Hi Jay, great videos. Thank you for your time!

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your words

Jay, long time audiophile and Wilson speaker/AR tube amp owner here. You have become, BY FAR, my favorite and most useful audiophile information source at the level of audio we are all interested in. Thanks so much for your AMAZING work here and sharing your journey with such honesty and clarity. Also agree on the Alexia/Merrrill/ARC combo being your greatest accomplishment so far...SO FAR:). Can't wait to see what you have next up your audio sleeve. Yay Jay!

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comments above

Did anyone else hear that Audio Research was just sold again? As for the preamp, a Gryphon preamp seems like a natural fit. Could it be? Thanks again for “doing that voodoo that you do,” Jay. I’m still blown away by the ARC & Merrill combination. This is lots of fun!

those parrasound monobloque are amazing

Hello Jay... I'm thinking of getting the Yvette's .. what I wanted to know if my Amp the Spectral DMA 300 will be enough? Thank you Joe

Given you get about 60% of new when selling how do you keep churning through gear?

Hi Jay, I’ve been enjoying your videos for awhile now; thank you for your input and exposure. I realize I’m posting this comment on an old video, but I’m not sure how else to pose this question to you. After all of your experience with hifi manufacturers, who would you say is your favorite U.S. speaker manufacturer? What I mean by that is, who do you like the best across their entire product line considering build quality, value, customer service, quality of the individuals that comprise the team, most forgiving with a variety of electronics, most forgiving with room placement, best at sound staging, lows, highs, mids… everything. Again, not so much a favorite speaker, more your favorite loudspeaker shop, across the product line, ALL things considered. Thanks in advance. Oh! Also, any initial thoughts on the new PS Audio loudspeaker? (I realize it’s brand-new)

Dude, you are going to cost me a lot of money. I was a major audiophile 20 year’s ago and owned Apogee speakers, Mark Levinson Amplifier and DAC and Sonic Frontiers Preamp and CD Transport. All MIT cabling. Awesome system but I got burned out due to the constant desire to keep searching for sonic greatness.....I lost sight of what the hobby was all about...the music. I feel the bug biting hard again and have a lot more funds to throw at my new quest for the sonic holy grail. I just installed a killer audio system on my boat and throughout the process I kept reminding myself of the good old days of high end audio. Look forward to following your channel!

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@billarmstrong5568

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you... The classic ML, Wadia, Krell era was very exciting. And to be fair any of the really great gear from that time could still slot successfully into any high-end set up today... But you're right, so much (too much!) great gear at the moment to choose from. Secret is choose something then concentrate on music and not hi-fi, well, for a year or two at least😉

I already expressed how I felt about the sound and music I was hearing from your Ref6SE & the Merrill 118's combination Jay, truly awesome - I have the Ref6 (being upgraded to the SE) matched with Canto Ref600m's, and if I were in a position to do it, I'd substitute the Merrills, but regardless, it's still a class D system and I've always been an A/B guy, my last A/B is (still have it) highly biased for staying in class A. I really doubt I'll stand still, but right now I'm not looking back, not to mention that the Bell Cantos were a steal compared to the cost of the rest of my system - anyway, I totally agree with Warren - that combination was spectacular.

@MMBLO622

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I also a ARC Ref 6 user, I’m interest to know what are the big difference of sound quality compare with Ref 6 and Ref 6 SE? Also, as I know all Ref 6’s volume is very loud. Depends on CD’s recording, normally I adjust the volume between 15 to 22, and that’s’ is loud enough. I’m not sure if this is a problem but it seem like a little bit strange. Many users think this is a problem and the don’t really like. Does this volume issue improve after upgrade to SE? Can you also share this information? Thanks.

@skip1835

3 жыл бұрын

@@MMBLO622 MMBLO622 I'm sorry I can't offer anything on the volume issue - assuming there's no problem with your Ref6 I'd guess what you probably already know, you probably have a high gain power amp - in my system the volume seems "normal" to me and generally I'm running just "north" of your 22, usually 28 on up - so personally, I don't think that's a huge difference - as for the SE upgrade, last time I touched base with ARC they told me I was #40 on the list and by now I'd guess I'm maybe 15 or 20 upgrades away from them having me send mine in - can't comment too much on the sound, only what I've read and heard, the upgrade, I'm told, involves new capacitor banks and is supposed to be relatively significant.

Hi Jay, great video as always. I have a question for you. I have daws myself along with Mac gear, 2600 pre amp and 2156 amp. Looking for a better DAC, had Rossini at home last week, really liked it, but don’t wanna pull a trigger yet. Have you had any experience with MSB DACs yet? I wonder what your take on it? Thanks

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Zero experience with msb.

