doctor_big wrote: > Fascinating! So a combination of the D1 and one of these TPA31XXD2 amps > would sound as good as / indistinguishable from, say, a dCS stack > feeding a set of Pass Labs mono amps? Given of course, a compatible > speaker load? And, just to clarify the parameters, assuming they're > driving a fairly high-end pair of speakers, not a set of Logitech > desktop jobbies. > > Jason
Jason, I think you are mistaking sonic performance for build quality. The Nelson Pass mono amps are built like small tanks and are able to handle even the most difficult speaker loads. The high build quality should make the Pass amps trouble free for many years but from a strictly sonic viewpoint, as Julf pointed out, if the TPA31XXD2 amps are driving speakers with a compatible load the two amps will "sound" very similar. The same is true for DACs - the inexpensive DAC will have a lesser build quality and less robust feature set but sonically will be very similar to almost any mega-buck DAC. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102632 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
