jwin
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| Calling PassLabs 350.5 owners. My 350.5 has been in my system for just over two months. It now has about 180 hours on it and I too am thrilled with the performance. When coupled with a Pass Labs X-0 preamp, the noise floor is at ground zero and music is sweet and very tube like... | |
| Review: Sony SCD-1 Audiocom-UK upgrade The Kern modifications did improve the redbook performance, but the tube DAC has taken it to a new level. It was a $7000 DAC brought to the market at approximately the same time as the SCD-1. It go rave reviews at the time. Yes, I'm sure the well ... | |
| Review: Sony SCD-1 Audiocom-UK upgrade I have owned and been happy a Richerd Kern modified SC D-1 for two years. It has had to go out for repairs once, but that had nothing to do with the Super Clock 2 and transport mods. Last week a friend of mine brought over a Sonic Frontiers proces... | |
| Tube cdp's and Tubed Output cdp's My audio club did a blind evaluation last year with about six or seven CDP. There was atleast one tube CDP in the bunch. Most of us picked a SS CDP when asked with player sounded most tube like. Jeff | |
| Tube cdp's and Tubed Output cdp's I own a Jolida 100A that has upgraded Electro-Harmonix tubes and a Sony SCD-1 modded to include the super clock 2 and a transport mod. The Sony is sweet sounding, has more air, better base and a lower noise floor. I originally bought the Jolida fo... | |
| Parasound JC-1 vs. Pass 250.5 I was told by Peter that the 350.5 was the sweet spot in the .5 line. It had very similar attributes with the XA series. Jeff | |
| Parasound JC-1 vs. Pass 250.5 I cannot compare the 250 and the 250.5, but I have owned both the 350 and 350.5 and indeed there is a big difference. The 350.5 is warm and quite tube like. It is never fatiguing and still getting better as it now has about 130 hours of service. | |
| Review: Pass Labs X350.5 Amplifier I have been an audiophile for over 35 years. My first system was a tubed receiver and through the years I have owned dozens of combinations of high end preamps and poweramps. For the last several years I have mostly owned both tube and solid-state... | |
| Pass XA100 or X350.5 I have been listening to my new X350.5 amp for a little over 3 hours. It replaced an X350 and out of the box it was sweater and made my Dunlavy SC-4a speakers sing. I've usually maintained both tube and solid state amps and for the 1st time, I may... | |
| Power cord and Sony SCD-1 Phiilb is partially correct. Only the early SCD-1 players had reversed polarity. Mine does not. It was however modified with the Super-clock 2 and transport mods and I was advised that it sounded better when not using the balanced mode because it ... | |
| Atma-sphere M60 II.3-Any good for 4 ohm speaker? Thanks Rushton. The impedance of the Dunlays is pretty flat. It ranges from 3 ohms to 7.5 ohms max. Wouldn't a zero autoformer put a transformer in the circuit of the OTL design?Jeff | |
| Atma-sphere M60 II.3-Any good for 4 ohm speaker? Does anyone have any experience with MA-1 11.3 and Dunlavy SC-4a speakers? They are also 4 ohms, 91db and pretty stable.Jeff | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 Opinions The lower gain is probably no big deal, but the higher output impedance might make a difference if you decided to pair the preamp with a solid state power amp. The Ref 2 has an output impedance of 400 ohms and ARC suggests a minimum of 20k ohms in... | |
| Sony SCD-1 audiocom mod vs. Wadia 861 anybody? The SCD-1 had the superclock II and transport mods. The epeakers were Dunlavy SC-4a, The tube amps were Wavestream and the tube pre-amp a Conrad Johnson 16 I believe. It was the model under the art. Jeff | |
| Sony SCD-1 audiocom mod vs. Wadia 861 anybody? My audio club did a blind, level matched comparison and a modded SCD-1 beat out a non-modded Wadia 861 and the vote wasn't close.Jeff |