wwchange
Responses from wwchange
| Is high-end audio dying, if not dead already??? I believe its time to start thinking about "high end audio" a little differently and get back to what made us love the hobby in the first place. The Music!! I recently purchased a Long Range Bluetooth Receiver (Aircable Audio XR) from www.aircable... | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair I beg to differ... Don't know what day you were there or what the status of the system was when you heard it but it's obvious to me that by the time I experienced it all the bugs had been worked out. Sorry your experience was less than perfect... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? The system consisted of the Sony flagship AR1 speakers, a Sony hi res streaming audio player, a top of the line VPI turntable , the Pass Labs vfet mono blocks and XP20 pre strung together with Kimber Kable. Simple yet delicious sounding. Definitel... | |
| Anyone auditioned Pass Labs XP-30 preamp? I just listened to the "priceless" Pass Labs 40th Anniversary Sony Vfet amplifiers(only six in the world!) at the NY Audio Show. They were being driven by the XP20 which surprised me so I asked the Sony rep why they didn't opt for the XP30 in this... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Just heard Naim $250k Statement Amplifiers and preamp at NY Audio Show. The Naim rep claimed that the company has already sold 30 units internationally and has another 30 units on back order for new customers. I'd say the high end audio market is ... | |
| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA There's no way to do a realistic comparison of amplifiers if they're not actually in your system with your own associated electronics etc. To use the car scenario you seem comfortable with, if you got on a track in a Farrari and Tony Stewart was o... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? I hope you're right... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Hazyj,That's true if they can afford it! In this age of student loan debt etc, some won't even be able to afford a home or decent apartment until they're 50 by which time I don't Know how important having a state of the art sound system will be!? ... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Hazyj,That's true if they can afford it! In this age of student loan debt etc, some won't even be able to afford a home or decent apartment until they're 50 by which time I don't Know how important having a state of the art sound system will be!? ... | |
| has BAT priced itself out of the market? Jafant, I own the BAT VK40 solid state pre but I've heard everything up the line including the REX II and I'll be quite honest, the air is so thin at that level that it's hard to really hear a discernable difference....I mean if you really listen ... | |
| phase control on BAT VK pre amps Ok . Thanks for that advice. I have the VK40 solid state unit which sounds great! I will leave it on as you suggest unless I'm going out of town for a few days. Even in standby mode it takes about 50 seconds to warm up enough to use . I Havnt noti... | |
| has BAT priced itself out of the market? I'm just glad I bought my BAT shit when I did! Otherwise I'd still be Listening to my old Pass Aleph 0's which didn't sound bad by the way... Pass has gone in the same direction with XS line of amps and pre's... $85k for a pair of mono blocks is a... | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Listening to music used to be a communal event years ago. A bunch of friends get together, put on an album and then sit there to enjoy it. In this day and age of personal audio, sharing the emotional impact of the music you listen to is next to im... | |
| has BAT priced itself out of the market? All points well taken. Is a Rolex President Really worth $32k based on price of gold and parts to mfg?? Its attractive because it's not accessible to everyone. Does a $5k bottle of wine really taste that much better than a good $100 bottle? The ke... | |
| Pass Aleph P vs BAT VK20? Have VK60 and Aleph 0... That's interesting. I didn't think about the input impedance but I'll have a chance to hear for myself what the difference will be. Thanks! |