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Yes Alan, Riaan here. The A class Pass Labs are very musical. The lower powered amps maybe even moreso. Imo the closest to the XA30.5 is the integrated 25 (not exactly sure the model no.) I haven't listened to any First Watts yet. Mola Mola - the sales director is a personal friend, ditto for...

XA30.5 with a Mola Mola pre 100's generates too much heat and becomes impractical in SA.

G3 and Pass Labs no problem

Wise words from you Achim, I knew Vivid untill fairly recently intimately and you speak true a word.

My vote also goes to this one.

Playing Tidal through Aurender using a dCS DAC Significant positive difference since MAX was introduce imo. I never upgraded the Aurender to play MQA. I usually don't bother checking the bits and freq when listening, will take some notes on albums I feel sounded real well after the MAX...

Apart from the 3D printing, which I was only involved with at factory level, we share hobbies! Are you based in Cpt or surrounds?

Pass Labs XA30.5 The 30 Watts never disappoint, maybe as Pass says its all in the first watt.

Another vote for Bosch 6 series. We have the 16kg, bought some years ago at a launch promo.

Commercial interest will always over shadow all personalised suggestions. You will likely be able to limit the impact by choosing a subscription option with less (read: obvious in your face) commercial impact. But don't be fooled, AI will find ways to "double dipp", i.e. ensuring an income...

I am in Franschhoek, our damage is more localised in specific areas of the town. Regardless my heart goes out to all who suffered any sort of damage during the weekend storm. Looking forward visiting Stanford soon, some of my favourite spots in the town. Hope you can return to listening to...

The industry and its customers should celebrate all technology enabling less compressed music to reach listeners earns.

I have the Mola Mola Makua pre with phono stage. Exceptional product.

The Tambaqui is receiving very good reviews. I have a Makau in storage, using my DAC also as pre. Seeing your pic reminded me of the Makua, will connect it to the system again. Which speakers are you using?

Nice, what are you using as a pre?

Also investigate NPO4 on RadioNL app

Consider reviewing your library of albums using a site like - Album list - Dynamic Range DB You should subjectively rate each album before searching for the measured rating. I often find my experience to be different than the ratings on the site. I suppose it proofs there is more to it than...

A worthwile recording to listen to your system's ability to create a meaningful soundstage: Chesky records produced a recording to showcase their aptitude in three dimensional recording - You're surrounded/Various artists, back in 2015...