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HELP: I’m a line-level looser.
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Re: Switches, an avoidable compromise?
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on: 3/31/2005
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On the line stage I currently use I haven't got around to fitting a selector switch so I really do have to change the cabling arrangement each time I want to listen to a different source. As I only really use 2 sources and occasionally an fm tuner with its own volume control (Leak Troughline, very nice sounding internal buffer circuit) it's not that big a deal. My wife isn't happy about it though. She has to listen to whatever source is connected! At some point I'll have to fit a switch. Perhaps on the new linestage when it's built. Maybe I too will be shocked by how much it messes things up.
Is your quest for the best possible switch or for the whole package?
As Brian says, there will inevitably be some degradation of the sound with whatever switch you use and with whatever buffer you choose. I find that the losses incurred there are far less than the differences in quality between various recordings. It therefore isn't that big an issue. You have to accept sometimes that things are never going to be perfect and just get as near as you can.
I'd be interested to hear what circuits you've tried. Cathode followers used anywhere usually seem to have a shocking effect whenever I hear them. The Leak Tuner mentioned above perhaps being an exception (although that too has a signature albeit quite a pleasant one.)
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