peterayer
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| Double down, good or bad? Ralph,Thank you for that explanation. I agree with your assertion that human hearing is the most important aspect of audio. I have found lately, that the speaker/room relationship or room acoustics may be the second. I have not thought of or prev... | |
| Double down, good or bad? Atmasphere,Could you please elaborate a bit about the point in your last post where you say some speakers are more effectively driven by tubes and others by transistors. I do not see much written about this and am curious as to why. Thanks. | |
| Upgrade from TW Acustic Raven AC-3 to what? Dertonarm, Have you heard a turntable set up on an active anti-vibration platform like Halcyonics? These are very expensive, but they reach down to 0.5 Hz and should be more effective than a Vibraplane. I wonder if this alone would improve the Rav... | |
| XLR waste of time ? I used to "believe" that balanced cables were better because my electronics were balanced. Then a fellow Audiogoner suggested I try the single-ended output on my phono amp. It was clearly superior in my system. I contacted the manufacturer, and he... | |
| pass or krell I own a Pass XP-20 and it sounds great with my Pass amps. It is extremely transparent, neutral and quiet. It is also easy to use and has a newer, more convenient remote. I have also heard great sounding tube preamps, as others suggest, in other sy... | |
| Pass or Spectral I have a Pass XP-20 and XA100.5 which sound great together and in my system. I have heard Spectral gear, though not the top of the line like you mention, in a system that had the same tt as mine but different speakers and room, so I can't really c... | |
| Cartridge loading for Pass Labs Xono I have an Xono and AirTight PC-1, (.5mV). I have set the gain to lowest setting and the loading to 22 ohms. I'm surprised this low setting sounds the best, but it is a good combination of clear, clean highs, rich mids and deep, full, articulate ba... | |
| Amp suggestions to pair with eggleston I use Pass Labs XA100.5 with my Eggleston Rosa. Pass and Eggleston are a wonderful match and they used to be paired together at shows. Have you considered a multi channel Pass like the X5? Occasionally they are available here on Audiogon. I haven'... | |
| Double down, good or bad? I have a Pass XA.5. Its output doubles as impedance is halved. It replaced a Pass XA amp. Its output was constant. In my system, there is no comparison between the two. The XA.5 sounds much better. There is now much better control of the lower fre... | |
| Is Pass Labs Xono An Overkill For Rega P5 TT? Some on these forums consider the phono stage to be THE most important component in an analog front end. There is a thread on this very topic. I have an Xono and find it to be very neutral, quiet, flexible, and extremely reliable. On the used mark... | |
| Turntable with sme mount "An unsuspended table with SME mount." Why not an SME 10? | |
| Present analogue play back designs....Advanced? Is the SME 30 a vintage table? It isn't the cheapest, and it isn't the latest, and it may not be the best, but it has been near the top for 25 or more years and I read that they are still having trouble keeping up with demand. | |
| Favourite Vinyl female and male vocals I had to chuckle when I read Lewn's post. The Johnny Hartman album is called "Once in Every Life" BeeHive BH7012 recorded in 1980. The dealer used the first cut on side two, "For All We Know" to set up my arm/cartridge. This is a fantastic album -... | |
| Wire the House A/C or get Power Conditioner? I did both at about the same time. I bypassed outlets completely by running three 15' runs of JPS Labs IN WALL AC cable directly from three separate 20 amp circuits in my panel to my equipment. One to each of my mono block amps (through the floor ... | |
| Pass XP-15 Phono Stage I have been looking for information myself, but have not seen much. I think there is a manual on the Pass Labs website. It is supposed to be better than my Xono, and it costs less. They will soon be coming out with the two-box XP-25, which I under... |