jpan
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| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? I’m a music lover first and an audiophile second. For a long time this served me well, until we bought a house and moved from a flat. Prior to that I sat near field and I was happy listening to music. After moving to a much larger space the room b... | |
| The New Synergistic Research Purple Fuses Just put two SR Purple fuses into my Pass mono blocks. It's a slam dunk. Out of the box it's better detail, imaging and soundstage. I can't wait for them to break in. BTW, I have SR cables and interconnects but I was a bit skeptical about the... | |
| Next upgrade? What kind of stand or rack do you use? What are using for couplers or feet under your gear and speakers? Hey, this is not the same as cables or power... Seriously, I would invest here and raise the level of all your components. | |
| What tube pre-amps pair well with Pass amps? I've often wondered about this, for different reasons like the allure of tubes etc. I'm run the Pass Labs XP-22, XP-17 and the XA60.6s with an analog front-end only. I recently put in a distributed bass array and altogether I'm blown away and qui... | |
| Do you use a Subwoofer when listening to stereo? "Do you use a subwoofer when listening to stereo?"Not one but four.I am another convert -- and now huge proponent -- of using a distributed bass array. The change is gigantic. Unparalleled. | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's Fast forward five months and this is what has happened in summary:1. Bought a number of GIK acoustic panels to cover early reflection points. Mine are moveable and I move most of them in and out for listening sessions. They are easy to do so. (It ... | |
| MY SONIC LAB Cartridges I went from a Lyra Titan i to a My Sonic Lab Gold Signature. I love it.When I was researching, a friend pointed me to My Sonic. I had a discussion with a dealer of Lyra, MSL and Koetsu and he said on a spectrum you could generalize that Lyra was t... | |
| Rank the tweaks, geeks! Power, interconnects, speaker and isolation. Clean your contacts and treat your cables/cords w/ an anti-static. I like Kontak and Nordost Eco 3X. | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? Pass Labs Aleph 5It bums me to this day. O where art thou? | |
| Is there any value in ultrasonically cleaning a record multiple times? I've been down this path. If you're only using the Ultrasonic on its own, then I would say not at all. However, if you're using the Ultrasonic unit with a surfactant, then I would say, yes absolutely. I saw the light after reading the Audiophile M... | |
| Synergistic Research HFT's I'd put it this way: HFTs are better than nothing but they are not acoustical treatments that help with things like early reflections and the like. They help reduce high frequency energy. How do I know this? I'm living it.I have a large open floor... | |
| Phono preamp comparison/Pass,Herron,Avid I'm a Pass guy. I moved up from the X1, Xono, and Aleph 5 to the XP-20 and XA30.5.BUT, I went with the Herron VTPH-2.I am really, really happy with this combo. So, that's another vote for the Herron. And a vote for Pass too. | |
| Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users Kzhtoo - I wrote this really long response and decided it was waaaay to long. So, here's my (somewhat) abridged version.Start with your source. Your system will never reach it's potential unless you can feed it the right "stuff" played through the... | |
| Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users Kzhtoo - I also have the XP-10 and the XA30.5.My power conditioner (PC) is the Running Springs Dmitri. It is awesome and I highly recommend it. I found a (slightly) used one on Audigon. It still wasn't inexpensive but I am VERY happy I got it.I'm ... | |
| Selling dispute. Please comment. Have you tried or suggested that the two of you speak on the phone? I think email can be pretty brutal sometimes. Taking time to talk it through might help bring this back to a more even keel level. Take the emotion out of it. Discuss it 1:1 and t... |