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| Pass X Pre - Ruthlessly revealling? Yes here are my thoughts, I own both the Pass X-1 preamp and X-250 power amp, and I DO NOT find them anywhere near ruthlessly revealing or harsh. I find most electronics simply pass along the source most of the time. The X-1 has a laid back sound,... | |
| Vandersteen-like "In-between" speakers I recently heard the 3As at a dealer along with the Quads mentioned above and would have picked the Quads over the 3As but not the 5As. BUT the Quads seem to need a bit more room that I can use in my room. That said, I was waiting for Vandy to do ... | |
| The last valve pre amp I'll ever need. I am about to audition some of the preamps stated here but I gotta say that when I added the Tom Evans Vibe SS preamp into my system, Whoa! It blew away the Pass X-1 I was using with my Pass X-250 amp. Blew away the Blue Circle G-3 MKII. It does n... | |
| Thoughts on Pass X250 - X600 amps I have owned the Pass X-250 and have tried a dozen other amps. For the price of the X-250, it is a hard amp to beat. What really suprised me lately was changing preamps from the Pass X-1 to Blue Circle G3 MKII, and most recently to Tom Evans The V... | |
| Jeff Rowland Amp Owners Please Help Does using the RCA adapters degrade the sound? | |
| Jeff Rowland Amp Owners Please Help Why only balanced inputs? What do I do with my RCA only preamp? | |
| Question for Rowland aficionados OK Why only XLR inputs and no RCAs what do I do with my RCA only preamp?Thanks | |
| Suggestions for the best DAC under 1K The Electrocompaniet used for around $1300 is the best choice of all the DACs I have heard under $2K.Happy Listening. | |
| Tube Preamps with Bass? Oldears I once owned the BAT VK-30SE and it was outperformed by the ARC LS-25 MKII in dynamics. The Pass X-1 also outperformed the BAT. The BAT did not offer the mid range sonics I am looking for in a tube preamp.Happy Listening. | |
| Best sounding player under $3500 Used ? I agree with all of what is posted above but there is really no best CDP. They all have a different sound and you have to hear each in your system to see what works for you. I know it is hard to do, but that is the only way I could tell what was b... | |
| Tube Preamps with Bass? Thanks everyone I was comparing the tube preamps to the Pass X-1 and on the same songs the Pass has better bass as I describe above. I would like to find one of these preamps that can come as close and retian the tube mid magic. I have Talon Raven... | |
| Tube Preamps with Bass? S23chang, no I am looking for a great tube peramp sound where the tube preamp has some bass. I have just received a well know tube preamp but compared to my Pass X-1 lacks the same bass weight, slam and bass dynamics. I guess I want it all.Happy L... | |
| Pre-Power Best Synergy The synergy should be with the amp and the speakers first. The amp should just pass along the systems front end sound. There are various synergies and all to me do one thing or another but not all. A tube preamp (at least the ones I am listening t... | |
| Speakers: What's MOST important to you?... Besides what has already been said about, first/second is will they mate with my power amp and then work in my room, cannot have huge speakers in a small space. Then I look for a full range speaker that has most of the above. BTW if you find the p... | |
| Power Amp suggestions in $2000 range ? During my search for a SS amp the CJ 2500, McComack DNA-225, Sim Audio W-5, Krell KAV-2250 and the Levinson 334, the Levinson was the nicer sounding amp to my ears at that time. I also agree with looking at the Rowland, Blue Circle, etc as above. ... |