don_c55
Responses from don_c55
| Power cables for PassLabs preamp and poweramp Spend time adjusting your speaker - listening spot placement, and room to perfection, before trying power cables.Do the big stuff that matters most, before the small things! | |
| Similar sound characteractics to MIT cables? If you want relaxed, laid back (?), clear, dynamic, natural without harshness, I recommend older CARDAS designed around 2000. They take a long time (100+ hours) to break in, but in the end sound great IMO. They were tuned in and designed on Magnep... | |
| Power cables for PassLabs preamp and poweramp The stock ones that came from Pass Labs | |
| LAST record preservative improves the sound Last is absorbed into the vinyl, and is not a coating!Last reduces record wear, and keeps records sounding great, if you care for your records properly. | |
| Do You Use USB for Streaming? Streaming goes through the internet.USB is not through internet, and not streaming. | |
| pink Floyd dark side of the moon mobile fidelity getting closer to vinyl The Mobile Fidelity DSOM CD is worse than the Sony DSOM SACD, and the Sony is cheaper. | |
| Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation MM cartridges for box speakers, MC for panels. | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? b-limo you will not smell it over your herb odor! | |
| Cable length dilemma! The increased inductance effect of coiled speaker cable in not audible!Too small to be of significance.Do not run speaker cable along side power cords. Do not run speaker cable along interconnects (only cross at a right angle if necessary). | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable Two words!SNOB APPEAL! | |
| solid state gear- leave on? I have always left SS amps on 24/7 and they have lasted 20 years or more!I listen 3 or more hours each day, and do not want to listen to poor sound quality throughout the warmup phase.YMMV | |
| Pass Labs XA.5 vs XA.8 I run XA60.5's on my Maggie 3.6's and could not be more pleased.I want warm midrange for vocals, hence I prefer them over the XA100.5's.The 60.5's have more than enough power for me.Good listening! | |
| effectiveness of power filters. The Chang Lightspeed filters do work well (non-current limiting) at noise reduction in certain cases IMO. | |
| Pass Labs XA.5 vs XA.8 The XA.8 amps draw almost twice the power from the wall, and cost $$$ in electricity, over the XA.5's.They are more neutral (i.e. Colder) than XA.5's IMO.Must try in your own system before buying.I prefer the XA.5's. YMMV. | |
| Audio Research PH6 Phono Stage - How is it? Poor S/N ratio for a phono stage!Too noisy with very low output MC cartridges! |