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| Acoustic Zen Adagio, How Good Are They? I had a chance to listen to the Adagios today at the Acoustic Zen factory. First of all, Robert Lee was very gracious with his time and patiently answered all of my questions. He is truly a gentleman. Here is a list of the associated equipment and... | |
| Which amps with B&W 800D's... Pass Labs or Classe? Dave, like you I really wanted to go with monoblocks so I originally decided on the x600.5. But then I changed my mind and got the xa160 instead. BUT I do not listen to really high volumes. For you, I would get the 600 though the 350.5 will be ple... | |
| Which amps with B&W 800D's... Pass Labs or Classe? mad14, I was considering the very same question with my BW802d. I went with the Pass and here is why (btw, this is just my experience and opinion):I already have the Classe Cp-700 preamp which is great sounding, smooth and refined. I was concerned... | |
| Does Synergistic Research have a "house" sound avguygeorge: thanks for the response. I am looking at the x2 version of the Res Ref. What can you tell me about the SR cable sound in general?I appreciate your help. | |
| Powering on/off amps with preamp trigger Thanks everyone. I will heed the advice and do what everyone says. Here is how I will accomplsh this using my pre which has 2 output triggers (by the way, my pre allows me to assign the triggers to my remote so I can manually turn on or off the tr... | |
| Powering on/off amps with preamp trigger Thanks Newbee for your detailed response. I think I can have my classe cp-700 preamp startup either in mute or with 0 volume. Is 0 volume the same as mute? In other words will it prevent any sound or signal from being passed to the amps?Arni, unfo... | |
| Powering on/off amps with preamp trigger Thank you oneobgyn. Can you please explain what the reasoning behind the golden rule is? | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? Oh yeah, plinius is also a good option. | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? I would suggest the Pass Labs XA series amps or the Parasound JC1's. These really do blur the line between ss and analog. | |
| Vandersteen speakers and biwiring Hi just out of curiosity, arent the syngergistic research cables you are using internally biwired? What were the results? | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 thanks fplannar2000: I will defintiely look into the Virtual DynamicsAudiofeil: I apologize..i did not mean "laid back" to be a bad thing. Perhaps that was an unfortunate use of words on my part. My apologies. Maybe adjctives such as "smooth", "re... | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 What do people think if Synergistic Research? I understand they are very neutral. I am looking at the Resolution Reference X2. | |
| Speaker cables to go with Pass Labs XA160 Thanks everyone for the response.Boa2, yes my system has changed considerably. I will be updating that soon.Nsgarch, the XA amps are smooth sounding but definitely on the warm side of neutral which is a bit different that their SS amps.jafox, your... | |
| Is the Acoustic Zen Satori Shotgun warm?? audphile1....I am hoping the amps arrive next week.jwpstayman, thanks for the reality check. I will give the AA's a shot in my system.trans1, thank you for the reply. | |
| Acoustic Zen Adagio, How Good Are They? I am going to check out the Adagios at the AZ factory this Friday at the invitation of Robert Lee himself! I am pretty excited! I will report back with what I hear. |