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| Amp recommendations for Revel Salon2 I've heard them with both McIntosh SACD/tube pre/MC501's and Ayre's top of the line. The McIntosh was warm and musical, but more of a 20th-row seat perspective, where I like a bit more forward sound. I was also a little surprised how easy it was t... | |
| Pass XA30.5, X100.5, or Rowland 501 For Revel Gem Kenl,I've never heard the XA30.5 in your system, but it is definitely comfortable with a 4 ohm load. Your room size and listening habits mean you won't need much power, so yeah I'd think the XA30.5 would be ample, assuming these things don't chang... | |
| Pass XA30.5, X100.5, or Rowland 501 For Revel Gem Although the Pass amps run warm, they don't get hot enough to burn children or pets in any kind of realistic scenario. I recently upgraded from Rowland Concerto to Pass XP20/XA160.5 as a result of auditioning the XA30.5 driven by the Concerto as a... | |
| Practical Power Approaches You must have an elaborate system - I could do my whole rig for $249!Have these had a consistent effect on all your gear? | |
| Who makes a GM-70 based SET? I just checked out the SAC Thailand web site. They look very attractive and appear to measure very well for SET's. What can you say about build quality and cosmetics? | |
| Tube coolers? I ran across this old booklet while looking into the subject of tube coolers. Very interesting reading about tube reliability, but fairly technical. It does seem to suggest that cooling the glass is very helpful, but only mentions blowing air on t... | |
| Tube coolers? BTW, the fan I linked to above is rated 8.7 db. That's pretty quiet. | |
| Tube coolers? I haven't heard of anything like that, and I'm not sure what they would do exactly anyway. Because vacuum tubes work in a vacuum, essentially all of the cooling of the actual tube innards has to be by radiation - you can cool the glass, but I don'... | |
| AR DS 450 efficiency at what sonic price? Well, ARC VT100iii for example, idles at 440 watts. So if you pay $.15/kW Hr (on the high side), and run 4 hours/day every day, you'll pay $100/year for direct costs. If you have to run the AC to cool your room 1/3 of the year, make it $110.If you... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame How about Horace Short? His amplifier was ground-breaking in 1899. Powered by compressed air, it didn't even need electricity:)Auxetophone | |
| Ten Percent Distortion? Funny, back in the 50's it was normal to quote power ratings at 10%, for table radios, tv's etc. A tube amp is generally not unpleasant with 10% of mostly 2nd or 3rd harmonic content (it's not high fidelity either). But an inexpensive transistor a... | |
| Pass Labs:What to expect fm XA60.5 to XA100.5 A couple thought to consider, since you have a few weeks before you need to make a decision.If the amps are brand new, they're maybe still breaking in. The sound will be a little more vivid after they are fully broken in. Make sure they ARE broken... | |
| Pass Labs:What to expect fm XA60.5 to XA100.5 I bought a pair of XA160.5's based on a combination of auditioning an XA30.5, advice from Aerial about 20T's power requirements, reading about Peterayer's experience, and this commentary from an email to Pass, which might help a little. You might ... | |
| Cheap tweaks...What would YOU reccomend? Cheaper than cheap: Turn off the lights. I don't know why this works (probably by removing distractions?), but I frequently find I enjoy the sound more with the lights out. I also find that cleaning my ears with one of the ear wax removing drops f... | |
| pass lab owners: can i afford one? I have the XA160.5 also, and while the spec is 600W each, I measure about 410W at idle and when running in class A. I suspect the higher power consumption spec includes overhead because the XA.5's can go into AB when they reach rated power, and wi... |