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playback design MPS3. not cheap but stop the need to find something better

If you are focus purely on sound quality and not convenience (no remote sadly) . I suggest you to try the elekit TU-8500 (easy DIY kit). With top of the range Mundorf coupling cap and good 12AX7 PSvane tube, it's still the best preamp i've owned (miles better that any naim i've owned or...

I have neat motive sx2, M30.1, harbeth M40.2 anniversary, Frugal horn XL, love them all for different reasons. M30.1 is perhaps my favorite if you take into account the performance/price ratio. i love the midrange /treble quality and superb soundstage of the M30.1 and with good stand and...

This is the reason ! and computer is noisy it's difficult to get the same level of quality from TIDAL streaming compared to CD or NAS but you can come very close by using streamer like STOM SMS 200 ULTRA with good power supply.

as owner of the neat motive 2 Sx, you should try naim amp. This is a great math

playback designs MPS3 CD/DAC / Elekit TU8600 SE 300B (8w) with top of the line Mundorf caps and Lundahl transformer /Harbeth M30.1 This is my "winter" set up and... sound very good at moderate volume. Transparent, fast and organic and amazingly dynamic

I have the M30.1 These speakers need good and powerfull amplifier and top source component to show what they capable of. I prefer them to the SHL5, less boomy, and more natural midrange/high. The best of all is the M40.2, my dream speaker, even in a relativly small room, the bass is...

My passive is a dave slage autoformer type, I’ve play a few time with the internal inductance gap adjustement to tune the sound to my liking (and I’m still amazed of the difference it makes). So to think that passive is transparent by the fact is passive is not correct. Resistive and...

... at the exit of the CD playeur. Active gives a better impedance match for the CD player and the amp input

I've come from passive (TVC) to active preamp and i will never go back to passive. Passive kills dynamic of the music. My JOB225 is high sensitive amp but nevertheless need some drive. M thinking is the passive input impedance put to much load on the opamp

Is anybody have compared the LS25 with DNM Reson calbe. I've switched from NACA to DNM and find the DNM more refined,darker and detailed but lacking a little bit of sparkle. I'm quite happy with the DNM on harbeth loudspeaker but if the LS25 can maintain the refined and detail sound and add...

This is a really great amp that deserve some care to give the best result. I've come from naim amp to avondale and then the job amp and it's far superior, simply stunning. Great dynamic and super detail retrieving, you can miss this amp if something is wrong on the upstream chain. this amp shows...

Have enjoyed various naim/avondale amp, but the job is really in another level... Best amp ever owned and a keeper. Combined with a dave slate AVC passive preamp and Harbeth 30.1 for a perfect and highly addictive sound.

Well I’ve listened carefully to the D170 2 weeks ago. This test was done in another dealer with different loudspeakers. I had the possibility to compare the D170 to my actual setup (Avondale grad1/TPX2 S100 amp) and this was very interesting I began the listening cession with the D170 first...

I've heard D1 with Harbeth but also other loudspeakers(sony SS-AR1) with the same "strange" result. i listen to it "cold" perhaps it needs maybe some time to heat up before revealing its best performance? the dealer doesn't seems to promote D1 very much so maybe the unit was not completely...