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The new DEQX is out and its supposed to be an improvement.

Did anyone go to the CES this year? DEQX were there.

Back on topic ........

I recall the initial trigger to start this thread was...

Agreed.

The J2 is a completely different design to the XA30.5, it has a differenty sonic signature (no surprise) and is not manufactered at the Pass Labs factory but in Nelson's shed.

Th First...

The comparison will have to wait until I get more time.

There was a mention of part qualty in one of the posts.

This is perhaps worthy of healthy debate.

Some people say a resister is a...

I propose to conduct a simple controlled listening test tomorrow to compare the Pioneer LX 83 with and without room Eq with the Passlabs X250.5
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Yes, you are biased against the reality that has time and time again been demonstrated in controlled listening tests (which is, frankly, that electronics don't matter) because to do so would be...

I dont accept your first paragraph and nor would anyone who read that statement with real world experience and qualifications

The simple reality is almost all low hifi and hi end brand designers...

In reference to my later comments about comparisions I fee there is a method in the madnesss.

While we all talk of A/B comparisons and blind tests I feel the more incumental approach is more...

Rich you are not the 1st to make is statement.

I while back (1999) I discovered the low power compression and spatial dymanics of JBL were a good marriage with class A amplifiers..
Kent English...

Positively oustanding.

I wonder if an ear with a cloth surround is a good as a foam surround or does it need Eq?:)

I have not been following this thread until quite recently but in review of the in initial post I feel the definition used "fidelity" is presumptious and in the context here is inappropriate and...

How can you validate your claims using only the Tannoys in your own listening space?

For example if I wanted I could play an unknown cd on every amp on the planet through a set of Bose lifestyle...

Another quality question.

Given the apparent unquestionable superiority of the Speakon connector why is it not used in the current Crop of AV amplifiers?

I guess it depend on what you mean by good and that is based on experiences.

My point is i used to think a Phase Linear 700B sounded good and a Phase Linear 400 was a bit better.

The Quad 405...

Hi Rob,

My point about less is more was about comparing the audio quality of a complex conventional amplifier schematic where additional circuitry is used to provide error correction to the...

I think the plausibily of the above statement can be answered in why are not all two channel hi fidelity audio amplifiers equiped with room correction systems?

Without exception the answer is...

We dont have pecking order for top dog on such discussions so I see no sense in a shit stirring.

Be that as it may on the question of power for the 2245H or the 2235H I it come down to 30 years of...

Brett great post.

I was asking the same vexing question when I recently built a new home.

In my own way I rationalised the question by deciding on the end useage of the room and equipment.

I...

What I did find was that some mild room treatment the apparent audio playback reproduction of both the Pioneer and the Passlabs improved beyond differences made by the Pioneer room correction.

In...

> if both are properly set up, a $10k Pass amp will be markedly lower in fidelity than a $2k A/V receiver.

I have a new Pioneer Home threatre amp 83 model 2nd from the top.

While the in built...

Not me, see other thread on cables.

Ian

Some say that in the world as it stands at the end of 2011, if both are properly set up, a $10k Pass amp will be markedly lower in fidelity than a $2k A/V receiver. Why? The latter will have...