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Pass Labs Speaker Choices
I used an XA25 with my PMC Twenty26 and it was the best combination. I also tried with my MB2SE that was underpowered. But the right power to weight ratio is the best amp among tube and solid state I’ve heard with the PMC Twenty26.  
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
The phono cartridge?!    
The revolution has begun!
@asvjerry g’day mate, eeeewwwww!  
The revolution has begun!
So basically this is a big sales pitch…  
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
Since this is also an exposé of human pleasure and pain, we should understand these systems too. Here’s a starter reference.  
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
This is the first exhibition of references combining components and human hearing.  I hope that’s what this is… @Fair good job converting your experience (thinking, research etc) and perspectives (paradigmatic, structured, exploratory etc) here. ... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
My posting issue was not vinyl versus digital except in as much as they are different, and can be use as comparators. Not better. The diversity of situations from recording to playback are very clearly well described in the article from thatspeake... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
Read this morning: https://aestheticsforbirds.com/2021/04/07/an-audio-professionals-take-on-vinyl/ Very good summary of this discussion from a layman’s perspective. Covering the two formats and recording chains. I especially appreciate the descri... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
Lots more here to read and discover. Give us some time to explore these.   
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
Hi there. I’d like to ask @fair & @thespeakerdude to disengage from your conversation with each other. You have reached an impasse where no greater value is being added either to my original questions or each other’s position. Again I want s... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
G’day MikeyDee   My wife and I had the opportunity to attend a small Mozart chamber orchestra in the castle in Salzburg Austria a few years ago. That’s where sitting close within 6-15ft the small audience had a wonderfully intimate experience of... 
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
I know especially if it’s a MOFI… Yet it sounds different often, not always but often enough for me and many others to notice it.   That said I was just trying to understand why…  
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
This has been one of the deepest technical discussions I’ve read on Audiogon. Thanks to Fair and TheSpeakerDude for sharing their viewpoints here. I watched the video posted earlier to explain digital and that helped me to understand some of thes... 
Japanese Luxman Integrated Amps
I used a step up trannie for my Luxman CD D06u without loss of anything...it was simply perfect. I sold them both as a package and the buyer loves them too...  
Has anyone been able to define well or measure differences between vinyl and digital?
Thanks for the extensive explanations of digital audio and references @thespeakerdude Can we now summarize (are we there yet?) and identify general principles that help shape the differences between these two formats. I’m not interested in which...