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| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? @wolfie - how do you think the thresholds differ sonically from the pass gear? | |
| Is it possible that tubes actually get better with age? That is what I mean. Like cellared wine. | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? Well one of his first posts mentioned the octave v110 very highly and it stuck out for me because I'd had a brief but interesting dalliance with a smaller one last year. I'll put in the time and go deeper into it. | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? @tomcy6 ive perused that thread... will look deeper... | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? @decooney its hard to say what I would rather hear from an amp that would be different from the xa30.8. Mostly curious about very different sonic profiles that are well-enjoyed. I really haven’t tried much, so curious where a thread like this le... | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? @jasonbourne - cool suggestion. Will check it out. | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? I know Pass is amazing, but there’s got to be more than one way to skin the audio cat with magical results, right? No yin yang here, for real? | |
| YOU MUST audition Kerr Acoustic Speakers @oldhvymech - wild post, friend. | |
| Bookshelf speakers for small room Single driver omega bookshelf speakers might be your ticket. Terrific near field, very sensitive, wonderful jazz speakers. | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? @dweller good points. Still trying to wring the best out of my current gear, but doubting I could have done so with old gear in my past systems. | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? When I was beginning building my system, I believe I had/auditioned a few amps that I probably couldn't appreciate because my system wasn't good enough. At the time, my speakers were a bad choice the room, I had lousy power, was using random cabli... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? @bigkidz adding an ac filter choke? Please elaborate. | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? The resolution of the components and cables matters a lot too. Not only to reduce noise, but to being transparent enough to discern the micro detail and air in the recording. Getting the black background and not wasting it with lossy signal path i... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? @tvad what kinds of mods did you undertake?The first notable improvement in blackening background in my system came from components with robust power supplies. These changes initially came from having early source components modified with signific... | |
| “Black background” — What really contributes to this phenomenon? @tomic601 what spl meter do you use? I like that suggestion.Overall, I think it has been the dedicated line that helped the most so far. Unfortunately, there is a refrigerator 25 ft from the listening position that ain't going anywhere... |