Re: do all pre-amps sound the same?

Harry Lavo <hlavo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Steven Sullivan" <ssully@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
> news:ft3ke309su@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > 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

> Again, Steven....I'm ahead of you.  That was one of the first things I
did. 
> They did not come right out and say it, but they did acknowledge that
the 
> input impedance was lower than normal and that some preamps with a
rising 
> high end impedance might affect frquency response. 

How about you reprint what Outlaw actually wrote?