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| Tube preamp for pass labs ? I also enthusiastically recommend Aric Audio and his tube preamps! Hell, all his gear for that matter. Before moving to Coda, I paired The Motherlode with a pair of Pass XA60.8's and the results were amazing. I still have not replaced The Motherlo... | |
| I am looking to upgrade - looking for advice I have yet to hear a B&W, (and I too coveted and auditioned numerous models of B&W when I was in the early stages of piecing together my first true audiophile grade set up) that were not overly bright and gave me listening fatigue after on... | |
| I am looking to upgrade - looking for advice Cables aside, my humble prediction is that you will quickly come to the conclusion that the Hegel far outclasses the B&W Speakers and you find THAT is your new priority. | |
| Preamp Shopping - Parasound, ML, McIntosh Aric Audio Motherlode. I cannot recommend him, and his wonderful tube gear, more highly! Call him and I can almost guarantee you will have him build one for you. And you will be within budget... | |
| "Diminishing Returns" Unless a piece of gear that is in place currently completely craps out, I too am satisfied and done chasing the audio dragon! Far too much money and time invested, and now it is time to savor... | |
| Most recent speaker you audited in room and returned? Why did you return it? Vienna Acoustics Liszt. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get any bottom end out of them. | |
| Need an amp upgrade suggestion..... But not the usual upgrade request :-) Start with the speakers. B&W are seldom referred to as,"musical" or "engaging". | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? No, after my experience with Pass preamps(XP-20 and XP30), their sterile and lifeless characteristics, I would not compromise any decent amp, tube or sold state, with Pass preamps. My opinion and stated with no offense intended, those still hangin... | |
| Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps? From my own experience, Pass preamps overall fail to meet the characteristics of their excellent sold state amps. In general I have found the tube preamp paired with solid state amplification to be a much better match, as you have noted. | |
| Integrated for TAD ME1: Luxman, Accuphase or Soulnote? I have the TAD CE1 and the Coda Model 16 and the combination is sublime! | |
| Pass labs x250.8 burn in Agreed on the Pass preamps. I have owned both the XP 20 and 30 paired with his XA60.8 monos and neither of the Pass preamps could do the amp any justice. Anemic, sterile, and fairly lifeless. Pair Pass with a good tube based preamp and your ears w... | |
| Aric Audio Aric, and his gear, are true audio gems! I go out of my way to recommend reaching out to him at every opportunity. | |
| Tube rolling on MacIntosh C2300 I second the suggestion for the Amperex Medical Grade Bugle Boys. Years ago I too had a 2300 and used these tubes with great results. | |
| Focal Aria 948 Selecting an amp for those speakers if a deeper and tighter low end is what you seek is like chasing your tail. I had the Sopra II for a short while and paired them with Mac, Pass, and Coda and could not wring decent bass out of them despite a lot... | |
| Sopra 2 Amp Recommendation The Pass preamp was your weak link...they are awful and pale in comparison to their amplifiers. |