zear
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| Three Cheers for Pass Labs I have received nothing short of stellar service from Pass. They often service out of warranty units at no charge. I received update modules for free for a preamp I bought used.As an original owner, on two different occasions they went beyond what... | |
| Dali Helicon 800 Mk2 are stunning ? Eps, you think the Euphonia warmer and rounder than Helicon? Nobody thinks that, including Dali. The general consensus is the Euphonia is more clinical and less warm. | |
| Dali Helicon 800. What components match with it? Since the Helicon 800 is 90 db efficient, I would agree that high power is not needed. However, if you want to listen in a big room at concert levels, wattage demands go up, especially if you want bass control.I certainly don't use anywhere near t... | |
| Dali Helicon 800. What components match with it? I own the Helicon 800 as a recent purchase. Mine are not burned in more than 20 hours. I have been told they take at least 100 or 200 hours, during which time there are continual changes, driver to driver.Thus far, the Helicon 800 does many things... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? Audphile, I didn't know there was a Wood II Bromberg recording. I do want to somewhat retract my statement that the Bromberg Wood "should never be used to determine the bass capabilities of components." I would like to rephrase that. The Bromberg ... | |
| Review: Pass Labs X250.5 Amplifier There are many on this site who own and praise Pass amplifiers. There are also those who do not personally like the Pass. As I recently posted on another thread (McIntosh 402 or Pass X150.5), I believe the matching of components and cables plays a... | |
| Anybody Felt Lower-End ARC preamps Bass-Shy? The Bromberg Wood recording is a powerhouse onto its own and will make any system sound like it has incredible bass. It should never be used to determine the bass capabilities of components, except as an ultimate satisfaction test.Caution: Be very... | |
| Review: Pass Labs X250.5 Amplifier Thanks for the compliments. I tried to describe the very fine sonics and benefits this amp design has to offer. The price has also increased to $7,500 as of June 1.I recently found out that Pass dropped all their US dealers, and are in the process... | |
| Review: Pass Labs X250.5 Amplifier Somehow during the posting of my review, my equipment list got eliminated. So here it is:Von Schweikert VR-SR speakersConrad Johnson CT5 preampConrad Johnson CT6 preampNorthstar transport and DACMark Levinson 432 ampParasound JC1 ampsVarious cabling | |
| Review: Pass Labs X250.5 Amplifier Thanks for your kind words, Teajay. I know what a Pass fan you are, and you have shown your enthusiasm in sharing it through your many forum posts and reviews. I would go further to say I find your postings honest, with no self-serving interests b... | |
| Belles 150A Reference in Mono??? The enshrined Belles 350A Reference, brand new, for no reason whatsoever connection wise or other, emitted a DC surge into my speakers, frying every driver and burning resistors and exploding capacitors in the crossovers. I have never seen glue me... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CT5 Tube preamp Well, Upscale Audio sells Mullard 6922, branded as National Electronics (!), for $150 each. Some poor soul who paid this much to Mr. Deal is selling them for $175 for one pair. I haven't looked at Vintage Tube Services or TubeDepot or others yet, ... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CT5 Tube preamp Dave, the CT6 has been $5,000 since last fall. Still, that is $1,000 difference in the price from your LS17MKII. I believe you stated in one of your posts that the CT6 was not broken in, similar to what you said about the CT5.Yes, many people don'... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CT5 Tube preamp Dopogue, I looked at your postings, and it's clear you've made a consistent crusade on this site of trumpeting the virtues of your LS17-2, while denigrating CJ's newer products. I don't know of any owner of the CT5, CT6, or ACT that agrees with yo... | |
| Review: Conrad Johnson CT5 Tube preamp Aball,Sorry, but I don't have access to preamps other than those I used. That said, the house sound of Mac and ARC was discernable from these still expensive units. I would certainly have chosen my CT6 over these two units in a heartbeat, yet alon... |