cal3713
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| Pass Labs Amp X350.5 or X350.8 anyone compare? Yeah, the irony of someone with a $5500 retail set derogating the terrible quality of the $20000 speakers is just awesome. So many egos in this place... gotta love it when they get squeezed a little (sorry Don). In any case, I'd still like to hear... | |
| Pass Labs Amp X350.5 or X350.8 anyone compare? Ha! Clearly Don_c55 didn't know anything about the actual JBL speakers that Dave_72 owns. $20,000 is not mid-fi. | |
| Not impressed Djverne: Kind of bullshit that they just threw that in an old Pass labs case. I'd expect better for that kind of money. | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream Mattnshilp - I would have pulled a very similar list to yours. I'm looking forward to the eventual post. | |
| Pass Integrated to Pass separates I have Thiel 2.4s and auditioned both an XA-30.5 and a X250.5. Surprisingly, the 30.5 was a no-contest winner. Might be worth the RenoHifi shipping cost just to try the XAs, even if you (and others) would expect the amp to be underpowered. | |
| PS Audio Direct Stream French_fries. A number of people on the forums (albeit some with vested financial interests) claim that adding a quality external converter/reclocker is a big improvement, so that would be the route I'd go over paying the $2500 to retrofit the unit. | |
| PS Audio DAC II or Bryston: two great machines I have the PWD (II) and had stayed with the original firmware the entire time I had it. A couple weeks ago I switched to the newest one that supposedly had better signal quality. After a couple days I noticed that I kept turning down the volume be... | |
| What speakers work best with electronic music? 04-13-14: SchubertWith electronic music doesn't much matter.Cheapest Polk or Klipsch at Best Buy will do just fine.~~~~Good to know who's advice never to trust. | |
| Views on Siltech cables with Pass Labs Pre/Power Gee, thanks for the advertisement jdsaudio. At least you don't have to use the cables between your source and the pre-amp, that really must help cut down the cost. | |
| Need help determining next upgrade - 3rd ATTEMPT Unless they're designed that way, your speakers also look very close to the back wall. | |
| Views on Siltech cables with Pass Labs Pre/Power This thread is about what I expected... the more people who join the conversation, the more companies that get recommended. I know cables matter, I've heard that in my system, but it's so easy to end up purchasing a wire wrapped in snake oil. | |
| New Thiel Speakers - Post Jim Thiel Era I would just like to chime in that I too have had nothing but great interactions with Thiel since all the changes happened. They just did some "warranty" work on a crossover for my first generation smartsub, that I bought used and must be > 10 ... | |
| Who did hear the new Pass Labs .8 series amps? Whitecap. On the XA 30.5 vocals (and tonality in general) were much more natural, with better instrument placement and a more 3-dimensional soundstage. This was true whether I was listening to Kanye West or Sonny Rollins. The 250.5 had a bit of ha... | |
| Pass XA 30.5 with Revel F 208 ? Also, just saw this on another (active) thread about your speaker...03-12-14: BbybaudioRicred1,Thank you for your post. I was concerned that the Snappers (100WPC Tube) may not be enough, but found a review that drove the F208s with 60WPC Tube. | |
| Pass XA 30.5 with Revel F 208 ? I drive a pair of Thiel 2.4s (Impedance: 4 ohms nominal, 3 ohms minimum. Sensitivity: 87dB/2.83V/m. Recommended power: 100400W) with that amp, and even though I got a lot of shit for doing so, it sounded quite a bit better than a Pass Labs X250.5... |