jcwilson
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| Beginner in the Audiophile World – Looking for Streamer & Streaming Service Advice I love my Lumin U1 Mini and Lumin U2 and the Holo Audio Red. All good choices. But if you want to start at the basic level with a fine piece of equipment, you should also consider the Wiim streamer, which is great value for the money. I use and... | |
| Bad idea? Another vote for Blue Jean Cables, and I have done this very thing (cutting in two) on several occasions and reterminating cables myself with banana plugs. Not hard at all. | |
| SACD Player/Transport Choices I love my PS Audio. I2s connection to Holo audio May. SQ beats streaming and I have a pretty good streamer, Lumin U2. | |
| Coda vs Parasound Not a big poster here, but I absolutely love my Coda #8. I was using the Pass XA25. They are indeed very close competitors, and cater to slightly different sound footprints, but I chose the Coda due to greater power in the bottom end, and slight... | |
| Annoying newbie CD/SACD player question I just replaced my Cambridge Audio CXC v2 with a significantly more expensive PS Audio Transport. The Cambridge Audio gave me many years of listening pleasure, and restoked my interest interest in CDs. If you are interested, in the Cambridge Audio... | |
| Fantasy or reality? Inexpensive solid state preamps that get you 80% there? I recently upgraded from Schiit Freya + to Pass Labs XP10. I really liked the Freya. It was a tremendous deal and a big improvement on my Cambridge Audio CXA81. But I got the upgrade bug, and replaced mySchiit with Pass Labs. The improvement is un... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? REM was absolutely pivotal to the growth of my interest in music growing up in the 80’s. Saw them several times (Harvard track stadium with Husker Du opening!), and a big reason I did the college DJ thing for a few years, which really opened up a ... | |
| Tube Preamp for Pass XA25 under $3,000 Voltage for Matrix Audio X Sabre Pro is 4.5 Vrms for XLR and 2.25 for RCA input. | |
| Tube Preamp for Pass XA25 under $3,000 I have been really busy with family and work. I will say that the Backert has improved clarity and soundstage from top to bottom, and I am very pleased. I guess predictably the high and midrange of my usual acoustic/vocal music has really benefi... | |
| Tube Preamp for Pass XA25 under $3,000 Pulled the trigger on Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme 1.2. A bit over my budget, but good deal. I will report. | |
| Tube Preamp for Pass XA25 under $3,000 Thanks for all the feedback. Not sure it has made my decision easier, but I will definitely consider Cary (that was on my radar already) and the DeHavilland (love the price), and will probably go back to trying to figure out a streamer. Thank yo... | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? @oldrooney thanks for that. I feared that is how I would have to do this if I moved the freya to my HT system. | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? @oldrooney Thanks for the information. I see that now in the manual about converting single-ended input to balanced output. But I still don't understand if there is any way to fix the volume of the Freya when you have a singled ended AVR input a... | |
| Are Their any Tube Preamp with Home Theater Bypass? I am looking at this issue as well and found this helpful page listing both integrateds and preamps with HT-bypass: It is updated but not complete (for instance it is missing Modwright). I have considered moving my Schiit Freya plus to... | |
| How many systems do you have? 5. Office, living room with HT system, bedroom, basement/poker room, and outdoor patio. Living room also powers outdoor porch speakers. |