westcoastaudiophile
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| Class A: Accuphase vs Pass Labs house sound? Accuphase A-48 amp sounds (looks) like a Mercedes S-class car, rides.. PASS-L designs tuned to get racing results better, overheating motor, etc.. | |
| Need a DAC Recommendation. @allhifi +1 on Gustard I have two Gustard DACs, A22/A20H, both are well designed / built, class A balanced - unbalanced (RCA) output stages suitable for 5k+ price class, very low noise power supply block' based on two toroidal-low EM leak transfo... | |
| Calling All Ex - Shindo Preamp Owners @lalitk looked closely to find out difference btw two perfect amps, Accuphase A-48 is little bit warmer sounding, while P-4500 has deeper/stronger punch. Other-words, A-48 is better for classical/jazz records, and P-4500 is preferable for blues/ro... | |
| Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues @paradis Here is simplest method to check if balanced input functions properly: 1) need to make custom “debug” RCA - to XLR cable, where RCA hot pin to pin 2 + 3 at XLR, shorted together. Shield / RCA GND as ussual goes to XLR pin 1. 2) using th... | |
| Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues @paradis sounds like this is a real functionality issue, I would start debugging it with balanced input preamp inspection. | |
| Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues @paradis "I'm asking on behalf of a dear friend” if your “friend’s" question is targeting to collect Accuphase reliability and performance feedback, my personal experience w/ Accuphase is 100% positive. " sounded noticeably softer than the ri... | |
| Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues @lalitk 100% agreed! My experience with Accuphase components is positive, and in my setup all Accuphase components produce ZERO background noise! | |
| Accuphase E650 XLR Input issues "the accuphase integrateds are known to have poor implementation of xlr input(s) - they have been measured to be rather noisy compared to the standard rca inputs" @jjss49 : more details, recognized Lab measurement results, etc., will be helpful! | |
| Musetec (LKS) MH-DA005 DAC Hey @yyzsantabarbara , can you please provide more details, etc, you did find better in 005 vs X26, sound/feels/measurements/blind-sound-check? thanks | |
| Calling All Ex - Shindo Preamp Owners After 40yr experimenting with all kind of amps, now I am using Accuphase P-4500 and A-48 (Class A A-48 mostly in colder seasons, it generates some heat). Driving those with perfectly matched in a balanced way C-2420 pre., w/ AD-2820 phono. | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point Best for the money headphones I think / have are Sony MDR-Z7, 1st generation. Lates MDR-Z7M2 are not so good, probably because marketing team recognized as MDR-Z7 almost indistinguishable from pricey MDR-Z1R, and asked Sony design team to “improve... | |
| Rel Does Not Recomment Isolation Stands @tablejockey "best to just try and decide with your own ears” Correct, if test is blind (listener does not know which specific cable is used). In 99% opinion-reviews, cables are ranked by “looking good more expensive is better point” not performa... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point herman, I agree on final sound check of any audio component in sound system, to make sure if no hum noise, microphonic effect (rubber hammer tap test), etc. the problem is in using “listener" as sound quality assessment, because all humans are not... | |
| The two stages of audiophilia touchy subject! my pareto:1) music2) quality of analog and digital source3) room speaker integration4) speakers or earphones 5) power amp + pre ampprice of gears does not always connected directly to quality of sound reproduction! there are many d... | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point herman, for many ppl here understanding “simple” critical for sound quality path capacitor and it’s electrical model behavior, including nonlinearities, frequency dependencies, aging, dielectric loss, etc., is beyond range. pl ping me privately if... |