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| Little Giant NOS DAC mini review The state of the digital art and design has changed almost exponentially for the better over the last decade or more. Several years ago with my ~$25K analog set-up, I really enjoyed analog over my digital sound which also wasn't cheap. However t... | |
| Do YOU have a flat frequency response in your room? I may have a very simplistic view on this topic, however getting your listening-space "right" to get the best representation of what you're listening to is more important than chasing component upgrades without it. A great book in my opinion is "... | |
| Question About Capacitor Upgrade in Tube Amp Lots of great recommendations and suggestions on upgrading. I for one really believe in it. I went from Janzens to Duelund copper CAST coupling capacitors in my tube-preamp and at first, I thought not such a good upgrade, but after ~100-hours of... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path I have an XP-22 preamp and it is a very articulate and quiet preamp. Also, it will drive longer interconnect lead-lengths in the case of having the preamp and source equipment a good distance from the amplifier(s). Built like a tank like all of ... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now @theschwartz Great discussion everyone. Really appreciate all the feedback and lively back and forth. @liquidsound you raise a great question. Being that I live in an apartment I can't really play too loudly. In fact one of the reasons I am loo... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now @jjss49 Thanks ! As you've said, Nelsons' First-Watt "kitchen-table" amplifiers were designed for sounding terrific from the first-watt in mind. The reliability also of the Pass-Labs and First-Watt electronics is well-known. Nelson is also one ... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now I've owned the 30.8 amp and it is a terrific powerful amplifier, despite its 30wpc/8-ohm rating. I also own a First-Watt SIT-2 and F8, both of which are terrific amps and with the right efficient speakers have taken my listening another level hig... | |
| DAC suggestions I'd highly recommend the BorderPatrol SEi DAC ! I have one and it's terrific. Very analog like and realistic sound. It's an R2R ladder-type DAC so those types have that characteristic also its not over-sampled or digital filtered. Well within ... | |
| Recommendations for HiFi Listening Room Tons of opinions and many of them really good ! Doing the GIK room stuff is a good start. A really good book, easy to read and understand is "Get Better Sound" by Jim Smith. Using this book and some rather inexpensive room treatments I was able... | |
| PSA: Be Careful Dealing With Uptone Audio Wow ! What a series of exchanges ! My experience with Uptone-Audio and Alex although fairly recently has been nothing but positive ! Prior to purchasing, I had a rather lengthy conversation with Alex regarding his EtherREGEN product and I purch... | |
| SQ difference XLR vs RCA ? I have gone from using RCA to XLR and back over the 40+ years of equipment/listening. I've stayed with RCA for the last 15 of those years even with 5-meter runs of interconnects from my preamps to the amps. While I definitely agree about CMMR wi... | |
| tube pre & ss amp integrated I have to agree with SBANK... The Pass-Labs equipment is terrific, powerful in every form, extremely reliable and articulate... For the Forte's, I believe the XA25 would be your best choice $$$ for $$$. Check out 6-Moons review. | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. Oh... And for those who have to face the Wife Acceptance Factor, my problem is on two fronts ! Factor #1... Shes a spend-thrift ! So anything I buy has to be purchased with, ahem... discretion ! Factor #2... She's an interior designer ! So ... | |
| For those of you who had spent over hundred thousand dollars for your sound system. I have spent nearly $300K in purchases and subsequent sales of electronics and speakers over the 40-years that I've been heavily into listening. I evolved from very inefficient to rather inefficient to efficient to soon very efficient speakers ov... | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? Great that there are lots of comments and examples here for your question... I have to agree with many here regarding higher efficiency speakers over inefficient ones. I've had both types, and in each case, micro-detail has always been notably b... |