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Oppo 95: Burn-in...and Fan
Picked up an Oppo 95 from Magnolia today. Purchased this with Modwright mod in mind, somewhere down the road. Question is how far the 95 gets to after a few hundred hours of playing? Does it sound like a totally different player than right out of ... 
Oppo 95: Burn-in...and Fan
Picked up an Oppo 95 from Magnolia today. Purchased this with Modwright mod in mind, somewhere down the road. Question is how far the 95 gets to after a few hundred hours of playing? Does it sound like a totally different player than right out of ... 
Modwright sony xa5400 vs Modwright Oppo 95
Newbie question. I'm currently thinking of getting an Oppo 95 and came across this thread. What are these "modifications" being discussed here? From what I can understand Dan from Modwright does some mods to Sony 5400 and Oppo 95 and they are marv... 
Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users
I meant SC = speaker cable :) thanks for the suggestion.Do share your Pass experience, I'm sure no one minds.Btw, I used to run XA30.5 with Anthem MRX as pre/pro (with ARC room correction). Switching in XP-10 doesn't give immediate big improvement... 
Quality CD player + DAC + pre-amp in one package
Thanks for the suggestion guys. After careful thinking, I have to be careful as my amp input impedance is 30k balanced. That might limit the gears that would work well in my system. 
Pass XP-10 and Jeff Rowland Capri pre
Thanks. Seems like going Pass amp+ pre is a popular choice. Extra cost might be worth it. 
Quality CD player + DAC + pre-amp in one package
How about keeping my pre-amp, sell the dac, then get a cd player + dac in one box? Any recommendation?Pre-amp is Pass XP-10. Although I'm not getting true potential of it right now due to my source, I definitely know there's a lot more to it if I ... 
Quality CD player + DAC + pre-amp in one package
Gfroman, how good the pre-amp section of esoteric? Is it more than just a volume control? 
Quality CD player + DAC + pre-amp in one package
Thanks for all the suggestions.Elizabeth, that's actually a very good point. Never thought of it that way. I have a DAC, pre-amp and amp seperates (and a receiver) right now. But I find digital music streaming is the weakness in my system and thin... 
Pass Labs XP-10 & XP20 Users
Just thought I revive this thread. Recently bought a XP-10. I have Pass XA30.5 as well. Any suggestions on PC and SC? 
Pass XP-10 and Jeff Rowland Capri pre
Thanks for the responses!I found one thread Capri vs. XP-10 but the thread doesn't seem to have any reply. 
Pass XP-10 and Jeff Rowland Capri pre
Hi J135, thanks for the reply. How would you describe Capri sound? 
Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5
Thank you all for the suggestions.Acurus,Which Morrow Audios speaker cables you find outperform Heimdall? I'm currently using Heimdall ICs and was thinking of Heimdall speaker cables as well.Keith,I find my XA30.5 a little warm, liquid, smooth and... 
Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5
Keith, thanks much for your info. I was worried about A23 matching with SS because I read somewhere that they were designed specifically for Shindo gears by Keith Aschenbrenner of Auditorium 23.If it works well with First Watt amp, it must also fo... 
Speaker cable suggestion for Pass Labs XA30.5
Pro 9 plus is a discontinued product? I only find pro 9 reference SE which is out of my range at $1000+. I'd like to keep it somewhere around $700.Anyone familiar with Kimble 8TC?