I’d been enjoying Acoustic Zen speakers at California Audio Show rooms over the past 3 years. Adagios, Crescendos, and, more recently, the towering Maestros. Three years ago I wanted the Adagios. A year later I pined for Crescendos. I had some serious ‘Zen envy. Late last year I finally resolved to exile my loyal pair …
The equipment upgrade path in my household steepened in late December of 2014. I thought I was in shape, but I’ve been panting. A lot. I’d been using a Parasound A21 power amplifier for the past couple years. Before that I had a 7.1 Marantz home theater amp, the MM8003. Previous to that, a craptastic …
Does anyone out there have direct experience with any combination of the following? Acoustic Zen Crescendo Mk II speakers Pass Labs X250.5 or X250.8 amp Zesto Leto preamp Zesto Andros preamp I’m mostly curious how the Zestos work with Pass labs’ amps, and how either the amp/preamp would sound with the Acoustic Zen speakers. I’ve …
One of the most interesting rooms at California Audio Show was more than ably hosted by Acoustic Zen’s Robert Lee. He was showing off AZ’s new towering (67 inches high, 225 lbs) Maestro speakers ($43,000) with the T2/R200 5G wireless transmitter/amplification system by Questyle ($2400). The latter’s tiny monoblock receiver/DAC/amp modules put forth 200 watts …
