Any experience with the Pass Labs Aleph 5???


I have heard many good things about the Pass Labs Aleph 3 and 5 amps but they are not sold near where I live. With this being the case I wonder if any of you AudiogoNers can tell me about your experience with them?
I am particularly interested in the fact they use only two gain stages and I wonder what others have thought of this approach as opposed to other solid state amps. I currently own the Aragon 8008st.
Thanks for your help.
nrchy

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One of the best amps I had, especially in the midrange. I had it paired with an Aleph P & it was magical on female vocals & jazz. It didn't work like I wanted it to on rock so I sold it, but for anything else it's hard to beat.

As far as the cicuit topology goes, check out this link:
http://www.passlabs.com/pdf/aleph/a5man.pdf

This is the owner's manual which gives you a lot of info.

If you need to contact somebody at Pass, check this out:
http://www.passlabs.com/email.htm

Peter Perkins could help you with additional info.