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| Esoteric MG 10 vs Magnepan 1.7 The Maggies have their strengths and the Esoteric's have theirs. Put another way....The Maggies have their weaknesses and the Esoterics have theirs. Impossible for me to tell what you would like best. I'd suggest auditioning both of them some more... | |
| Pass labs XA60.5 anything wrong with them. Nothing wrong with the 60.5's. For this line of amps, they are the cheapest mono blocks offered. If you are not set on monos, the XA30.5 is their stereo amp of the same design. I own it and the XA100.5's and they are much more alike than different... | |
| What Difference between Pass X150.5 and X250.5? ^Agree. Lack of class. Resurrect an 8 year old thread in a discussion forum for an "ad" ????? | |
| SET/PSET Amp recomendation for Reference3A Episode I own a couple SET amps of the 2a3 and 300b nature and have them mated to the appropriate speaker. BUT...I also have a more demanding speaker (Magnepan) in another system and I wanted to try a big SET on it. The one I bought and have been happy wi... | |
| How powerful is a Wavac MD-300B You may like the MD but you do like the EC. Depending on the speaker (and your ears), the differences could be small or huge.From reading your posts, I think the EC is the one for you. Yes, it's more expensive but there is an old saying: "Sometime... | |
| Speaker Cables With SET Amps Years ago Cardas made cables for single ended amps and/or hi-eff speakers. They called them the SE-15, SE-11 and SE-9, the numbers represented the gauge. What I found interesting about them was how small they were in diameter. I would expect that ... | |
| What about 845 tubes on Wilson Sophia 3...? I assume you meant the Cary 805ae which uses the 845 (and 211) tube.I use that Cary on my Magnepan 3.6's from time to time (rotate it with Pass ss). The Maggies have a very flat impedance graph which tubes like. Even though the Wilsons might be mo... | |
| Hansen Knight with Pass XA30.5 working? The odds are way in your favor that the Pass will have enough power. Haven't heard the Hansen's, so can't comment. | |
| Pre amp for Pass Labs XA30.5 – Tube or SS Rrfrerichs1950,I just checked my 30.5. The tips of my bananas are 3/4" long and I can insert them all the way. They possibly could go in even farther. I also tried some old Monster Cable bananas and a Radio Shack dual banana and they all went in a... | |
| Harbeth Compact 7s vs. Pioneer's $129 speakers Spent a day in a studio last week with some old friends and some new. Done this for years but this was the first time I heard someone talk about equipment and not music. The equipment was these Pioneers (BS22's) and how natural they sounded especi... | |
| Favorite 300B: Sophia vs KR Phaelon,Couple of my thoughts on tubes and specifically 300b's (one of my faves):I haven't heard of any manufacturers of tubes recommending limited hours but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. 24/7 is around 750 hrs a month or 9000 a year. That'... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Small world sometimes.I am bi-amping a pair custom 2 ways with an active x/o. I use a 300b SET on the mid/woofer and a 2a3 SET for the tweeter. It's the best sound I have been able to re-create in my room. FWIW: A Wavelength Duetto was the first S... | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? Isochronism,You have heard the light. :-)45's.....2a3's.....or ???? | |
| Why do no audio enthusiasts use McIntosh? "Enjoy what you own for right now. If you stay in this hobby long enough, you will roll through many pieces of audio equipment, sometimes as much as people roll tubes or swap out cables. The amps I replaced lasted 7 years before the swap to the ma... | |
| Why does an audiophile grade power cord matter? Photonman,I would tend to agree with Bryston about plugging your amp directly into the wall. Amps have some pretty good filtering already BUT there is always a chance that "your" electricity and/or environment may be so bad the it "could" benefit ... |