pre-amps?

 

[john dolan]

Dont want to turn this into a AVI thread sorry OP but quick question to ADM owners.

Is it possible to buy 2 slave ADM and use those with my existing dac and preamp ? if so how much cheaper would that be.

Ive got 12 preamps and 4 dacs ect so dont need the internal dac and pre of the AVIs.

Out of interest why do you have so many pre-amps?

Ive been buying hifi for 40 years and i hardly ever sell anything so ive got a dozen or so of most things and i like to build things like preamps like this

https://sites.google.com/site/ayupfromdik/files/seiden2.JPG?attredirects=0&d=1

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/passivepre.jpg

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/johnstvcnew.jpg

 

[steve_1979]

Dont want to turn this into a AVI thread sorry OP but quick question to ADM owners.

Is it possible to buy 2 slave ADM and use those with my existing dac and preamp ? if so how much cheaper would that be.

Ive got 12 preamps and 4 dacs ect so dont need the internal dac and pre of the AVIs.

If you want to use your own DAC and pre-amp you can plug then into the analogue inputs on the ADM's.

 

[john dolan]

My main source is Gyrodec Garrard 401 or SME20 so dont need speakers with onboard dac so just wondered if there was a cheaper version of just plain actives is all.

 

[steve_1979]

They don't make just slave versions of the ADM's.

I doubt that they would be much cheaper though because the DAC and pre-amp sections are relatively cheap compared to the drivers, amps and enclosures.

 

[john dolan]

NP Steve as i said ill wait and see how the Westlake amps are but if i go for something active its most probably be PMC or ATC.

 

[steve_1979]

If you do consider actives give Quested a go too (if you can live with the way they look). IMO Quested are better value for money than either ATC or PMC.

 

[john dolan]

If you do consider actives give Quested a go too (if you can live with the way they look). IMO Quested are better value for money than either ATC or PMC.

Thanks.

 

[john dolan]

With a 5k budget you could make a great DIY system

This amp cost a grand

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/smevalvesMedium.JPG

then maybe another 1.5 for the WAD preamp and phono stage and psu.

Thes speakers cost only about 300 or so for the kit

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/ipls3.JPG

 

[hoopsontoast]

With a 5k budget you could make a great DIY system

This amp cost a grand

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/smevalvesMedium.JPG

then maybe another 1.5 for the WAD preamp and phono stage and psu.

Thes speakers cost only about 300 or so for the kit

https://sites.google.com/site/dikdolan/ipls3.JPG

I would agree, £5k would get you just about all the hifi you could want in the DIY world, even if you specified exotic speaker drivers.

There are quite a few speaker types that are not really catered for in the commercial market.

Obviously, the downside is that its not really plug-and-play which some people might want if they were spunking £5k on a hifi.

 

[AL13N]

EDIT: Started again and loving it!

 

[lpv]

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