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Pass labs upgrade path
I’m not sure that the middle end of the Pass line stages have ever gotten any attention till the XP 32 came along and that is second from the top. I have always been a big fan of pairing tube line stages with solid state monos. I’ve tried Mac 2500... 
replace Mcintosh with Luxman
I own 2 Lux M900u’s as monos. I have experienced using one amp in stereo mode with good results with Wilson Sasha DAW. The Luxman musicality was there but the Bass control lacked until the other amp was introduced. I haven’t noticed any added nois... 
Sonus Faber vs Wilson
I’ve heard those Sashas at that Florida dealer. I think he was running a Bartoc pre direct through to an ARC 160. I was totally impressed with the way ARC responded with the Wilsons.  I was actually thinking of going the Sonus Faber Amati Traditio... 
Esoteric n-01 xd vs DCS Bartok
Hi Romney. I just purchased the Bartok w the class A headphone amp, after some negotiations with the dealer I was able to get his demo for around $12,500.00. Not chump change for a small part of your setup. I'm still scratching my head or maybe ex... 
Help with Hum issues.
Find out if there are any fuses In the circuits inside  the amps or preamps, not in the main back.  If so you may have one out in the preamp. I got a hum in my right channel last week. I’m running BAT monos each amp has 4 fuses, one was out in one... 
BAT VK 53SE vs ARC Ref 5SE
During my quest for a high quality sounding preamp, I auditioned 6 preamps one of which was the ARC Ref 5SE. I was able to settle on the BAT VK53SE  to go with a Bryston 4BSST2 amp which I've now upgraded to BAT VK255se monos.I tried the lower end...