14-Apr-2017, 10:08
OT Warning: Already bought a pass Labs xp30 & XP25 combination.. Not done with the poweramp but for the interim I pulled out my pair of Bryston B28sst2 out of the storage.
I won't do any comparison to my D1000pro because I do not have rime for extensive blind testing. Without it, my new rig must be better due to psycho acoustics -
But it is fun to have the simplicity of a D1000 in the living room and some playground in the listening room.
I bought the XP30 used as 6 channel Version (7boxes for a PreAmp) but only using 2 Channel config.
I won't do any comparison to my D1000pro because I do not have rime for extensive blind testing. Without it, my new rig must be better due to psycho acoustics -
But it is fun to have the simplicity of a D1000 in the living room and some playground in the listening room.
I bought the XP30 used as 6 channel Version (7boxes for a PreAmp) but only using 2 Channel config.
Bricasti M1 SE DAC -> Pass labs XP30 & XP25 phono -> Bryston B28sst2 -> Sonus Faber Amati Futura -> JRiver MC 21 -> Synology NAS / Quboz - Denon DP 7000 SME 5012
D1000pro -> Magico V2 -> Fanless NUC i5 (Broadwell) -> Jriver MC 21/ Bauer DPS3i / Lyra Kleos