Jay I love your channel. I’ve owned many big systems. But I might have an idea for ya. For many years I owned a few top recoding studios. Commercial studios in houses. And when building the studios out I all was hired a electrician but not just any. I hired one that dealt with clean power and grounding. By adding grounding rods out side this guy made my studio dead quite. Now these studios where crazy expensive with big consoles and out board gear. Just a thought.

Jay very informative video, awesome job. Just wanted to ask, have you ever tried the “pass labs x1000.5” ? and if you have, what’s your intake on it!

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Wanted to get them but never found them.

@TJ-rg9wr

3 жыл бұрын

Jay's Audio Lab Yes, me my self was trying to find them, but wow how difficult are they.

I’ve not seen you try CH Precision Jay? Have you? Or Nagra?

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Someday....

Hi Jay, good video and I appreciate your insight. I would say that you may have to upgrade your DAC as well in your new quest... 😁

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I already have it and don't want to say It ? Lol

@blackhawk3498

3 жыл бұрын

😁

Great Stuff Jay. it is pretty obvious (I think) which pre WC is bringing in. My logic for my guess is as follows: 1. Jay indicates a degree of confidence that the pre-amplifier he has chosen will elevate the Mephisto's presentation. 2. But on the other hand Jay is a strident empiricist (unless you've heard it you don't know) 3. also Jay understands the idiosyncrasies of synergy 4. So how can Jay be so confident? 5. Because he has heard it before or people he trusts have heard it before 6. Ergo Pandora (not being a common amplifier difficult for him to have trustworthy feedback on synergy with anything other than the Pandora.) Apparently an aspect of Pandora that makes it compatible with Mephisto is its absolute dedication to noise reduction. isolated floating chassis within chassis design, separate power for each channel etc. ANY noise coming in gets cranked to eleven by Mephisto high res power. Pandora solves that. RRP is $32,500 USD. Thankyou for this Jay. This is great stuff and I can't wait to see what we get. Have you tried DAC as pre-amp on the Mephisto yet? I personally love what a pre-amp does, but with Mephisto I think the standard rules are out, so maybe it is worth a shot?

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

I'll do the dac soon. Right now I'm playing with the magnepan and mephisto

Althoug I haven't compared the Alexia 2 with Sasha DAW, I just upgraded my speakers to Alexia 2 from Sasha 2. I will say the improvement is huge and obvious for my system.

@minhhaiFNM

3 жыл бұрын

I own Sasha Daw 2 with PassLabs XA 160.8. I think too much this time about Alexia 2... Can I use Passlabs XA 160.8 work with Alexia 2 ? I need your opinion. Thank you

@julianchen4764

3 жыл бұрын

@@minhhaiFNM I see no reason why not. The Alexia 2 should work well with your XA160.8.

@minhhaiFNM

3 жыл бұрын

@@julianchen4764 o.k Thank bro i think about it ...

People that criticize Class D haven't heard good Class D or are just on the bandwagon of naysayers. The Merrill 118s with ARC6SE was spectacular.

I guess Gryphon..

You don’t seem to have found a preamp partner for the Mephisto yet...

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Hush...keep it down...stay tuned..

@JingoLoBa57

3 жыл бұрын

Jay's Audio Lab hahahaha 😉

@JingoLoBa57

3 жыл бұрын

Trying that amp stand that you had the Momentum on, rolling power cords ya there’s a lot to try out 👍

@bricedoan6695

3 жыл бұрын

Probably the Pandora, if it was me i would go CH L1+X1 but i understand it's more money.

@JingoLoBa57

3 жыл бұрын

Brice Doan issuu.com/aaaked/docs/gryphon_review__mephisto_and_pandor/2?ff

You move fast..... lol

@jaysaudiolab

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. I want you all to help me move my subscribers too. I need more to keep doing more

@hectoralvarez941

3 жыл бұрын

Jay's Audio Lab.... I got it. Not sure if the rules , but you might ant to set up a Patreon page and work on more advice etc.

2hz too 300khz 3000 damping factor Not even class AA amplifier 500.000 microfards at 33.000uf capacitors Asking £150K Lmfaooooooo/ beyond ripoff Sony in the 80s achieved 1hz bass uptoo beyond human compression went too 500khz Damping factor 1500 Sony asked £3K back in 80s/ equivalent too now in £20K I can achieve 450.000 microfards with my 6x rotel rb990bx bridged which cost £5K with 22.000uf nischicon Japanese finest capacitors