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| Remote interaction with music server? Hi Ral,I think the first question to ask is how much computer experience you have. Are you comfortable installing PC hardware and configuring software? The Music Vault Diamond looks interesting but it also looks like you could save a couple of tho... | |
| Seeking adv for pc audio set up for Passlabs amps Hi,I believe the Ayre lists for $2500.00 and the Wavelength Cosecant lists for $3500.00.Alan | |
| Seeking adv for pc audio set up for Passlabs amps Hi,I use a computer transport into my Pass Labs XA 100.5 amplifiers. I set up a low powered PC (a Fit-PC Slim) to act as a network player, which feeds a Wavelength Cosecant v3 USB DAC. I use a preamp in between the DAC and amps.I put a small SSD d... | |
| Use of Preamp versus Digital Volume from Computer Hi,The only time when I noticed a sound quality difference between a digital and analog volume control was when I had to attenuate a large amount via the digital volume control. At the time, the tests were done using a Lynx Studio 2B sound card. I... | |
| H2O Audio Owners Hi,Regarding equipment that I run with the H2O gear, I can't tell you much about cables and such except that it is worth experimenting with speaker cables with the H2O amplifiers. Cables with high capacitance don't sound very good with the H2O amp... | |
| Changes in ALSA in Ubuntu 9.04? I am not familiar with MOC, but the only thing I can think of here is that you are now bypassing the mixer, so your software is now sending output at full volume.I am using a stripped down version of Ubuntu 9.04 (but with the latest ALSA release) ... | |
| What Integrated Amps have the sonics of Separates? Hi,It sounds like you really know what you don't want, but I'm not sure what is left for you to listen to :)I can say, having lived with a Pass Labs XP-10 for a while, their new preamps are not really damped and flat. They do, however, take a week... | |
| Made in Canada conundrum Bryston, a Canadian company, has a repair facility in Vermont. When I stupidly blew up the output transistors on my old 4B-ST due to a speaker wiring short, I sent the amp out to them on a Monday and received it back on Thursday of the same week -... | |
| Audiiophile HTPC Setup Hi,With the Peachtree Decco, you don't have to worry about any on-board audio on the Motherboard because the Decco has a DAC with a USB input. I'm not sure how good the USB input is on the Decco, but it does simplify connectivity issues quite a bi... | |
| next step for my setup? advice appreciated Hi,Glad to see some DIY speaker builders out there. I've built the Gr-Research AV-1, three pairs of Murphy Blaster MBOW-1 for various friends, the Ellis Audio 1801B, and a number of Selah Audio Subs. I think my favorite of the bunch is the MBOW-1 ... | |
| Upgrade for Pass INT-150 Hi,I haven't heard the INT-150, but I did upgrade from the X250.5 to the XA-100.5 monos. I agree with Peter. At least in my case, the mono amplifiers provided nice improvements in imaging and soundstage depth over the stereo amplifier. The XA seri... | |
| Audible Illusions Preamp Hi,I owned a Modulus 3A for a long time and loved it. One poster said that he thought it lacked dynamics, and that could be true depending on the amp it was matched up with. The version of the Modulus 3A that I owned (circa 1999) needed an amp wit... | |
| Conrad Johnson vs Audio Research vs BAT vs Cary If you are thinking about a Cary SLP-98, the F1 version is not as warm as the standard version. I had a friend's SLP-98 F1 in my system for a bit and it really sounded lovely. A bit colored, but in a way that fit in very well with my system. At th... | |
| Which preamp? Hi,Are you only looking at tube based preamps? What don't you like about the SLP-05?Thanks,Alan | |
| Does it make sense to go for Pass 0.2 ? Hi Mikefi,I've been playing around with various amps and preamps lately to drive my Avalon Opus (not the Ceramique version). I have been finding more of a difference between the various amplifiers than the various preamplifiers. I haven't tried th... |