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| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 I´d like to say that I´d love to hear that going direct to XA25 route brings spectacular results but I have my worries. A more transparent and pure sound? I´m sure. A "leaner" (cleaner) sound than with a preamp? Of course but as I´ve said I don´t ... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 @avanti1960 I used extensively passive preamps in the past too (some Audio Synthesis units) but that is a much more complicated way to achieve nice results than using just a source with high quality variable output into an amp. With a passive pr... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 @hilde45 Did you control de output level of the Orchid DAC with the Bluesound? If so then I think you are loosing bit depth resolution performing attenuation in the digital stream instead at the core of the DAC (modern DAC perform digital attenuat... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 @hilde45 Thanks for the update! Much appreciated! Just noe more question. Did you use the same DAC when using the XA25 with and without the preamp? BTW it´s not a surprise you only get 78dB cause XA25 has only 20dB of gain so if droven directly ... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 @chorus Thanks for sharing your experiences. 🙂 When you replaced your XA-25 for the INT25 you say you didn´t notice a SQ improvement but, did you feel you loosed "something" with that move? Which speaker do you have? Thanks! | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 @avanti1960 Have you tried to drive the XA25 directly bypassing the Cary in yor system? I´d love to hear your comments if you try it. BTW I owned a SLP98 many years ago driving Cary 300SE monoblocks. Nice preamp but with awful sounding signal caps... | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 Have you compared the sound with and without preamp? If so, could you please elaborate the differences between both ways of use? Thanks! | |
| Pass Labs XA25 without preamp (from a variable output source) vs INT25 Thanks! I knew that thread. I have searching but I have very little info about using the XA25 without preamp. I´d love to hear from someone who tried the XA25 this way. Thanks again! |