daledeee1
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| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe Even with the newer driver? Selenium D405 | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe I received my XA 25 last Friday. It is twice as big and twice as heavy as the Aegir. The amp came in a large single box surrounded by expanded foam. The amp is heavy at 45 lbs vs 22 for the Aegir. The XA25 is rated at 25W but will put out 80W i... | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe I ordered a Pass Labs XA25 from Reno HiFi. I got an open box item at a very good price. Shipped same day! I will get it Friday. I was instructed to leave it on 5 days to break it in. This should be a great match and upgrade! | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe I have heard very good things about Dennis Had amps, especially for the money! The only tube amps I am familiar with are MacIntosh, The few stores I have been to were pushing tube equipment. I have been tempted to try a tube amp but haven't....... | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe Reno Hi-Fi has demo XA25 for $3895-but not always. Full factory warranty of those! | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe Reno HiFi..yes. Especially since I went to a Pass dealer and they didn’t stock them. I am under the impression the XA25 and Aegir would sound similar. The XA25 has 25W Class A with about 80W available. The Aegir has 10W Class A and weighs about ha... | |
| Aegir upgrade to Pass...maybe I am hoping to keep this purchase at about $4000 or less. I listen to all kinds of music. I do turn up the electronic music. Otherwise I listen to music at what I believe is the volume you would hear if the person or band was playing in front of... | |
| Streaming for beginner I set up my system for streaming from the get go since my CD player was old, etc. I subscribed to Amazon HD music. They have 60;MM songs available. Tidal has about the same amount of songs. All my music plays at 16/44.1 or higher. I have seen... | |
| External DAC? I have a Node 2i and Topping D90. Very nice sound. Dynamic with better sound stage, better bass to name a few. I think the D 90 sounds better bypassing pre amp i.e. volume all the way up. I think.it is hard to beat for for the $1050 i have inve... | |
| Basement listing room Being "sent to the basement" isn't all bad, but to set up a proper room you have some work to do, IMO. I had a system in my basement but it wasn't set up right and equipment was in need of repair. I started over, so here are my experiences. I w... | |
| How do you know what room treatments to use? You could do them yourselves but wrapping fabric is no fun. I have GIK panels. I have 11 and cost about $1500 inc. freight. The most bang for the buck are the walls between you and the speakers known as first reflection point. If your system ... | |
| Bass Issues 1. I used the Vandersteen method to position my speakers. It is available on their web site. You basically divide the distance from the rear wall and side wall by prime numbers. 3,5,7 etc. You can use these results to set your speakers to work aro... | |
| Passing of an Audiogon Member RIP Ezra. I bet there is a well balanced stereo playing right now for his soul! | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? Rekindled my audio pastime. Bought speakers, good deal. Bought amp, touched speaker wires together, blew amp. Fixed under warranty, whew!. Heard a strange fuzziness and ringing..sent inter connects back and passive preamp back(that I now don't... | |
| Lots of bass at walls, lack of bass in center of room/listening position The best success I have had is using the Vandersteen speaker placement calculations for the main speakers. This is available on their website. I have two subs. I have 11 acoustic panels, diffusers and traps. I can walk around my room and the m... |