Not only that, it’s going up. 3, 4, 5 even 6V is now pretty common.So there's already too much gain with a passive preamp since normal line level input these days is 2V
I know, bonkers . Creek OBH-22 into a Leak 20 into Falcon LS3/5a. -10db Rothwells required to achieve a reasonable turn on the volume knob. The only conclusion I can arrive at is that the Leak is an utter thug with anger issues !
I challenge anyone to find a better £1k amplifier if you have an Allegri in a barn and vaguely sensible speakers. Also, it can be kept running and will gain value.I now have a serious Stereo 20 craving, seeing as my Allegri is just sitting in the barn doing nothing.
I challenge anyone to find a better £1k amplifier......
I know, bonkers . Creek OBH-22 into a Leak 20 into Falcon LS3/5a. -10db Rothwells required to achieve a reasonable turn on the volume knob. The only conclusion I can arrive at is that the Leak is an utter thug with anger issues !
I use an Allegri with a Leak Stereo 20. I'm very happy with this arrangement from a hifi prospective. No remote but I don't find the need change the volume very often. With the Allegri 6 on the clock face is 0. I'm usually at 7 or 8 for most of my listening so quite low on the volume scale. I don't know whether the channel matching is better than a potentiometer at that level but I've no complaints ....I now have a serious Stereo 20 craving, seeing as my Allegri is just sitting in the barn doing nothing.
Oh, I should add my speakers are Proac db1's at 88dB.I use an Allegri with a Leak Stereo 20. I'm very happy with this arrangement from a hifi prospective. No remote but I don't find the need change the volume very often. With the Allegri 6 on the clock face is 0. I'm usually at 7 or 8 for most of my listening so quite low on the volume scale. I don't know whether the channel matching is better than a potentiometer at that level but I've no complaints ....
Some photos of the internals posted here when completed would be interesting to see.if you mean the Leak Stereo 20 I am taking up the challenge as we speak. My Stereo 20 has been rebuilt many times - I learned a lot of my valve knowledge from working on it over the years. When I dropped the global feedback loop and wired the EL84s in triode it immediately turned into a much nicer sound. This then meant rebuilding the front end, so I just used the long tailed pair without the input valve and substituted lower gain tubes - I used a pair of ECC40 for a while, which was a nice sound. I'm currently rebuilding it with a simple type 37 or 76 front end or maybe 6P5GT. Same valve with different sockets, and with a gain of 9 or 14 it's all the gain needed. Phase splitter will be a mosfet splitter.
Upgraded parts right through - 8H choke (2x 100mA in // underneath) and DC Link caps in the PSU, FT-3 teflon coupling caps, AudioNote 100uF Kaisei cathode bypasses in parallel with 100uF Elna Silmic II. The bypass caps took me a week of AB testing to figure out and I went through multiple recommended choices. The OPTs are rewired according to Morgan Jones for optimum performance. It will be another week or two's work but I'm expecting something very nice when it's all done. It's a personal thing - I was with my father when he bought it new many years ago. So it's a kind of homage to my dad. He was always experimenting and redesigned everything.
Oh, I should add my speakers are Proac db1's at 88dB.
Seems like the stars are aligning?This is getting a bit spooky - one of my reasons for putting this off is that I'm not sure how my speakers would work with a Leak. They're ProAc DB1s...
I use an Allegri with a Leak Stereo 20. I'm very happy with this arrangement from a hifi prospective. No remote but I don't find the need change the volume very often. With the Allegri 6 on the clock face is 0. I'm usually at 7 or 8 for most of my listening so quite low on the volume scale. I don't know whether the channel matching is better than a potentiometer at that level but I've no complaints ....
Will have an ST20 for sale soon...This is getting a bit spooky - one of my reasons for putting this off is that I'm not sure how my speakers would work with a Leak. They're ProAc DB1s...