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| MHDT Orchid TUBE ROLLING Sure would be handy if someone else could just figure out my preferences for me so I can just listen to music instead. This is so true. I love the hunt but at the same time get so frustrated. I guess that's why dealers are great for most people.... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? Just speculation as I've never tried it but the Pass with a good solid state pre or less tubey pre maybe could do it for you. A Florida Pass dealer I know suggests VTL pre with Pass amps. They can be had used at pretty good prices. He pairs those ... | |
| Sugden/Allnic or Luxman L-509X? I don't know where you're located but my local dealer in Pennsylvania carries both Sugden and Luxman and has an outstanding record store attached to his store. He knows vinyl. I've never heard the Sugden stuff. I believe he has the Luxman 509 an... | |
| How is the Pass Labs X150.5 at low volume? Somewhat similar to @audiojan I have a Evo400 pre that I tried with a Pass 150.8 and didn't really like it. I would not use it for low level listening to say the least. My typical volume maxes out at 80 db peaks and it sounded slow, unemotional a... | |
| Recommendations for speakers with Luxman 509x Avoiding rear port speakers when close to a wall is a wive's tale so to speak. The definition of "close" is probably more the problem. If you have 18 inches behind the speaker you’d be fine and you have 2 feet. | |
| Parasound vs Primaluna vs Alternatives I'm not the one you are asking but I believe this one:I settled on a little known bespoke pre-amp called the Truth from the Horn ShoppeI know nothing about it just wanted to give you an answer. | |
| Recommendations for speakers with Luxman 509x My local dealer sometimes pairs the Luxman integrateds with Devore Super Nines, retail $10k, and it sounds great. Huge soundstage and the speakers are very attractive and not large, so high WAF (wife acceptance factor). More bass than expected for... | |
| Review of Rogue Audio RP-9 preamp Great write-up, craig. When I was looking at preamps I really liked the RP-7 and would have bought it had it not been for older versions having no RCA to balanced HT pass-through (it was a store demo I was buying). The RP-9 came out around the t... | |
| Integrated amp recommendations for harbeth 30.2 XD rogue audio cronus magnum iii. best sounding amp in its price zone. you get it all, open tramsparency, refinement, power and impact. so good it is a no brainer with these Harbeths. mMy local dealer uses this amp to demo Harbeths and it sounds g... | |
| AGD Audion GaN Class D In The House I heard the AGD Audion amps at the audio show in Tampa Florida and they were my favorite room paired with Ocean Way stand mount speakers. I almost took a pair home to try. I'd still like to hear them in my own house. I'm jealous OP. As far as othe... | |
| Step Up/Down Transformers - what to look for & where? You don't need one for your laptop or iPad, they're universal voltage. When I moved from the US to Europe I sent my equipment I wanted to keep to the manufacturer to convert it to 240 volts and sold what i didn't. I don't know if sound quality wil... | |
| Amplifier brand/designer with the most unique and consistent “house sound?” I agree with Ayre. Doesn't Pass have slightly different sound signatures depending on the line? I've read the XA-25 is different from the XA-30.8 which is different from the X150.8 which is different from the X250.8. I found the x150.8 (the only P... | |
| To Roon or not to Roon? Roon support is horrible if you have issues. For $120/year they need a support solution. Mahler123 has put it well. You don't need it but if you want that type of organization, it could work. I'm an annual subscriber and didn't do lifetime due t... | |
| Need preamp suggestion Used Ayre K-5xeMP for about your $2k budget. Balanced, open, HT pass through if needed, just outstanding for any price. | |
| Streamer wanted I've compared a high end streamer to an old Macbook Pro with 3 different DACs. One DAC sounded better with the high end streamer, another DAC sounded better on the Macbook while the 3rd DAC seemed to not care which streamer was used, they both so... |