jl35
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| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing awesome music ... | |
| Can you provide context on First Watt? agree, there are lots of good speakers for your setup...and the journey is a big part of the fun... | |
| Can you provide context on First Watt? Each First Watt amp has a somewhat idiosyncratic sound, and all are low power - they are great amps but your choice of speakers for each model is limited...many/most amps are designed to work with a wide variety of speakers, First Watt's are not... | |
| Entry CD player question? very happy with Rotel CD11 Tribute | |
| Can you provide context on First Watt? TAS has referred to First Watt, as " Nelson Pass's creative playground " ... | |
| Can you provide context on First Watt? I think the First Watt website will answer many of your questions. You can call Pass Labs for all issues and service, they answer the phone and are very helpful. Reno was essentially a sort of in-house dealer, not sure if there is a replacement am... | |
| New pre-amplifier? I like factory direct refurbished also... | |
| New pre-amplifier? +1 facten...How would you ever be assured ? ...Certainly a direct shipment from a manufacturer is not unusual practice... | |
| As An Experiment I Stuck A Few Things Under My Pre-Amp And Am Now On A Quest check out Mapleshade, maple boards and brass cones...I pretty much used them under everything, and sometimes on top too... | |
| Power Cables - Third Party or OEM When I had a BPT conditioner, it sounded best with their top of the line power cord...though in general I find power cords somewhat less predictable than other cords/cables... | |
| Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please Mike Powell’s silver slugs and jumpers were awesome in my Magnepans... | |
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? yes, but Eric is essentially proposing a million dollar system, so I'm assuming there will be professionals to take care of the room and all "fussy issues", making the judgement call irrelevant... | |
| Pass labs x250.8 burn in leave it on for a few weeks, but for a few days in the middle, shut it off at night...this will get you 90% there...play a lot of music...this was the advice I received from Pass...for me the XP Pass preamps are excellent, much better than the ori... | |
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? if I'm buying a $400,00 speaker those issues become irrelevant, as I could spend and do whatever made then sound their best...in my real world, I usually avoid fussy... | |
| Are cable “upgrades” just as likely to make your system sound worse? +1 dekay |