cal3713
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| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 After saying I wasn't interested in any tube amps, I did run across these guys and become interested... The eastern electric 160W mono-block tube amps:http://www.stereomojo.com/EasternElectricM156TubeMonoblockAmplifiersReviewtm/EasternElectricM156... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Cal3713...if there is a way to audition the X250.5 before purchasing it (or maybe negotiating a time frame in which you can return the amp if it's not a good fit and just be out the shipping costs)?~~~I'll just be buying used and hopefully reselli... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Ohhh, and obviously the low end isn't my primary focus (hence even trying the XA30.5 to start with)... imaging is really the most important target as far as I'm concerned. | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 The original owner of my 2.4s used a McIntosh MC-402... which he certainly loved (I think he was still going to use it with a new pair of 3.7s). Wish folks had had a warmer response to the idea of the Aleph 2s, that would have saved over 1k over t... | |
| Thiel 2.4 and Pass Labs Amps I ended up asking this same basic question at the tail end of an old thread of mine, and at least a couple people there also seconded Pass' recommendation away from the Alephs for this load/speaker... so I guess the 250.5 is seeming more like the ... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 What do you folks think about something like a set of Aleph 2s? Quite a bit cheaper than the X250.5, not as much power, but at 200W into 4 ohms, they should be a better mate to the 2.4s than the XA-30.5... I did mention briefly the possibility of ... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 This thread's been dead for a while, but I thought I would chime in with some conclusions now that I've lived with the XA-30.5 and Thiel 2.4s for a while. Anyway, on these speakers the amp is spectacular, beautiful, quiet, delicate, with great ima... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 For educational purposes, is there a reason that low output impedance is "good" besides the fact that that's what the Pass requires for system matching?And I do like the features of the Sonic Frontiers Line 3 that I was reading about... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Thanks unsound. Despite it's auspicious start, this thread has ended up being useful, both for recommendation and educational purposes... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Unsound, not I'm not, I guess I just saw in some other threads that people had used those with Pass Amps and had success... and they were recommended in here. And, perhaps it was just made it an easier choice to be biased towards either tubes or S... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Thanks for all the comments folks... it's been useful, even if somewhat discursive. I've been leaning towards Aesthetix Calypso, mostly because it is fully balanced and has especially high gain, although I see that the Stereophile measurements hav... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Ha! It is funny to see people's reactions. The amp does, for example, easily best the Classe, as it should given the quality and price difference. Also, unless I'm mistaken, simply watching the front current meter should provide a pretty good indi... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Unsound: Yeah, I've only lived with the amp and speakers for a week or so (both are new to me), so other than some initial impressions of really hearing some great stuff out of the two, I still don't know either in much detail. Perhaps in the end ... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 By the way, thanks for the folks that did offer some pre-amp suggestions... | |
| Pre-amp suggestions for Thiel 2.4/Pass Labs XA30.5 Unsound: This doesn't really matter, and I don't know the true state of affairs because I haven't directly compared the XA30.5 to the X250.5, but if you take a look at the entire thread, you'll see that it is actually a recommendation, and that th... |