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| 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... | |
| Meitner MA-3 vs Lampizator Baltic 4 One needs to audition at home equipment of interest. Everyone has an opinion and often not based on data. @delm, agreed! Comparing internals is not the best way to compare components, at least when you factor in the magic (in my opinion) insi... | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade @m_j_s thanks! Reason I’m asking is I have a relatively small room and my XA30.8 doesn’t get hot enough to affect it. Worried about having a space heater there as it would suck in summer months… I've owned both the X250.8 and XA30.8 in my small... | |
| Accuphase E5000 vs Gryphon Diablo 300 @rfc, how big is your room and how loud do you listen? Unless you are filling a very big room or play your music at concert levels, you might not need so much power with the Spendors. I've got D9s and in a 12x17 room and driving them with a Pas... | |
| Harbeth 40.3's. Should I buy them? often folks who want to ’rock out’ are seeking a degree of sizzle, rasp and other forms of sonic distortion that very refined transducers simply do not add to the sound they play... unless of course, said distortion is in the music signal itself.... | |
| New Class D amplifiers I wouldn't ever even begin to believe that what I prefer in audio components would have any relevance for others. @kuribo, really? Then why do you continue to post your recommendations on Class D amplification and ridicule those who choose t... | |
| New Class D amplifiers I have no personal agenda, other than to call out over priced, under performing products when I see them. more further proof that audio is full of insecure, status seekers who like to spend extravagant amounts of money on products to assuage ... | |
| New Class D amplifiers but unlike many others, they are based on facts. Show me a GaN amp other than Orchard’s product that performs as well as Hypex or Purifi. Show me a $5000 class d amp that performs 5X better than the $1000 class d amps using Hypex or Purifi mod... |