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Top 10 Live Albums
Katie Melua, Live in Concert. Beautiful recording   
Pass labs krell parasound amps
Nelson Pass has a long history of designing reliable  & wonderful amps.  I owned a  Threshold 4000 for 25 years before selling it and buying the X250.8.  Yes, they run hot & yes, the X250.8 does have the "Pass " sound, which makes it very ... 
Pass Labs XA30.5 Fuse Issue/Question
Pass labs is very user-friendly...do not hesitate to call them  
Has anyone tried a linear power supply with a Weiss 204 or 205?
Plixir Elite BDC 9v/2A.   2.5mm plug  
Has anyone tried a linear power supply with a Weiss 204 or 205?
yes, Plixir was a nice improvement, not huge, but across the board....bought from Gramophone in Edmonton, Cananda...the resulting combination sounds amazing...caveat, I am not one to go around A/B testing, so I have not truly compared to others...... 
Has anyone tried a linear power supply with a Weiss 204 or 205?
@surround4life, yes 204/Plixir my current DAC, yes I feel the Plixir is an improvement in all ways, some subtle, but worthwhile  
Has anyone tried a linear power supply with a Weiss 204 or 205?
yes, Plixir w Weiss 204....beautiful  
Robert Plant
great talent in that band, great tunes....too bad the recording were lousy  
"Diminishing Returns"
+1 kennymacc!  BTW, I to own those speakers, and they are wonderful  
Help with streamer software
I use mconnect and mcontol for streaming and radio with the Airlens, no problem    
Steely Dan UHQR
never enjoyed Steely Dan -style, just saying....sounds like elevator music to me  
Higher-End Class A/B vs. Class A Integrateds
+1 piebaldpython I have owned a Pass Labs X250.8  I have only 87 db efficient speakers playing in quite a large room. I play at moderate volumes all kinds of music.  I HAVE NEVER seen the amp leave Class A on the meter....just saying...  
jitter
+1 @yage....manufacturer is sending an updated model which will have an way to adjust for jitter in the input  
jitter
@yage,  the only indication would be if power is interupted...we shall see what happens with a "better" streamer....the manufacturer of the DAC in question has created a fix, which I believe increases some sort of buffer to accept higher degrees a... 
jitter
@yage thank you for  this information and explanation. How then would you likely explain repeatable "dropout"when streaming only certain HR tracks. The drop out occurs in similar places each time, and on one DAC, but not another?