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| Quandary Pass amps are special. I own pass x150 and over the years have heard many other brands amps. I have not heard your benchmark amp but if you need (have the itch) for neutral transparent musical sound the Pass will deliver. A little surprised at h... | |
| Not sure what to think It’s very possible your “no special cables” are bad enough that they have obscured any differences in SQ between the two preamps. Cheap freebee cables can be bad enough to do that. You should have at least heard a change in character in the sound... | |
| When Was The Audio Golden Age? For playback equipment now is a great time. for recordings I think it was the 50s with tube electronics and no gazillion pot mixing boards (and no digital). The musicality and warmth and detail from many recordings form th 50s just isn’t p... | |
| Subwoofer for music only ? I see in a follow up post you purchased svs. tsk… tsk…. A overhyped mass market mediocre product, sorry to say. | |
| Subwoofer for music only ? The SVS is appropriate to head to a land fill if you are listening to music and prefer not to have a one note thud. Can’t go wrong with REL. I have 2 in my audio system and very nuanced and musical in the low end. Can make the subtleties of drums... | |
| Why Rhodium? It’s interesting that folks who actually have a credible story / testing to tell about their experience with rhodium connectors vs gold, etc all agree that rhodium is a superior connector metal / material with least impact to the energy and openne... | |
| Speakers, speaker cables or I’m getting old… @overthemoon if the kimber kables you listened to were harsh then you likely have listened to a fake pair. lots of fake kimber kable cables out there. | |
| can you help me narrow my speaker cables short list please? @square80 its only a fact for those with cheap gear and/or genetically deficient hearing. | |
| The Psychology of Constant (Equipment) Change The cures are to only buy when there is a significant audible difference in sound quality that you can verify in your home audio system. Spend more time listening to larger variety of music. Gift replaced equipment to those just starting out. | |
| The molecular level explanation of "cable burn-in" You got the usual response from the folks who have crap for audio systems, can’t be bothered to try, or have genetically inferior hearing. That said I think you have left out a lot for other factors on cable break in. One of many others that can... | |
| New Streamer, DAC or Let it Be @traubr Ahh... then you are well experienced with cables. I would agree with the comments suggesting the Marantz is now your bottleneck. Marantz was good enough to hover at entry level high end for a good part of their history. Though I don't k... | |
| New Streamer, DAC or Let it Be You don’t say what you run for cables. my thoughts are that if you are using ordinary cables is the first upgrade should be your speaker cables. I would recommend kimber kable 8tc for your first experiment. Make sure you use a reputable authori... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? @dave_b Don’t disagree overall. When it comes to electronics bargain units that hang in there with good high priced components are quite rare. Its often the unit is overpriced compared to its nearby competition. But with cables? Yes the top end ... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? @classic8 Great to hear. I think as you move up the audio chain to better components the Ataudio interconnects will hold up well. As I noted in my OP I have much pricier cables that are well regarded in high-end circles and was quite surprised t... | |
| Who out there wants to, or has, validated an amazing cable find? @classic8 Hi, how did your listening experiment go for the Ataudio cables? |