kevemaher
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| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @jimmy2615 @perazzi28 I've talked to Bryston about bi-amping. They recomment against doing it because the speakers drop below 4 ohms at the xover to the highs (2.2 KHz), although they hedged saying I moght be OK because there's not much power/... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @soix Hi, I can understand your frustration. Please tell me how I can clarify. I would like to keep seeing your inputs to my questions, even if it is not complementary. I value what you have to say. I cannot explain why this XP-12 was a failure ... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @jbuhl Hi, see my system pics. Room dims are there. | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? Wow! So many great ideas. I appreciate how these posts have recommended changes to other components, so much so that I thought I would discuss my system in a bit more detail. The Paragon System E is used as a Phono pre only. It creates a beautif... | |
| What Power Amplifier Should I Buy? @ditusa Thanks for showing me an alternate path. Could you explain how a second sub improves the imaging and sound stage? Perhaps I used the wrong word. By "oomph" I meant more power for transients. I wasn't indicating that I needed more bass. I ... | |
| This One has Me Stumped Pass Labs found a gain module that was out of spec. The preamp was manufactured in 2019. Passed replacd the module with the current production module and tested. My XP-12 is now in spec. I've not set it up in my system yet. Pass was very respons... | |
| This One has Me Stumped @jji666 I've measured signal levels throughout my system with an AC voltmeter, osclloscope and RTA. The measured input and output voltages are well within normal range for each component. I hope that Pass has an answer. | |
| This One has Me Stumped I've taken the xp-12 into the Pass factory. Kent gave me a quick tour of the production area. I explained my observations and measurements to the tech who will be testing the xp-12. They've had it for about a week. I do hope they have found somet... | |
| This One has Me Stumped @asctim No. Distortion is audible and clearly present on REW data also. | |
| This One has Me Stumped @audphile1 You have a great suggestion. Please check my analysis below: Shelter 901 output is 0.5mV at 0 dB. Zphono gain is 60 dB (1000x). So the input to the xp-12 is 0.5V at 0dB. This is right in the sweet spot for input. 20dB more might cause... | |
| This One has Me Stumped I called Pass. They told me to send it in. Since I live about 30 min away from the factory, I will hand deliver it tomorrow. | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp I bought a Pass Labs XP-12, used for about the same price as the Bryston and Benchmark preamps. I will get it tomorrow. The reason for the switch to Pass is that the buzz around the Pass gear is that ii is warm(ish) sounding. The other two are pr... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp I could try this test using the volume control on my Oppo BDP-105 to play digital media and files. This seems to be a good way to estimate the sonic signature of the 38s. I want to stay analog all the way with my other sources - a tuner and two c... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp Now, I've been looking at the Pass XP-12. It has all the features I am interested in. I've read that it is warmer sounding than the Benchmark and Bryston preamps. Will it match well with my Bryston 2.5B^3 power amp? New ones are at my price limi... | |
| Bryston BP-17 cubed or Benchmrk LA4 Preamp @jimmy2615 Extremely helpful insight. I don't think that I am sensitive enough to pick out this subtle effect, but I'm glad you can. I don't really know if my system is on the warm side or cooler. I have nothing to compare it to. No local audi... |