Kenwood L-05M Vintage Amplifier Review

[SIY]

When I play my SMSL D0100 Pro DAC into my Schiit Saga S pre-amp into my four Kenwood L-05M amps powering Vandersteen 2ce Sig II speakers, the sound is unforgivingly fatiguing to my ears, to the point of aggravating my tinnitus (but extremely detailed.) I expect the amps are just providing gain so they are not imparting any warmth to the signal. So my solution was to add a Hagerman Audio Tube Buffer in between the DAC and the pre-amp. Now the sound is wonderful, and the detail level is still very high.

Peeking is a strong drug indeed.

 

[GXAlan]

Full stop there.

But you cannot ignore the rest. Data is data. If I can ABX one day and not the other, it shows the variation in perception.

Here was my post. Logs are in “spoiler tags”

Does DSD recording benefit Japanese traditional instruments?

Is DSD 11.2 MHz "required" for recording taiko drums and Japanese stringed instruments? https://www.phileweb.com/review/column/202303/29/2088.html Original article in Japanese "The powerful and deep ultra-low sound of Japanese taiko drums and the penetrating treble of Noukan and Hichiriki...

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Do you think my control was flawed? Or was the difference so small that after the first day, I could no longer perceive the differences?

10:33:15 : Test started.
10:34:21 : 01/01
10:36:29 : 02/02
10:36:41 : 03/03
10:36:50 : 04/04
10:36:58 : 05/05
10:37:07 : 06/06
10:37:24 : 07/07
10:37:32 : 08/08
10:37:41 : 09/09
10:37:47 : 10/10
10:37:54 : 11/11
10:38:06 : 12/12
10:38:13 : 13/13
10:38:28 : 14/14
10:38:35 : 15/15
10:38:42 : 16/16
10:38:42 : Test finished.

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Total: 16/16
p-value: 0 (0%)

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[SIY]

But you cannot ignore the rest.

The part having nothing to do with the amp? Sure I can, it's not relevant to this discussion.