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In Reply to: Pass x2.5 pre - Sounds great... Stupid user interface! posted by AbeCollins on April 13, 2007 at 17:23:13:
Abe,As far as the best user interface going, I have to give it to the Classe' Delta gear. It is so easy to navigate that it is ridiculous. Classe' continues to improve it on a regular basis too. Having a component whose feature set can be modified or added to via a software update is something that has to be seen to be appreciated.
I have the CP-500. While I'm sure that there are pre's out there that may surpass it in sound quality/neutrality (the CP-700 among them), the ergonomic design of the Delta gear along with very nice build quality have led me to step off of the electronics merry-go-'round.
Speakers - I'm still playing with that. But after years of trying different components I no longer have any desire to upgrade my electronics.
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Too bad it doesn't sound good. The Classč Delta series are one of the worst sounding "modern" SS gear I have heard recently. Dreadfully boring sonics.
Sorry to hear that the Classe' gear is dreadfully boring. I was really enjoying my system too.I guess I'll have to sell it all off now and start again from scratch.
Thanks for the tip.
Don't mention it. When you want to get gear that worries more about sound and less about bling you just let me know.
WWhen you want to get gear that worries more about sound and less about bling you just let me know."So in your view, having an delightfully ergonomic user interface is bling! The stuff that escape out of that pandora's box of yours.
Music making the painting, recording it the photograph
"So in your view, having an delightfully ergonomic user interface is bling! The stuff that escape out of that pandora's box of yours"If it is counterproductive to the primary function of the unit, which in this case it arguably hurts sound quality, then yes its bling. Take care of the primary objective first and make sure that the secondary and tertiary goals don't degrade the primary goal. In this case it could be argued that Classč didn't take that into consideration. Is the screen defeatable when music is playing? I know that some manufacturers have so that the whole interface shuts off after some seconds because they know that it sounds better this way. Nevermind that its not a very good sounding preamp anyway, easily bettered by any number of SS and tube preamps, it can potentially sound better without the bling.
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