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Post by odedia on May 23, 2017 15:50:09 GMT -5
As per my previous post, a night and day difference I don't believe so. But that said, in my system there was a noticeable difference between feeding the rack mounted XPA-5 via short RCA's with 5 metre long speaker cables, compared to long fully balanced connections via XLR's between the XSP-1 and the XPA-1L's which are located next to their respective speaker with very short speaker cables. Total silence between tracks with no audible external interference is the most obvious, followed by superior 3D imaging. Instruments like violins, right hand piano and cymbals often sound clearer/cleaner in Class A. Without a quick change back to back comparison other differences in the overall sound quality are hard to pick. I went for the XPA-1L's, not just because of their internal perceived sound improvements, I did it so that I could make all of the changes, interconnects, speaker cables and location which is a monoblock advantage. That said, I'm very happy that I made the change and would do it again without hesitation. Cheers Gary What Gary says! I agree!!Good info here. I am using XLR cables already so that's not a an issue however I also use rather long speaker cables - around 8 meters. My amps and gear are in a different room, the speakers are in the living room. Due to WAF, I doubt that will change. So I guess I would still to my good old XPA 3 for the time being .
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Post by Gary Cook on May 23, 2017 16:01:02 GMT -5
What Gary says! I agree!! Good info here. I am using XLR cables already so that's not a an issue however I also use rather long speaker cables - around 8 meters. My amps and gear are in a different room, the speakers are in the living room. Due to WAF, I doubt that will change. So I guess I would still to my good old XPA 3 for the time being . Simple, put the XPA-1L's behind the speakers, she won't even know that they are there. Speaker cables at 8 metres are very long antennas. It's not just that it's XLR cabling that makes the system quiet, the XPA-1L's are internally balanced, differential whereas the XPA-3 isn't. Cheers Gary
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Post by novisnick on May 23, 2017 16:24:46 GMT -5
Good info here. I am using XLR cables already so that's not a an issue however I also use rather long speaker cables - around 8 meters. My amps and gear are in a different room, the speakers are in the living room. Due to WAF, I doubt that will change. So I guess I would still to my good old XPA 3 for the time being . Simple, put the XPA-1L's behind the speakers, she won't even know that they are there. Speaker cables at 8 metres are very long antennas. It's not just that it's XLR cabling that makes the system quiet, the XPA-1L's are internally balanced, differential whereas the XPA-3 isn't. Cheers Gary Gary, it must be very scary for you to be looking inside my head so often and posting my thought!! LOL 😂
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Post by Gary Cook on May 23, 2017 18:05:05 GMT -5
Simple, put the XPA-1L's behind the speakers, she won't even know that they are there. Speaker cables at 8 metres are very long antennas. It's not just that it's XLR cabling that makes the system quiet, the XPA-1L's are internally balanced, differential whereas the XPA-3 isn't. Gary, it must be very scary for you to be looking inside my head so often and posting my thought!! LOL 😂 Nick, I left space for you for the most important bit, "and membership to the monoblock society" (after suitable vetting of course). Cheers Gary
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