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| Preamp recommedations for Pass Labs XA-100.5 Agree with Erndog. Best preamp is no preamp. I drive my XA30.5 direct using 64-bit internal volume of Jriver MC17. Even my Passion Audio Synthesis passive was colored in comparison. If all digital sources, I'd at least try direct before spending t... | |
| Upgrade Druid IV to new Superfly 1.B driver? Russ, I used MAC Shotguns for the internal harness and speaker cable.Hew | |
| Upgrade Druid IV to new Superfly 1.B driver? You might accomplish some of this by adopting some changes I made to my Druids. First off, forget about using any silver cabling with the Druids. It puzzles me why everyone including Zu recommends silver and silver-based hybrids. Maybe because Dru... | |
| TSM MMii..........amp pairing?? Wasn't the TSM-MXE designed for tube amps and the TSM-MMI (owned by the OP) for SS amps? | |
| metrum octave dac or cary or wyred4sound and more Last weekend several of us did a direct comparison between the Xcitor and the Octave and it was not close. There was no area in which the Xciter came close. The consensus was that there was a lack of resolution and defused image focus compared to ... | |
| What is meant by subwoofer room pressurization? What's the point of subs if they are set so they are not observable sources of sound? I set my subs so they blend seamlessly with my main speakers. | |
| What is meant by subwoofer room pressurization? Good answer Bondmanp. I'd add that you get the sense also that the air around you has become vibrant/pulsing/throbbing with energy. | |
| Proac Response 2 I have owned the 2s for 20 years. Two years ago I switched to Zu Druid and relegated the 2s to the closet. Took some getting use to the different presentation but the advantages of the Zus are tremendous dynamics, huge sound stage, and top-to-bott... | |
| Pass Aleph 5 vs. Pass XA 30.5 / 60.5 I also owned the Aleph 5 for more than 15 years driving a pair of Proac Response 2s. Two years ago I traded up for a XA30.5 that I now used on a pair of Druids. I wouldn't say the 30.5 is necessarily better than the Aleph 5. Just different. The XA... | |
| Recommended USB- SPDIF converter for Metrum Octave I have the same dilemma as Anonymoustao. Maybe I could stretch for a stock OR5 but I am not sure how much better than a AP2 w/battery it is going to be. Almost every reviewer seem to have theirs upgraded with turboclock and hynes regulator (The J ... | |
| Thoughts on the First Watt SIT Amps Upon rereading the 6moons review, it does not seem to argue that the SIT amps are a replacement for tubes as implied by Phil. The reviewer did state thatWhile this SIT platform does bridge transistors and tubes, it doesn't clone the latter. It rem... | |
| Thoughts on the First Watt SIT Amps Any further experiences with these amps? I am thinking of trading in my XA30.5 for the SIT-2 to drive a pair of Druids. | |
| Mark Levinson n°39 or dedicated DAC? Pmichellon, Very wise decision. I use to own a No. 39 and really loved the sound but that was ten years ago - a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. | |
| Amps that can Rival A Levinson No. 332 around 3K? I'd endorse Pass amps as well since I listen to similar music. I haven't heard the Levinson amps recently, but I am now using a XA30.5 with Zu Druids/JL subs and achieving great synergy. Before the XA30.5 I had the Pass Aleph 5 for about 9 years w... | |
| Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music? I find that culturally significant music has the ability to get you up and dancing. IME, this may be the critical difference between thriving genres and dying genres. |