peterayer
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| Pass Labs Xono vs. Aesthetix Rhea I have the Xono in an all-Pass electronic chain. As Syntax writes, it is silent, with plenty of gain and very reliable. What some find sterile, analytic etc, I find transparent. Like a good pre, I don't want to hear the phono. I just want an accur... | |
| YG Acoustics or Dynaudio I have not heard the Carmels, though I have heard the Magico V2. I would not trust any direct comparison between two $18,000 speakers, or any equipment for that matter, as set up by only one of the two designers. I can't help but think that partic... | |
| Ortofon A90 or Air Tight PC-1 Koegz,That is very interesting. Could one infer that the reviewer(s) from TAS did not like the sound of the A90? I have not received that issue yet. Do you know what other cartridges are in the survey and who wrote it? I will be hearing a direct c... | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine I have one example in my experience. I had the Pass Labs Aleph 2 monos - 100 watts, Class A. I thought they were very good, but the Pass XA100.5 monos- 100 watts, Class A - in the same system, sounded MUCH better. The magazines present snapshot re... | |
| Review: Galibier Stelvio Turntable Jazdoc,Thank you for writing a very comprehensive and informative review. Though you've had your Stelvio for a couple of years now, congratulations! I plan to hear it at RMAF and hopefully the Talea arm and A90 cartridge. Have you heard this combi... | |
| Albert Porters after market panzerholz plinths The Walker/Technics test seems like it was one front end versus another front end and the group preferred one over the other. How is that invalid? They were not comparing arm vs. arm, or cart vs. cart, or table vs, table which would have been very... | |
| Thiel 3.7 vs Wilson Sasha I would also love to see that list. | |
| Line Conditioner:To plug or not to plug Big Amp in Thanks Knownothing. When I talked to JPS Labs about what I was planning to do, they suggested that I would get even better results by using a top outlet and one of their better power cords, because the cord would filter out even more noise. I neve... | |
| Speaker footers – Ugh I recently went from four cones to three under my speaker bases. The bases have three threaded inserts in the back for this reason. I use rounded cones instead of spikes, both of which came with the speakers, because I have soft pine floors and th... | |
| Line Conditioner:To plug or not to plug Big Amp in I have hooked up my two Pass XA.5 amps directly to the panel on two dedicated 20A circuits via two 15' runs of JPS Labs in-wall AC cable with Furutech IEC connectors. The cable goes through the floor behind each amp. There are no outlets. This dir... | |
| System pairing Bighead63,I didn't read about your budget, but if you are seriously considering Pass, you may want to compare the class A amps to the A/B amps. The INT 150 or INT 30.5 integrated should be very good, simple options. Both are based on the newest am... | |
| Ortofon A90 or Air Tight PC-1 "Musical" (musicality) to me means "sounds like real music, ie, acoustic, unamplified, real instruments in a real space, etc." In other words, it sounds like the real thing - music. I don't get how "musical" became "warm, colored, pleasing distort... | |
| Ortofon A90 or Air Tight PC-1 Well, thank you for all of the responses. I've also received a few comments via email. The views seem pretty split. It's interesting that most like one or the other strongly, but not both. On the SME V, it seems the PC-1 sounds better. Some descri... | |
| Clearaudio Double Smart Matrix or Loricraft PRC4 Congratulations, Dev. I have the PRC4 in cherry. It's a great machine, but my stack of uncleaned LPs is growing because I spend all my time listening and not cleaning. One word of caution: if you follow the advice in the manual and suck up one spo... | |
| First Hi-Fi system If I were starting from scratch, I would start by finding a good local dealership and spending a bunch of time there listening to your own music. Buy what you like from one place, knowing it sounds good to your ears and have them set it up at your... |