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| Bricasti M3 vrs Meitner MA3 I owned the M3 and own the MA3. I think the M3 is a fine DAC but much prefer the MA3. I didn't own them at the same time, but will say I find the MA3 to have a much more organic/analog sound but still with a good level of detail and zero fatig... | |
| Best music in 2023 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit "Weathervanes" Yes, a great album! I seen him live a month or so ago and the music from that album sounds awesome. Boygenius The Record is my second pick. I see them live in about a week! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Squeeze; I seen them live Tue night with The Psychedelic Furs. It was a great show 🙂 | |
| recommendation of amps I had a Benchmark AHB2 for almost 3 years and really enjoyed the clean sound and wide stage. I decided to make a big jump about 2 years ago to the Pass 250.8 and instantly heard why people enjoy Pass. The soundstage was deeper, taller, and most i... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 Pass preamps file miserably to measure up against their amplifiers. I had both the xp-20 and 30 and they were anemic, sterile, and lifeless when paired with my Pass XA 60.8's. Yea, that is my experience with an XP-10. I purchased it to go wit... | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? I attended aDoobie Bros Concert a few months back in Nashville. I forgot my foam buds, so put tissue in my ears. I measured a SPL of 106 db! They played great, but way too loud. Unfortunately, this is all too common and sad from an avid conce... | |
| Are your listening levels healthy? Doing damage? I have the classic Radio Shack analog meter that I've used for years, but switched to a newer meter https://www.reedinstruments.com/product/reed-instruments-r8050-sound-level-meter a few years ago and am happy with it. I try to keep my listening... | |
| Meitner MA3 vs Bricasti M3? Well, to answer my own question, having owned them both. I prefer the Meitner MA3 slightly over the Bricasti M3 in my system. I own the MA3 and owned the M3 for a short while before moving on from it. I also prefer the MA3, and by a large marg... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 Did anyone grab a Weiss DAC 205 before the recent price increase? I've been tempted to try a 205 as I don't use USB or DSD. It looks like it just jumped in price over the last 5 days or so from $1665 to $2195 :( | |
| Energy Veritas 2.8.speaker best paired to which amp and preamp I purchased a pair of these new way back in the day. I think they are great speakers. Given enough power they can really energize a big room with life like sound! I found they do like power and used a Classe CA-300. This was a very good mat... | |
| "Can You Lift Yours?" Pass X250.8 (5 years): No Pass XA30.8 (2 years): Yes (limited), with help from a moving dolly AtmaSphere Class D Monos (1 year): Yes, easily! | |
| Active ATC vs Spendor / Pass Labs @rfc, I've run either a Pass X250.8 or XA30.8 with D9s for ~ 5 years. I think it is great match and sold Magico S1s for the D9s. As already mentioned they are not overly forgiving so I found both Pass models worked great with them with the X m... | |
| New DACs High End Munich 2023 @yyzsantabarbara, I purchased an Yiggy+ LIM recently after reading the reviews on it. I was thinking its sound signature will match with what I like and that it might be a cheaper alternative to my two favorite DACs I’ve owned (Mojo Audio previo... | |
| Should I steer clear of class D amps I've been using a Pass X250.8 and recently XA30.8 over the last likely 8 years or so at this point. I really liked both amps. Recently I wanted to try a Class D GaNFET amp and tried the Atma-Sphere Class D monos. I've had them for about a year ... | |
| Sweet Sounding DAC @mdrone, I owned a M3 (and still own the M5). Like you I was looking for something with "more tube/analogue sound.", and ended up selling the M3 for a Mojo Audio DAC which was much closer to the sound that I was looking for. If you can get a c... |