pwhinson
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| Bad experience with Red Dragon Audio Well here's my story...nothing disastrous but I'm noticing that Ryan was quick to respond to messages when I was a potential buyer but when I'm a potential returner they're DOA. No response. Since others have waited weeks for a refund I will giv... | |
| Thiel Owners Well after reading everything I can lay my hands on relating to Pass I had pretty much decided on a pair of XA60.8’s. That is until I spoke again to Mark at Reno Hifi and Kent at Pass who BOTH steered me away from the XA series and toward an X150.... | |
| Thiel Owners One more thought for folks on a budget. Bel Canto 300S amps can be had for around $700 on the used market and are a good match for the Thiels and might even change your mind about Class D. To my ears its better than powering them with 90% of the... | |
| Thiel Owners I recently had an opportunity to audition a pair of Bel Canto Ref600 monos for a week, followed by four days with a new Bryston 4b3 on my Thiel 2.4s. My preamp is an Aesthetix Janus. I also had the Red Dragon Audio Class D stuff, both a pair of ... | |
| Bryston or Pass Labs I know this is a old thread but I'm finding myself with a loaner 4b3 which I like very much but I also like what I read about Pass and am contemplating buying on approval from Reno or finding a used unit. I'll note here that if you can go to the ... | |
| Finally took the Bryston 4B Cubed plunge I'm trialing (on loan from a dealer) a 4b3 having about 7 years ago trialed a pair of 7b2 which I didn't like at ALL...those monos seemed very hard and brittle to me on the upper mid range and highs although it could have been a question of break-... | |
| Does anyone have any experience of hybrid valve and solid state power amps? I’ve had both an Aesthetix Calypso and then a new Aesthetix Janus driving an Atlas with very good results on Thiel 2.4s. I am contemplating selling the Atlas...its a beast which at age 60 I'm tired of wrestling...so I had been looking to Bel Canto... | |
| Synergistic Research - NEW Element Cables I have been looking for a decent pair of speaker cables and against my better judgment I tried some SR from the cable company as well as Kimber. I've now tried some DH labs stuff including some interconnects, Stereovox interconnects borrowed from ... | |
| Bel Canto Ref500M and Aesthetix Calypso I'm using an Aesthetix Janus (the Calypso w/phono stage) to drive Bel Canto M300s. AMAZING. Great detail, transparent to a fault, instrumental timbres correct, vocals stunning, all out of an inky black background. Stunning. Driving Thiel 2.4s. |