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| Which purchase tipped you into nirvana. Lots of smiles over the years. Biggest smiles and with the most recent and working backward......Mint condition Marantz 7c preamp.Conrad Johnson ART series 3 preamp.Sonus Faber Guarneri Homage.Marantz 2270 with the "gold/engraved" faceplate.Marant... | |
| Magnepan MMG for low volume I think the MMG might do it for you at the lower levels. It will be hard to find a multi-way box speaker in the MMG's price range that would do better. One possibility would be a "single driver" (no crossover) type like the Omega puts out. I had t... | |
| New Maggie 1.7 owner, amp ? Rcziech,The X150.5 would be nice with the Maggies. I've used their 30.5 and now 100.5's on my 3.6's. Your volume level is the key issue but Pass and the Maggies sound great at the lower levels. | |
| Higher output SET or SE tube amp for Daedalus Spea Your room is kinda large but you may be able to pull it off if you don't need to crank it too loud and maybe sit somewhat nearfield. If you can be happy listening at lower levels, I think you will be in for a treat.On your list, I have experience ... | |
| Which 300B SET for SF Guarneri Homage? I think the OP may be getting a little confused at this point. Will it work or won't it? My answer still is, "it could".I haven't heard the CF's paired with the GH's so I don't know how "that" pairing would work and even if I have, what works for ... | |
| This is no joke. What I like about your finding is that you weren't expecting a change or even looking for one.On the quarters, it's 2 quarters and one dime on each speaker (= $1.20). I think it was Sam Tellig that propagated this.Curious, what happens when you re... | |
| Which 300B SET for SF Guarneri Homage? My experience: I usually drive my GH's with either a Pass XA30.5 or my vintage Marantz 8b. Lately, I've been driving them with a pair of Cary 300b SE Signature monoblocks with very pleasing results. The 300b holds a mystical/musical quality in the... | |
| Summertime ss amp Question I am a tube lover and live in the desert southwest, I feel your pain. (58 tubes/class A...... well maybe not that much pain). A 5 blade ceiling fan would make you/wife feel 7-8 degrees cooler. Don't know if that is enough for you.A McIntosh amp fr... | |
| PASS LABS XA-30.5 vs XA-60.5 Unsound, good point but here are my thoughts.Pass amps are balanced, so on paper, if you had a truly balanced preamp that you were happy with, that should be the way to go.Some preamps have balance output jacks but aren't balanced themselves. You ... | |
| Perhaps we should stick with midfi... I'm sure if everyone of us went out and spent 60k on a system, NONE of us would have the same exact components. OP bought someone elses "ears". In that case, odds are not good for happiness no matter what the price. Odds are better that most of us... | |
| PASS LABS XA-30.5 vs XA-60.5 I have the 100.5's and 30.5.First, does the needle on your 30.5 stay still or is it bouncing around? If it's bouncing, maybe moving up to the 60.5's would be beneficial but I don't think day and night.If it's not bouncing, I would urge you to thin... | |
| The Best Best Speaker Thread The Best Best Buy thread was on those Insignia speakers awhile back. They rank up there with the "best for the buck". The best $50 I ever spent.I'm waiting for dinner now. This is the best I could come up with. | |
| Digital Amps vs Solid State Amps I own Pass's class A amps and a Red Wine Audio Signatue 30.2 (Tripath chip based). I use the RWA in the summer months in my home office and enjoy it a lot. If I didn't, I would just crank the air conditioning and keep the Pass's running. Might not... | |
| Anyone else like the Audio Art Power 1 cords? I chose the Audio Art Power 1 for my Pass amps and like them very much. Also went with the Furutech option. | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri vs Guarneri Memento Since this thread just got bumped and I'm feeling a growing affinity for Daveyf, here is my 2 cents.I have owned both Guarneri models at the same time for over a year. Didn't plan that. For years I wanted the H's but couldn't find the "perfect" pa... |