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| Fascinated By GR Research Channel When he started putting down the design of the Harbeth is when I decided to unsubscribe. I wonder if it was this video regarding Harbeth (starting at the 9:30 mark)? That was definitely an interesting take on its crossover...; I personally fi... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs The X series isn't rich and full lol. I found it very clinical and it had no midrange magic. @samzx12, so you are unequivocally saying all of the Pass X.8 series amps are not rich and full sounding? e.g. XA25, XA30.8, XA60.8, XA160.8, XS150, ... | |
| Power Cord recommendations for a First Watt SIT3 Power cords, power conditioners and fuses are nothing but Flat Earth Science - and I might add - so are footers! Cool, good to know! I guess I can now sell my IsoAcoustics Orea footers and Shunyata power cables because the differences I hear ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @rsf507, compared to my previous DAC at the time a SimAudio 380DSD I found the M3 a little lean. I liked the M3 and thought it had a little more detail and soundstage, and way more bass and dynamics than the much older SimAudio, but I desired a ... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs @ddafoe this was my result in my system comparing to other amps I’ve owned or heard. Was I shocked at the results yes I was. The 150.8 came highly recommended but my experience was not very good. The next owner felt the same. I’m not saying it’s ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @jjss49, which Mojo did you have and how would you compare it sonically to your other DACs? I have the Mystique V3 Balanced and really like it (previous DACs were the Bricasti M3 and RME ADI2FS) but have been tempted by the Chord DACs (e.g. Dav... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs Comparing Pass amplifiers to a couple AR tube amplifiers and then saying they sound lean doesn’t really prove the argument that Pass .8 amplifiers sound lean compared to most mainstream solid state amplifiers including Luxman, in my mind at least.... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs So the Bryston 4B3 was leaner than the Pass X250.8? Is the bass more controlled in the 4B3 or is the X250.8 In my system driving Spendor D9s which are very easy to drive I found the 4B3 to offer a slightly tighter and faster bass. I also fou... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers - Luxman vs Pass Labs Interesting that you find Pass to be 'lean'. From all my reading of Pass and their lower end heft, I would have thought it provides a bigger, fuller body to music; which is to my liking. Yea, I don't personally get the description or hear Pas... | |
| Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood? I recently went to a local dealer to hear the Fleetwood Deville. It was larger than I was expecting and certainly is a pretty broad and substantial speaker. I found it to be a very good looking speaker and driven by tubes sounded pretty balanc... | |
| To extend Ethernet to remote location, are Powerline extenders or Mesh systems better? Assuming your have Coax wired through your house you could also consider using a MoCA network. I switched from Powerline to a MoCA 2.0 network and the frequent Roon hangs and random streaming skips went away. I have Verizon Fios and TiVo and th... | |
| 750$ Intel NUC vs $6000 Aurender N200: I don't hear the difference Since you have Tidal access, can you switch to Tidal in Roon on your NUC, to at least keep the source the same? I know audiotroy and others say USB is generally always best, but I hear decent differences between USB and SPDIF in my system so co... | |
| What are you using as a streamer? Constructive feedback please. Bricasti M5. Handmade in USA, bulletproof build, flawless performance. Roon ready. Can be had brand new for $2k. No USB needed. +1; I can recommend the M5 as a Roon streamer. I purchased one and was amazed at the better sound quality I heard ... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling @arafiq, I agree with you on the performance of the opticalRendu for its relative cost. I purchased one after I had added fiber and swapped out my Bricasti M5 + whatever fiber converter I had at the time and I thought the sound quality of its US... | |
| Questions about Ethernet Cabling I can confirm that running a fiber cable from ones internet router (as in my case via a Ubiquity ethernet switch with a fiber uplink) to your audio room, already makes a substantial improvement over the 15 feet cat6 standard cable that I had e... |