Westminster Labs REI Amp Eval

Zappadaddy, I am very interested to hear your results of the test with Rei. I have a colleague in Los Angeles who recently received Clarisys speakers and will be running our own tests once his room is ready. We will try both a single pair of Rei, as well as a bridged pair which should be something special.
 
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gleeds said:
Zappadaddy, I am very interested to hear your results of the test with Rei. I have a colleague in Los Angeles who recently received Clarisys speakers and will be running our own tests once his room is ready. We will try both a single pair of Rei, as well as a bridged pair which should be something special.
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Would love to hear your thoughts on pairing Clarisys with Rei amps.
 
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When I return from Seattle we will do this test, right now the best results are with Challenge SE-833 monoblocks
 
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Do these sound as good balanced as opposed to using the single-ended connections?
 
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Do these sound as good balanced as opposed to using the single-ended connections?
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WestminsterLab Rei is balanced only. Same with Quest preamp, although a plug-in single ended module is available for one (or both) of the expansion slots (I use one of the expansion slots for the balanced phono stage module).
 
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Vicks 7, good morning. The Rei amplifiers are designed for balanced mode operation. If, for example, you were to use your 18NS pre-amplifier, you would use your balanced outputs for the best results. I will ask Ed at The Audio Association, a long-time dartZeel dealer and one of our WestminsterLab partners, to try the Reis in this configuration so we know the results.
 
Thanks both, this is super helpful. Looking for a cheaper solid state amp for my Dartzeel pre so you read my mind gleeds!.
 
mxk116 said:
WestminsterLab Rei is balanced only. Same with Quest preamp, although a plug-in single ended module is available for one (or both) of the expansion slots (I use one of the expansion slots for the balanced phono stage module).
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good news and thanks, would use in balanced only.
 
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