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| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Morg111,I should be auditioning the 462 on Tuesday if all goes as planned. However I’m only able to test in-store and not in my home so it won’t be a fair comparison to the 452. To make matters worse I will be hearing the 462 with B&W 803 D3... | |
| New McIntosh amp build quality I home-demoed a McIntosh C2500/MC452 last week and was less impressed than I expected to be with build quality. For some reason my expectations were higher. The preamp felt light-ish in weight and you can feel and hear the panels vibrate and set... | |
| Considering Gryphon Diablo 300 "OR" Simaudio 700iv2 ??? I will soon be auditioning the Diablo 300 as everything I’ve tried seperates-wise at that price point (including the Diablo’s DAC module) seems to be missing one thing or another that I am looking for sonically. Based on at least what other’s have... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? Agreed inna, for me it’s pretty simple - why would I pay the same amount of cash for seperates that have lesser sound quality versus the Gryphon Diablo? Only reason may be to sacrifice some sound quality now for the sake of future flexibility fac... | |
| Why the facination with integrated amps? Based on what others (pro and non-pro reviewers) have said, the Gryphon Diablo 300’s sound quality cannot be matched by separates at this price-point. So for me it is sound quality and value. At my budget I struggle to find seperates that have a... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Thanks inna for the tips. The Diablo is a demo unit the shop is getting from Gryphon, so presumably it should have some miles on it. Good point on avoiding power conditioning - I’ve seen stories of conditioning causing issues for the current-hun... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Here are my initial results of my head-to-head in-home test of the McIntosh MC452 vs Bryston 4B3, tested with McIntosh C2500 and Bryston BP26/MPS2 preamps:Results:-If I had to pick between the McIntosh and Bryston power amps, it would be the Bryst... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Thanks inna. Not a surprise if my B&W 803 D2’s hold back the Diablo from reaching full potential. Sets the stage for future upgrades right??Interestingly there was a pro review where the reveiwer on a whim tried connecting the Diablo to a lo... | |
| Audirvana Plus vs Roon - High Sound Quality at Lower Cost? Thanks everyone.Mahler123, you mentioned you don’t want to use a PC. Can I ask what you have Audirvana running on?I am using a Mac Mini, “headless” without a keyboard mouse or display and connected directly to my DAC via USB.On another note, my M... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? I will actually have the opportunity to test the 462, but not in my home.In a few weeks, after my in-home audition of the Bryston 4B3 vs Mac c2600/452, I’ll be testing the 462 in a shop and comparing with the Gryphon Diablo 300 connected to B&... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? Hi Morg111, just to be clear unfortunately it is the mc452 I will be testing at home as my dealer doesn’t have the 462 as a demo yet. My assumption is that the 462 may be slightly better than the 452 but not leaps and bounds, and if I did buy Mac... | |
| Bryston 4B3 vs Mac MC462 vs Pass Labs X250.8, OR... GRYPHON Diablo 300? So I’ve started step one of the process: purchasing the Bryston 4B3 and breaking it in (at about 80 hours in now). I have a 30-day return window which is very helpful.Next weekend I will be borrowing a McIntosh C2600 and MC452 (they don’t have a... | |
| I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience ! On a related note, I did read in a pro review (can’t recall which) that the Diablo’s DAC module seemed to have some small degree of midrange coloration. So maybe that’s where the warmth comes from, if you were using the DAC. Could also explain w... | |
| I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience ! Thanks Denon1, that makes sense. A little warmth is fine by me. Although, I had a hearing test recently and apparently I’ve hit the age (41) where our ears start to taper off in response to higher frequencies. I’m told it is normal and this hap... | |
| I listened to the Gryphon Diablo today , what an experience ! Denon1,Would you be able to expand on what you mean when you say the Diablo is a bit “dark”? Others have said this and yet others have said they wouldn’t characterize it as such. By dark do you mean warm-ish, but not quite warm?The Diablo is on ... |