By Anthony Chiarella My first high-end system was held together with Straight Wire. After college, once I’d landed my first gig on Wall Street, I immediately maxed-out my credit cards and bought a DB Systems’ Preamp and Monoblock amplifiers, Rogers LS-6 Loudspeakers with matching stands and for cables, a pair of Straight Wire Teflon 12 Speaker Cable and LSI Interconnect. I had that system for half a decade and still recall how sweet it sounded.
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Text and photos by Juan C. Ayllon Upfront, the impressive Pass Labs X250.8 holds down amplification duties, while, on the second shelf, (right to left), there's the Pass Labs XP-17 phono stage, Lumin T2, and Ayre QB-9 Twenty; on the top shelf, the Pass Labs XP-12 preamplifier (right), shares shelf space with the VPI Prime Scout, which sits atop an isolation platform on AV RoomService Equipment Vibration Protectors. EVEN as a deep cold envelops the Chicagoland area, we are staying busy and warm, electing to remain indoors as much as possible,
One of the benefits to our readers is that my review of the Pass Labs X250.8 is currently being edited and, awaiting some final comments from Nelson Pass before being released this week. The piece includes a surprisingly candid interview with him, along with a number of papers he submitted that include schematics! Honestly, I was blown away by that, as well as his comment in an email, "Great review," when he saw a draft I sent to him and his publicist. The piece will appear at Positive Feedback. |
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