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    Rockport Technologies Introduces Orion Loudspeaker

    Ron Resnick’s Master and Makers interview with Andy Payor 12 days ago has already gotten 31K views! Ron did a very good interview with Andy, who I would call “an Engineers, Engineer.” For Andy to realize his creations, he has had to be multi-disciplined, being versed in material science...
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    Rockport Technologies Introduces Orion Loudspeaker

    Here are the specs for the Rockport Orion Speaker that I got from my dealer: Woofer 13" carbon fiber sandwich composite Midrange 7" carbon fiber sandwich composite Tweeter Waveguide mounted 1.25" beryllium dome Height 50.3 Width 14.3 (20.3 with feet) Depth 26.4 Weight 360 lbs. each Frequency...
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    Rockport Technologies Introduces Orion Loudspeaker

    FROM ROCKPORT TECHNOLOGIES: SOUTH THOMASTON, Maine, May 18th, 2022 – After three years of intense development, and building on 30 years of cutting-edge loudspeaker design, Rockport Technologies is excited to introduce the all-new ORION loudspeaker. In keeping with Rockport’s understated, yet...
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    Measuring power line capacity with the IDEAL SureTest, and the effect of Shunyata power products

    Yes Porter Port outlets sold by Albert Porter of Dallas Texas. In the past he sold them on AGON, but I do not see any current listing for them on AGON now. He may have stopped selling them. Here is a link to his store, which has his phone number listed if you want to find out if he still...
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    Measuring power line capacity with the IDEAL SureTest, and the effect of Shunyata power products

    Hospital grade outlets with the green dot have plus and minus attributes. The positive attribute is they have a better grip due to heavier duty contact structure with multiple wiping contact points. This is a definite plus for high current delivery. The minus for green dot hospital grade...
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    Pass Labs XP-32

    If you read the Stereophile review of the Pass Labs XP-32 you likely saw the reference to DC couple the outputs. There is no mention of this ability in the manual. I recently implemented the DC coupling option as depicted in the attached PDF file. There are two spare jumpers in the text box...
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    Pass Labs XP-32

    Stereophile has now put the Pass Labs XP-32 preamp review online for those of you that do not have a subscription. Here is the link: https://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-laboratories-xp-32-line-preamplifier Enjoy!
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    Which cables and power cords ?

    II have experience with MIT cable products and I totally agree with your assessment.
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    Which cables and power cords ?

    Hello Krelldog, I'm using Audience AU 24 SX, Low-Z phono from tonearm output to the XP-27 phono preamp. Then AU 24 SX normal IC from XP-27 to XP-32 preamp, with very good results. Also AU 24 SX between my Berkeley RS DAC and XP-32. Because I use MIT speaker cables, I have matching long MIT...
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    Pass Labs XP-32

    Hot off the press! I just received my 2021 March copy of Stereophile Magazine. They have a review of the XP-32 in it. The XP-32 three piece unit made the front cover along with the new Wilson SabrinaX. The teaser text on the cover is "We Savor Pass Labs Triple-Decker Preamp." I have not read...
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    Bass worse after 3 hours

    alfa100, If the prominent bass effect remains constant after many hours, and this has been the attribute of the amplifiers since new, it may just be the characteristic of the amplifier after it warms up. Other people have related the strong bass of the Point 8 series over the Point 5 series...
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    Bass worse after 3 hours

    Hi alfa100, I have a XA160.5 driving Wilson Sasha speakers and have experience a similar effect and have a possible solution. Here is some information to set up my findings. Your XA100.8 like my XA160.5 are both class A amplifiers that for all practical listening levels will always draw the...
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    Pass Labs XP-32

    Here is a comparison to an ARC REF 6 on the Audionirvana forum. Check out the first post, which may answer your question. https://www.audionirvana.org/forum/the-audio-vault/preamplifiers-and-line-and-phonostages/126603-pass-labs-xp-32
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    Pass Labs XP-32

    @Mikem53 , You are welcome and I think you will be very happy with your XP-12 combined with the wonderful Pass Labs XA25 amplifier. I was one of the first to describe my experiences with the Pass Labs XP-32, PererA followed with a excellent review, but I'm surprised there has not been more...
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    Sublime Sound

    The silver gold ZenWave cables Tango is referring to is the ZenWave D4 cable. Dave Calhoon has proprietary silver/gold alloy wire made for him by Neotech. This alloy wire is used in the D4 and D5 interconnect cables along with pure silver Neotech UPOCC wire. So you have heard the cables...
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