teajay

Responses from teajay

Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Branimir, as always good to hear from you and thanks for sharing your more recent ranking of digital front ends. I will take it as a compliment that you ranked the Accustic Art combo number four, considering that it costs almost $15000.00 less the... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris, I give you much credit for your tenacity regarding home auditions of different gear in order to get the overall sonic signature and synergy you want in your system.I also believe this ongoing thread regarding reference DACS proves the fo... 
Passive Pre - No Regrets?
Pubul57, I went from a Mark Levinson reference 32 preamp to the Placette dual active line stage because it offered a much higher level of sonic performance. A good friend and fellow audiophile loved the Placette active, but it was not in his budge... 
Reference Transports: An overall perspective
Pardales, I think you might be surprized how much of a sonic improvement you would hear with a reference level transport compared with a hard-drive.I'm no engineer so I don't know why a reference transport would perform better then a hard-drive or... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris, now that I have had the Accustic Arts Drive 1-MK2 in my system for over a week, I would highy recommend you set up an audition to try with your new reference DAC. I believe the AA transport is on a much higher level of performance compar... 
Review: Accustic Arts Drive 1-MK2 Transport
Branimir, it's truly a pleasure to hear from you again. I know that you shared you were going on vacation some time this summer, but you then you kinda "dropped out of sight". You mean there might be other things more important then listening to h... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Just wanted to share that a good audiophile friend came over to hear the combination of the Accustic Arts Drive 1-MK2 and Accustic Arts DAC 1-MK4, since he had not heard my system since I replaced my Ensemble transport.His reference is the Meitner... 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
I have just submitted my review of the the new Accustic Arts Drive 1-MK2 here on the GON. It was hard for me at first to believe how it out performed my Ensemble transport with the Accustic Arts DAC 1-MK4 in my system. So, to say the least, its a ... 
Best CD between EMM Labs & DCS
Davidri, look at my thread entitled, Reference DACS: An overall perspective, it contains a ton of information that you are seeking. 
Reference DACS: An overall perspective
Exlibris, you have made some major changes in your system in a relatively short period of time! It seems that you are extremely pleased with how your total system sounds to you. Well, congratulations, your thoughtful effort and time put in has got... 
Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier
I just got through reading the only professional review that I know of regarding the XA-100's, from the French journal, Haute Fidelite, written by Mr. Laurent Thorin.Mr. Thorin, stated the following," Low end incredulous energy and precise... Mids... 
Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier
Cwlondon, I don't know if their is the "BEST WAY" to fill your room with monoblocks to power your system, but if we are talking about the greatest performance for the buck, I would recommend the following.1) A pair of XA-100's on top with a pair o... 
Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier
Cwlondon, I would not necessary say that the Threshold SA-1's power my MG-20's bass panels better then a pair of Pass Labs X-600.5's would, but how much better would be the question.Most Threshold and Nelson Pass fans agree that the best sounding ... 
Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier
Cwlondon, if you wish to go with monoblocks then you are talking about either the XA-160's or the X-600.5's if you are not going to bi-amp your maggies.In my system I am able to use XA-100's, and saved close to $5000.00, because I only use the XA ... 
Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier
Cwlondon, I politely disagree with Guidocorona, the sweet spot in Pass Lab .5 series is the 350.5 when it comes to a performance/cost ratio. The 350.5 will easily drive a MG 1.6, 3.6, 20.1 or your older Maggies to a wonderful level of performance.