Hi wolf_garcia....
Best comment made on this thread so far :-)
Best comment made on this thread so far :-)
Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ?
I have about 15k to spend on an amp/preamp/integrated amp.
I mostly listen to smooth jazz like Dave Koz, Rippingtons, Brian Culbertson etc.... and loud.
I have yet to hear any amp that comes close to Pass Labs.
Your experiences pls ?
I mostly listen to smooth jazz like Dave Koz, Rippingtons, Brian Culbertson etc.... and loud.
I have yet to hear any amp that comes close to Pass Labs.
Your experiences pls ?
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From 7-3-18 to 12-31-18, I designed and developed a SE two stage directly-coupled tube amp for my ALTEC speakers. It must do 0.3 Watts. It had a power supply to support a 100 Watt amp. It was hard-wired internally with wire with having silver content. Unlike any Pass amp, there is no feedback in the amp. In December 2108, a friend sent me a PASS ACA 1.6 version, professionally built, to sell for him on eBay. I allowed the Pass amp to warm up for 24 hours. When I put the ACA 1.6 in my system , ( compared to my much lower powered tube amp ), the ACA sounded thin, anemic, un-dynamic, two-dimensional, removed from the music, and uninspiring. My DIY tube amp design - easily and simply trashed the ACA. That .............was my recent listening experience. If a triode tube amp is done well ( sadly for the public, 99.9% are NOT !! ) you can not match it, with any low-powered transistor amp, IMHO. YMMV, fine with me !! Dowto1000 |
OP, if you have $15k for only the amp(s), then you should consider the GaN-FET class D amps from AGD Production, Vivace monoblocks. They are $15 per pair. Here is their URL link: http://agdproduction.com Two forum threads are devoted to GaN-based Class D amp tech. See these URL links for further discussion: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/gan-based-class-d-power-amps https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/which-class-d-amplifier-ps-audio-ghent-nord-merrill-or-other |
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