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| A review Bound for Sound for Pass Labs fans Gandme and Guidocorona, when I was communicating with Peter at Pass Labs at great length regarding if the XA amps, which did replace my 350.5, could power my MG-20r's in by-amped mode, one item that was clearly covered was that the overall sonic s... | |
| Leviathan Signature Monoblocks -- What is the vir Guidocorona, you of all people, do really believe that the Red Dragon amps are at the same level as the Pass Labs .5 or XA series? Based on discussing Pass Lab amps with you on past threads, I find this somewhat surprizing.Many of the ICE and othe... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts DAC1-MK4 DA converter Today, was a busy and fun one in that two very knowlegdable audiophile friends, one old and one new, came over to spend time listening to music and giving their opinions regarding the sonics of my system.My old friend was very experienced with the... | |
| Review: Pass Labs XA-100 monoblocks Amplifier My major audiophile friend and buddy who has great ear's, always tells the truth, and is very experienced with Pass Labs gear just spent 4 hours listening to the XA-100's in my system.He loves the 350.5 amp and thought before he sat down to listen... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Just had a new acquaintance, who happens to sell hi-end gear and is an experienced audiophile, come over to listen to my rig.His major references are Meitner and DCS. He was amazed at the sonic performance of the Accustic Arts DAC1 MK4. He found i... | |
| Acoustic Zen upgrade? Sherod, my system is very different then yours, but I'm a great fan of Acoustic Zen wires and run them almost totally in my setup.I went from Satori to the Absolute wires and posted a review here on the GON with details regarding the Absolute IC's... | |
| Power Conditioner for your amplifier? Louisl, Kmccarty's remarks are dead on right concerning the benefits of Running Springs power conditioners, I use the Jaco in my system, without any downside at all. I posted a review here on the GON on the the Jaco, that I believe you would find ... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Exlibris, sorry to disagree with you on this one, however I have found no correlation between non-upsampling DACS vs upsampling DACS regarding a more " believable soundstage". Now, all the non-upsampling DACS I have auditioned were tube based, and... | |
| Quick take on the MBL 6010D Reference Preamp Hic, I know the AR Ref 3 has got great reviews and I have heard it, it's quite good, however I really believe it is not as good as the MBL Preamp in such specific's as dynamics, bass, clarity, and believe it or not what I call a "musicality/organi... | |
| Pass Labs 350.5 or 600.5 owners--breakin time..... Talon4, I have had the 350.5 and now run my system with XA-100's, both took about 200 to 250 hours to reach burn-in, after that there is a slow process of change towards their final performance signature. I would love to hear your final opinion re... | |
| Dodson 218 or Weiss Medea DAC for my Esoteric X-01 Matrx, take a look at my thread entitled, Reference DACS: An overall perspective, it contains information on both the Weiss Medea and the Dodson DACS you are interested in. | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Gliderguider, I greatly appreciate your remarks regarding the subjective aspect regarding how/why an individual responses to the sonics of a specific piece of gear or the overall perspective of a total system.I, too, have had the experience of lis... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Gliderguider, with all do respect, I disagree that the Audio Note DAC," has gotten short shrift" on this thread. I auditioned this level Audio Note DAC over two year ago, as I reported, and found it to have a great midrange but lacked extension on... | |
| Anyone own a Running Springs Audio power cond. Theo, you might want to take a look at a review I posted here on the GON that concerned the Running Spring's Jaco. I had tried at least three other companies gear and found the Jaco to be superlative, with no downside at all.The guys who own and r... | |
| What is the best redbook CD player for 6K to 8K? Redwoodgarden, I would suggest you put on your audition list the Accustic Arts CDP MKII, its a great sounding piece and is in your price range. Another player which is outstanding is the Ensemble CDP which retails for $9000.00,but either demos or ... |