Justin & Jerry's Hifi Blog

[Frazeur1]

I had a Pass X150 and X1 preamp for quite sometime when I was running Magnepan panels. Nice amplifier!

[User211]

In some ways a shame the Pass didn't have a go with Jerry's Maggies.

Sell the Pass to Firebottle when it's time and we can put that one right

[jandl100]

Nah, the Maggies and the Pass would never have met anyway!

[pure sound]

Did you get any other 6n6 to try Jerry?

[jandl100]

Did you get any other 6n6 to try Jerry?

Yes, I have a 'gold grid' version - and it has little gold connections inside.
I think it is a significant improvement on the stock Russian valve in terms of solidity of image and also improvements in resolution.

These http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8x-6N6P-EC...72.m2749.l2649

I also have 2 types of "military" OTK valve to try.

Unfortunately, I have been temporarily distracted ....

New toy.

My goodness, this is a bit good.
Awesome clarity.

I've a suspicion that with its pre-amp mode turned off, it will be a great match for the Pure Sound L10 valve pre.
I'll try that in a week or so - I'll enjoy the 851D's standalone performance for a while.

[jandl100]

Predictably enough, I couldn't wait a week or so to see what the L10 pre brought to the party. More like an hour or so.

Yup, superb. You can't beat a system with a great active pre, imo.

[pure sound]

So is the Cambridge (as a power amp) better than the Pass?

[jandl100]

So is the Cambridge (as a power amp) better than the Pass?

The Cambridge doesn't even try - which is very sensible of it!

It's a Cambridge 851D digital pre-amp.
8 digital inputs, volume control (switchable), 3 digital filter options.

So the signal goes laptop streaming > 851D digital preamp > L10 > Pass X150.

[pure sound]

Apologies, I thought it was some kind of integrated.

[hifinutt]

Yes, I know what you mean!

Did you ever play around with the valves, Phil?

no , not really a tube roller ...i get a bit nervous about mucking about with things like that