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Old 10-03-2011, 11:19 PM
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Dan, thanks for calling them as you hear them. I hope it is just a break in issue, but I fear that dryness may be cured with break in, but the noise floor may not. (Keeping fingers crossed).
Randy.......I believe the XP-15 may well warm a touch, but I do not believe the noise floor will shrink. I really can't take that gamble. I'll give it until Friday before I make a firm decision about returning it, but right now I am leaning towards rejecting the XP-15 in my system. A low noise floor is essential, and I fully expected the XP-15 to be substantially quieter than the C2300 with tubes, but it is not, and that I cannot tolerate.
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