Re: do all pre-amps sound the same?

Harry Lavo <hlavo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Steven Sullivan" <ssully@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> > I'm not seeing strong evidence for 'rolloff' here.  Possibility
> > #1 has by no means been discounted.

> Measurement, no.  But in a system I know and has always sounded "one
way" 
> with much other equipment, and suddenly it is dull and lifeless when
these 
> preamps are inserted....careful listening was used to determine that I 
> wasn't just imagining it involving lots of swapping (yes, Steven, I am 
> objective enough that the thought occurred to me....I often start where
you 
> leave off).  There is a HF rolloff that is pretty severe and sonically
very 
> degrading.  And it is a design parameter, not a flaw...since it exists
no 
> matter which of the three preamps are used with the Outlaws, and it
doesn't 
> exist with any one of three other power amps or with other preamps used
with 
> the same power amps.  And it is infinitely repeatable. 

and again...possibility #1 has by no means been discounted.

Let's assume the 'pretty severe' rolloff is real, though...
have you considered writing to Outlaw Audio?  They could
confirm whether your claim that it's a 'design paramenter'
is true. If it's not not, maybe they'll fix your broken Outlaw
for you.

___
-S 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_sheep