ghdprentice
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| Parasound to Pass Upgrade First of all, I owned a x350 for over ten years__ granted in a fairly large room… but it never got more than warm. And some of you have $10K amplifiers and no air conditioning? Seriously? | |
| Why are People Dumping their Audio Research Gear and What Does it Say about them? Crazy. If I did not have an all Audio Research system, I would be a buyer. Audio Research, in my opinion makes the most musical sounding equipment on the market today. Which is why my system is full of it (see my system under my USRID). I was hap... | |
| McIntosh to Luxman? Luxman and MacIntosh could not be much more different. Luxman is rather evenly tonally balanced but with forward treble and lean midrange and bass and big on buttons and dials. MacIntosh is very heavy midrange and bass. Mac… the “muscle car”… Luxm... | |
| Can a better power cable make a difference if NOT plugged directly into an outlet? @stuartk 🤣👍 | |
| Should headphones be plugged in when tube headphone amp is on? Good question. I always have my headphones plugged in when my tubed headphone amp is on. It is a just in case practice, almost like a superstition. It probably doesn’t mater… maybe someone did the research, I never have. | |
| Ripping CD's You are talking about doing something one might have done fifteen years ago. A newer approach would be: You could just rip them all to a USB drive or computer hard drive or Network accessible drive and create play lists. This was the contemporary... | |
| Parasound to Pass Upgrade The Pass x series produce little heat. I had X350 for over ten years. Under load it gets a little warm. Pass xSeries amps are very good for solid state. To me much more musical than the Parasound. | |
| Looking for high power warming sounding tube amps I was a long time owner of a Pass x350. I now have Audio Research Reference 160m monoblocks. The moment I heard the ARC 160 that was the end of my love affair with solid state amps. It is because they sound like real music and in particular the ba... | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 It certainly does not hurt to get opinions on interconnects, but which will sound best will be strongly dependent on the rest of your system and your values in sound. So generalities can be helpful. In general Cardas will add a touch of warmth... | |
| Speaker platform OP, Thanks for your references. I reintegrate my comments from dozens of folks over that last few years. I look forward to hearing your evaluation of the isolator feet. | |
| Thinking about another amplifier (Galion) OP, I am aware of the current status of Audio Research. It would not deter me in any way from buying a new or used component. I have owned multiple components for over 30 years without failure. So, great opportunity to snatch up a world class ... | |
| Storage boxes. Can I discard high end shipping boxes, and still sell in the future? I have struggled with this question for the last fifty years. My observation has been that space available increases over time as one becomes more wealthy. My conclusion has been that keeping high end audiophile component boxes is appropriate. ... | |
| Change of Ethernet Cable OP, +1 I agree. I have been using DHLabs Ethernet (having tried several other good quality cables, like Nordost) … but realized after your post, I am sure a Cardas would be the ticket. I will ask my dealer for one when he has a chance… it soun... | |
| Chord Cutest or Wadia 321 OP, Congratulations. I have been. Wadia fan since back in the 1990’s. Chord is very popular but it’s emphasis on detail can loose track of musical reality. | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k OP, I completely agree. The musical nuance you get with good quality tube amplification is hard to meet with solid state. Once I went to tube amplification there was no going back. |