flg2001
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| Review: Pass Labs X-2 Preamplifier I mailed to Nelson Pass, who always has been very kind and responsive with me, I mentioned this situation and he kindly offered to check the preamp for me, may take that route.Fernando | |
| Review: Pass Labs X-2 Preamplifier Unfortunatly I do not share Johnk review on the X2. I own a Pass X250 and it is a keeper, great midrange, dynamics, control and musicality. I was using a First Sound Reference II Passive preamp and traded it for a Pass X2 thinking that I would be ... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Carlos I - BrandyBlue Label scotch from JWMezcal - 10 years (Joya)Oporto Vintage w/Te Amo #10 Reserva cigarAlmost any Bourdoux or RIbera del Duero Red Wine | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? Avalon line -I own a pair of Eclipses after having Avatars and many others from Eaglestone, Magnepan, Monitor Audio, Swans, many B&Ws, etc...Also heard under familiar setups the Ascents, Eidoleons and Monitors.Some say they don't go deep, othe... | |
| Low freq. from small drivers? Is it possible Hi - I own a pair of Avalon Eclpses, which I consider small woffer and capable of reproducing a very clean low frequency range at 35Hz and up. Be sure to position this (or any other speaker) on it{s right place to achieve the best possible bass.Fe... | |
| Good sound possible on a bookshelf? Hi - I got good results with a pair of B&W Matrix 1 (bookshelf model) and a good friend of mine has Aerial 5 in his office and getting nice results.Hope this helps,Fernando | |
| pre-amp for original Marantz Model 9 mono amps? Courios to see why you are not considering the Marantz 7 (tubed) preamp?Fernando | |
| tube gear for rock and techno Thanks for pointing it out Creeper, I noticed it once I pushed the SEND bottom and got confused with the SE/UL switch that those Manley amps had.Fernando | |
| tube gear for rock and techno I have had Jadis, VTL, Manley, Copland, Fisher and Marantz. Of all this fine list, I found the VTL the more keen towards playing the material you are requiering. Go for a push-pull of course, not SET or ultralinear IMO.Hope this helps in your ques... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? I agree with Siddh fully - I had a quite similar experience with Avalon as well, great speakers for my Rowlands, Metaxas and Gryphon (and now Pass), but when mated with tubes I lost many of the sonic attributes of the spkr design.You can´t go wron... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar1 - I forgot to add the Nottingham Spacedeck in the list - sorry. | |
| Amperex 6922 white labels with counterpoint SA 3 Moony - Thanks for the clarification (NT) | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar1 - My experience with tables is not as large as some others, I have had Linn (LP12 and Axis), Michel Gyro, Rega P3 and VPI HW19MKIV (current), as you can see those have a different suspension approach.I have heard Acoustic Signature tables a... | |
| $800 Cartridge Shootout and Upgrade Path Artar1 - never heard a Shelter cart myself, but I am sure you are in the right track based on others opinions. Fernando | |
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