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| Daedalus In case people have not seen it there is a nice review of the DA-RMa posted at Stereotimes. The reviewer purchased the pair--no better endorsement in my view. | |
| Daedalus "it was striking how the Ulysses' provided a window on what was happening upstream. The invidual characteristics of the amplifiers were easy to discern". Jazdoc: I couldn't agree more. In the past six months I've upgraded my preamp (from an Audio ... | |
| Music or Lyrics? This is something my wife and I go back and forth about. She is a words person and is much more interested in what the songwriter has to say. I'm more about the music and sometimes don't know/care what message the song is sending. On the otherhand... | |
| Dedicated phono-pre for MM only? This question is something I tried to get at in a prior post. I, too, am interested in hearing about really top flight phono preamps that are designed for high output coils or moving magnet designs. The benefits would be analagous (sp?) to going w... | |
| Daedalus Michael: Your membership needs to be updated! When are the new DA-1.1's arriving? | |
| Has anyone heard the new Pass Labs XP-15 phono? Chashas1--can you give us some more input? What system did you hear it in? Were you able to compare to other phonostages? What table/arm and especially cartridge were being used? Sorry to grill you but I'm really curious about this unit and haven'... | |
| Audiophile grade country Dwight Yoakam "Hillbilly Delux"Jamie Johnson "That Lonesome Song"Merle Haggard "One For the Momma That Tried"Kasey Chambers "Wayward Angel"Just a few that lean country that also sound good. Of course, if you go toward bluegrass there is Alison Kra... | |
| Has anyone heard the new Pass Labs XP-15 phono? I'll be watching your thread closely since the XP15 is on the top of my audition list. I didn't know about the two box XP25 to follow so thanks. | |
| Phonostage Question Thanks everyone so far. Seasoned, you seem to get at the main thing that perplexes me--whether you necessarily give up performance when you add features and the flexibility to run the lowest output cartridges. Following on from Bob's comment, how ... | |
| I always do something stupid... Just trying to be funny....I won't let that happen again! | |
| I always do something stupid... Thanks for the warning. I'll try to remember your moniker next time I'm looking to buy :>) | |
| Moving Up the ARC Chain: Some Observations Sorry, Ryder--I do not have any experience with the LS16. There may be some information if you search the archives. Best of luck. | |
| Is too much power in an amp really a problem? Shadorne: Your observation about distortion causing a system to be "perceptively loud" squares with my experience. My recent system change (described above) helped me to appreciate exactly what you are saying. The SD135, which has much greater cur... | |
| Is too much power in an amp really a problem? I'm no expert on the subject and certainly do not have an electrical engineering background but I really wonder whether these Class D (and other) switching amps are as powerful as their specifications would suggest. Clearly, they produce power mor... | |
| Are Harbeths really "all that?" Shadorne--thanks for the warning. That's why I hedged. I've only heard them once and that was at a show so who knows? Just didn't get it. BTW, Bob Neill was hosting the demo. |