Levinson 360s + Sony 9000ES ?


Recently I had achance to a-b 360s and the 9000ES under different conditions. The 360s using Transparent's Ultra xl
and the Sony using Reference xl V which I know is used for tubes output stages. This is the only cable I could get my hands on for this test. Is it me or I can't believe my Sony
9000es was better than the 360s under the conditions I descrbed. My questions Is would I be better off upgrading my interconnects coming out of my Sony 9000ES or keep
the 360s and upgrade at a future date the interconnects?
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Hi Lev335, I'm not saying that the Sony is better just that
the interconnects are making more of a difference. I'm
using 9000es as my transport. Rest of system consist of BAt
vk30se pre, B&W N802, Jeff Rowland 8t amp, Perpetual Technologies upsampler and speaker correction, ASC tube traps, TRansparent Reference speaker wires + 2 sets of ultra
XL (xlr)interconnects, 2 Richard G line conditioners, 2 Transparent Reference digital cables+ 1 Powersnake Cobra
on the pre as my pc. I know the 360s is better, but I'm getting better results by upgrading my interconnect. This
week I will try to audition two sets of Reference XL interconnects to compare. One XLR for the 360s another single ended for the Sony. The Levinson I hear works best
balanced.
Recently just had the chance to finish my evaluation by
findind a Reference XL ss rca cable for my Levinson 360s.
My findings are copletely different than my findings when
I first started this thread. The Levinson finally shwed it's
full potential, even though I know it only gets better if
I had a xlr version of this wire. I guess if you can't afford a cable of this caliber, it's a good idea to audition
a dac like the 360s with cautious. Without this interconnect
I can't justify it's performance. Findings of my test showed me that Reference XL ss gets harmonics right which
is the most impressive character of this interconnect.
More info, more air, transparacy, bass defenition, are other
qualities that make this the best cables that I've heard in
my system.