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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Exlibris, my friend's system is powered by Lamm pre and mono block tube amps and he uses both a CEC TL-0 and the Meitner CDSD transport to drive his DAC. He likes the sound of redbook cd better on the CEC transport then the Meitner transport. I ju... | |
| accuphase vs dartzeel Hooper, have you ever had the chance to listen to any of the Pass Labs XA-series amps, in particular the XA-200's? If so would you share your opinion regarding how they sound compared with your killer Dartzeel's. Thanks. | |
| Playing with the idea of solid state amps Philefreak, I have listened to the Ayre and McCormack which are quite good, but I think the Pass Labs-X250.5 is even better sounding. I wrote a review on my Pass Labs-350.5 which will give you more details regarding the sonics of the X.5 series yo... | |
| Mark Levinson 35 Hifimannen, I owned one years ago, it was quite good for its time and was extremely well built. I replaced it with a ML-360S that was a much better sounding DAC. Both were replaced long ago in my system with better sounding digital front ends. My ... | |
| Pass Preamps Cwlondon, Pass's preamps are quite good and are very competitive with many other brands at there different price ranges. The reference X0.2 which is a three chassis piece is quite special and one of the best preamps in the world. All of Pass's pre... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Henryhk, sorry if I misunderstood your statement/question, however I think we are saying the same thing just using different semantics. My opinion would be is that if you have a warm, layed back sounding speaker, such as a Sonus Faber, a DAC from ... | |
| Pass labs X-350 Love it or hate it Sorry, Null1 and Jeffjazz, no one is attacking your first generation X-series amps, but time and Nelson Pass marchs on. I owned and enjoyed for over nine years a pair of Aleph 1 monoblocks in my system. When Pass Labs came out with the X generatio... | |
| Reimyo DAP 777 Mk 1 or Mk 2 deep bass ability Ken, thanks for your appreciation for my efforts regarding different reference DACS. To answer your questions: 1)I have never had the chance to seriously audtion any Wadia gear, I have heard different Wadia pieces in store/friends systems, but nev... | |
| Which amp next ? Gous19, all the amps on your audtion list are excellent possiblities, however I think the Pass Labs X-350.5 is a pretty special amp, that's why I have one in my own system. I wrote a review about the 350.5 that contains information about what othe... | |
| Review: Accustic Arts DAC I - MK3 DA converter Twopippis, unless the Accustic Arts DAC that you audtioned was not fully broken in, it takes over 300 to 400 hours to really open up, I am not surprized that you liked the Reimyo better in your system but that you thought it was that "significantl... | |
| Reimyo DAP 777 Mk 1 or Mk 2 deep bass ability Twopippis, I find your comment that the "Reimyo was much better in the highs/midrange then the Accustic Arts" very interesting. I found them to be very similar with the Accustic Arts DAC slightly more extended and "airy" on the top then the Reimyo... | |
| Pass Labs Amplifiers - XA160 versus X600 Kmccarty, my hunch, since I never had the pleasure to audtion them against each other, is that the XA amps are somewhat "warmer/richer" sounding then the X.5 amps. All the X.5 amps sound closer to the XA series then the first generation X series a... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Audioezra, thank you for your kind words regarding my post. Next,Henryhk, your statement is totally about synergy in a well put together system that would shine sonicly. Thats why its so silly to call any DAC the "BEST" in the world because it lea... | |
| Reimyo DAP 777 Mk 1 or Mk 2 deep bass ability Kenlit, I recently posted an overall perspective on reference DACS that contains some of the information that you are seeking in your thread. The bottom end of the Reimyo is quite good but I think is bettered by both the new Accustic Arts DAC-1 an... | |
| Pass Labs Amplifiers - XA160 versus X600 Kmccarty, there's a pretty strong consistency, among Nelson Pass fans, that in the X-series the 250 was the best single chassis amp sonicly and the 600 mono-blocks was the best sounding of all the X-series amps. However, their were certain fans of... |