I've used many ICs including Tara Labs master G2/Decade/The One,Cardas Golden Reference,VDH Silver 65G, Siltech FTM-3 G3. Now I'm setteled on XLO Unlimited Edition accompanying with XLO Signature2 PCs for Sony SCD-777ES and Supratek Syrah. What I can say is that the higher tiers of XLO sound like high quality analog. Very balanced, natural, musical. Never lack of dynamic and detail. In my humble audio set, which consists of Apogee Stage/Mentmore M-200/Sony 777 /Syrah, XLO are much better than the ICs I tried before(only The One can peer but with different taste). Now I want know how much better the XLO LE is.
XLO, Cardas vs Tara Labs, MIT: which ones?
I am looking to improve my system by replacing my Tara Lab Decade IC, looking for getting increase speed, presence and "air". I am considering XLO Unlimited / Signature 5.1 and Cardas Golden Cross Reference. I am also questionning whether I should also replace my MIT cable..
Has anybody compare those cables? Any suggestions?
My listening tastes privilege the musical balance, speed and "air", as well as the tone harmony, rather than hearing every single tiny details... In a nutshell, music that lives and breaths! I am listening mainly jazz, blues and (baroque)classical music.
System / Cables [in the same order: Source to Speakers]
LINN Ikemi + CHORD DAC64 + Spectral DMC30 + Linn Klimax 500 + Maggie 3.6
HT Cyber Platinum + Tara Decade + MIT-Spectral ULII-350CVT + XLO Signature 5.1
Has anybody compare those cables? Any suggestions?
My listening tastes privilege the musical balance, speed and "air", as well as the tone harmony, rather than hearing every single tiny details... In a nutshell, music that lives and breaths! I am listening mainly jazz, blues and (baroque)classical music.
System / Cables [in the same order: Source to Speakers]
LINN Ikemi + CHORD DAC64 + Spectral DMC30 + Linn Klimax 500 + Maggie 3.6
HT Cyber Platinum + Tara Decade + MIT-Spectral ULII-350CVT + XLO Signature 5.1