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| Pass labs x350.5 VS. McIntosh MC402 I re-read your post above about the Denon amp. Not knocking Denon, but 400 watts denon style, and 400-500 watts pass x250.5 style: no comparison. The Pass design increasingly makes more power into lower loads with ease and grace. I could not imagi... | |
| Pass labs x350.5 VS. McIntosh MC402 Goodwr3nchIf you are serious about driving your speakers to those levels from time to time(and I think you are), you should be thinking minimum McIntosh 501 monos. The pass x350.5 would be pretty sick (as in good) as well. Methinks the McIntosh MC... | |
| Detailed sound? Real? Lokie nails another" I find it a little amusing though that they never admit it and they always say itÂ’s about the music."first step, is admitting the addiction.I am trying to get out the door...I admire your sonic quest. Good luck! | |
| Detailed sound? Real? Agree with OP and Lokie --"I think this hobby can be split between two types of people: Those who listen to music and those who listen to stereo gear." to the point, and 100% class A no distortion or phase shift truth! Forget chasing absolute soun... | |
| Pass labs x350.5 VS. McIntosh MC402 This is yet another example of the compelling differences amoung sonic tastes!! Both are exquisite for sure. A while back I had a Pass X250.5. It was driving my Dynaudio Contour S3.4s. A friend had the MC402 with his Dyn s3.4s. We swapped amps. I ... | |
| BAT VK-5i with Pass Labs X250 Hello. I ran a X250.5 with a Vk5i. It was a great combo. Midband to die for. Great resolve and frequency extension. This was with dying output caps on the vk5i (leakage). I replaced the output caps with Mundorf M supreme somethings and it was incr... | |
| Mod my B C DAC 3, or just get another DAC? How would one know if the resulting sound from say the BC DAC3 vs the Lavry is due to jitter rejection or analog filtering current/voltage conversion post DAC, or simply the dac IC itself? I think excessive attention to jitter performance can misg... | |
| mcintosh c2200 vs 2300 - sonic differences 1.5 years for 6h30 tubes is on the lower lower lower end of lifetime. Tube preamps need not be powered on 24/7.Dave | |
| Fatigue reducing interconnect? acoustics??? room set up propery to realize a balanced frequency response? Look there first, will save you time and money. Cables are bandaids. | |
| Audio Research Amp Shootout Oh man.. loved the shootout! This is great stuff..the kind of thread that can evolve. I have owned two ARC 100.2's. The first time I let it go I was chasing my own tail trying to "get back home" to that beautiful midrange rendering--a touch of vel... | |
| DACs with volume control ? ok, i broke down and picked up a benchmark dac1 hdr (remote volume an absolute must for me).I am running it straight into my arc 100.2 via el cheapo cardas XLR. When I first got it I was using my squeezebox (w/linear ps -- I don't like switching p... | |
| DACs with volume control ? Any new experience w/ the PWD DAC from PS Audio? I am uber curious about this one. | |
| DACs with volume control ? Been listening to a Transporter XLR into ARC 100.2 into Dynaudio S3.4s's. About as detailed, transparent, and pure as I've ever heard. I have noticed though, that a very good preamp, like a Pass X2.5 or X1, or a tube job like an LS25 does a better... | |
| Pass Amps Class A operation silly question: if you can't "tell" by listening then why bother obsessing about when it "leaves" class A? It's not like your speakers are suddenly fed a distored signal the magnitude of which swamps out low level signals-- 15 watts rms (in any cl... | |
| Audio Research Reference 5 Preamp It's interesting to note that the implementation/architecture of the REF5 resulted in what has to be a much cheaper raw cost of labor and parts--versus the REF 1,2,3 designs. At one point I had a REF 1 and was very impressed with the layout and re... |