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| Threshold to Pass upgrade? I have a Pass Labs X350.5 and have owned a Threshold T400. The X350.5 is much better amp. I sold my T400 to a friend about 12 years ago to buy a Krell FPB 600 ("big mistake")and you could hear it right away. My friend still has the T400 and brough... | |
| NAD C375Bee or Yamaha A-S2000 Get the NAD over the Yamaha. recent Yamaha does not impress me. I have heard the NAD and for the price it sounds very good. Another good integrated is the Peachtree nova although it is only 75 or 80 watts per side and the fact you are driving easy... | |
| pass labs xa100.5 or pilinius sa 103 Spectron? One of my friends has $3900 Spectron and it is very powerful and sound decent but it ain't no high quality class A or AB amp and it for sure does not sound as good as my Pass Labs x350.5. It sounds impressive at first but when go back to... | |
| pass labs xa100.5 or pilinius sa 103 That is tough, both have great sound and are built very well. You should see if you can try both before you buy. If all equal and you live in the US I would buy the Pass Labs service maybe a little easier. I have a Pass Labs X350.5 and my friend h... | |
| Should Equalizers make a comeback? That is what I need to do, raise the noise floor and add distortion. | |
| Who make the pretiest cables, cords out there? I love Audiofeils sense of humor. I did not think anybody had a dark sense of humor as bad as mine. If we lived in the same town I sure we would be drinking budies. All crazyness asside I vote Purist Audio Designs as "PRETIEST" cables the fit, fin... | |
| Not loving my cambridge 740C How many hours do you have on the amp, cd, and headphones? They could need to break in. The other issue could be your cabling. Interconnects, headphone cord and powecords. One of my friends has an 840c and at first it sounded very dry and analytic... | |
| New Maggie 1.7 owner, amp ? As crazy as it sounds the new Adcom GFA 555SE ran a pair of 1.7s at my friend's store. He is not an Adcom dealer but for $1299.00 retail new it is a bargian. It does sound much better than the origial 555 and the 555 II. I am not much of an Adcom ... | |
| SME IV.Vi or V tonearm: different internal wiring My arm is the standard V with a Purist Audio Venustas Rev C. I have used the damping function with a Koetsu Rosewood Signature and it helped a lot. I now use a ZYX 4D W/Gold coils, and I like it with out the damping. The damping is a good option t... | |
| SME IV.Vi or V tonearm: different internal wiring I can here very little difference so I assuming the wire in the V and Vi is very similar? I would not bother changing the wire on the Vi. a better phono cable would make a bigger difference. If you decide to have the arm re-wired have SME do it. I... | |
| SME IV.Vi or V tonearm: different internal wiring Do not take you SME arm apart to change the wiring. You will nver get it back together. I have had both and both sound wonderful. I think the Vi might be a better arm becuase it is a much simpler design the V does have better wire | |
| Pass Labs Xono vs. Aesthetix Rhea I have had both in my system and they are both very good. They both have good dynamics and they both imaged well. I could live with either one but I ended up with the Xono. The Xono has better tonal balance at least in my system. The Xono had bit ... | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? The answer to Mofimdaness yse I did a side by side comparison the 1.7s are much better! | |
| Any Magnepan 1.6 owner who upgraded to 1.7? I have had both in 1.6 and the 1.7 in my system and the 1.7 is much better. If you do the stand upgrade, cossover and frame modification mentioned in the prior post the 1.7 will kill the 1.6s further. I drilled and tapped the stands and put spikes... | |
| Pass vs. Bryston with MG3.6´s? I had the pleasure of trying out a pair of the Magnepan 1.7 with an old set of Threshold SA 1 Optical Class A monoblock amps and of course my Pass Labs X350.5. Both amplification set ups being designed by Nelson Pass. I could not find better amps ... |