PASS LABS XA-30.5 vs XA-60.5

Thank you Onemug. The needle stays at 12oclock 95% of time except for when i play rock really loud. have you compared the CJ to Pass Labs XP20 preamp. the XP20 is SS and balanced.

Alfa100,
I had the XP20 for about a month. It's a great preamp but ultimately liked the sound I'm getting from my tubed CJ mated with the Pass. Knowing that tubes can sometimes be problematic, I told my Pass dealer that I will just send him a check for the XP20 if I ever start having problems with tubes. So far the CJ ART and ACT 2.2 have been perfect.

I'm still shocked no one commented on roor's electrical installation.  I'm a master electrician.   I have done audiophile installations and am very passionate about getting the most quiet installation and being safe.  roor's installation is absolutly, unequivocally dangerous and wrong on many levels.  Never, ever, ever install as he has done.  

Roor, ground your system right.  Hopefully the only person you kill is yourself.  Not your kid or his /her friends.  What you did is stupid.  

Always run a ground from the panel to your receptacle.  Never ever float a ground from an audio rack into the yard.  It's so stupid it just infuriates me.  Don't do it.

If you want to bury a copper pipe, go ahead.  But only connect it to your main bonding jumper in your panel.   Personally I drive 3/4" x 10' copper ground rods.  They are made for the job.  Copper pipe will oxidize pretty quick and become useless over time.

My comments are to hot.  Sorry about that.  But the point ia still accurate.  Never take a ground to your yard.  All to easy for it to become 120 volts at 16 amps in your grass.  Will kill anyrhing that contacts maybe a 50 foot area around it.  It will never trip the Curcuit Breaker.  Itps just a huge electric matt in your yard.  Always ground to your panel.

That's a really old post I doubt that guy got your comment I found it because I was looking Pass Labs info,  but yeah it's crazy to mess with grounding like that and like you said extremely dangerous!