toddcowles
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| Any idea which headphones I’d like? @ghdprentice is that a Woo Audio tube setup, by chance? I was looking at the WA22, and WA5LE. I’ve owned tube pres, and it takes some time and coin to get the right tubes. Those 300B’s, everyone says you really need to have the WE’s as a baseli... | |
| Any idea which headphones I’d like? All, thank you for your input.I do have a budget, $12k. I could slide it to $13k. I have owned the Focal Clear’s and ran them on a Moon product. I only really used it when I was sitting at my desk working, never for serious listening. If there... | |
| Aurender's "Sound" I run the Aurender N100H, along with Pass XA60.5's, XP-20, DEQX PreMate, Harbeth SHL5+'s and a PS Audio DirectStream for a DAC. I ended up selling the XP-20, and I go direct from the N100 to my DAC. It sounds organic and neutral, to me. It's "l... | |
| Pass Labs “House Sound” vs. McIntosh “House Sound” @len44 Wow, what a long strange trip it has been! I don’t own any of the gear that was originally posted with this, other than the DEQX Premate. I did settle on the XP-20 and it did have a little more detail vs. the McIntosh. But, since then, I... | |
| You've tried other amps and ended with Pass, please discuss I’ve only owned three different sets of amps: McIntosh MC452, PS Audio BHK300 mono’s and a set of PL 60.5’s. I’ve ran a McIntosh C2500, C50, PS Audio BHK Pre and a PL XP-22. Every time I swapped something out, it was in the pursuit of something ... | |
| Pass amp paired with audio research pre? I dumped my vinyl pursuit a couple years ago, so I have 0 skin in the game, when commenting on phono pre’s, but Harbeth + Pass I will say is quite epic. I too was reviewing ARC pre’s, and ultimately settled on a XP-20. I did not A/B them, so I’m... | |
| DEQX Premate...no sound output Disregard. After 2 hours of troubleshooting, I solved it. Wrong input selected on my preamp...facepalm. | |
| Help looking for dynamic warm romantic sound with detail It’s without question, we all have our own perspectives towards gear and will engage in technical banter, data points and all things from here to the moon. But one thing I’m almost certain all will agree upon, room treatment and how it impacts s... | |
| Monoblock suggestions to compare to SimAudio Moon Neo 400M? Love Jambo’s. I spoke with him a few years ago, when I was looking to have a pit built. As expected, he was a little too far out for pit completion, so I moved on. Happy hunting with the gear! | |
| Monoblock suggestions to compare to SimAudio Moon Neo 400M? Also one of my other favorite pursuits, BBQ. I have a custom pit from Pitmaker. My wife calls it, excuse my language, “the dick magnet,” because anytime I have it out, guys come out of the woodwork to speak with me about it. Ran pellets for a c... | |
| Monoblock suggestions to compare to SimAudio Moon Neo 400M? Kcpellethead, is that a reference to BBQ and an allegiance to using pellets?Love PS Audio. Ran their BHK mono’s for about 2 years and recently sold them and moved to a used set of Pass Labs xa160.5’s. Absolutely love the sound. I wouldn’t say t... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5+...thoughts @jwcinsd I do not have that big of a room, but do have GIK room treatment. I’m coming from a set of Dynaudio C4’s, which I really, really liked. But, you really had to drive them to get the most out of them. At low to sub-moderate levels, they ... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5+...thoughts Finally got everything setup. I’m driving the Harbeth’s with a pair of Pass Labs 60.5’s and using a Pass Labs XP-20. Well, it sounds epic. I’m a huge Lamb of God fan, just as much as I enjoy Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. I’ll put the flag in ... | |
| Harbeth Super HL5 Plus speakers & integrated amp pairing recommendations @curio How do you like it? | |
| Harbeth Super HL5+...thoughts All, thank you very much for your inputs. I enjoyed reading them and added color to what I’ve already read. They’re arriving tomorrow, but I likely won’t get everything setup until mid-week. Very much looking forward to it. |