Are Pass Labs XA60.8 mono amps enough?


Hello everyone,

I plan to buy a class A Pass Labs monoblocks pair for a Focal Scalla Utopia system. These speakers are very easy to drive (92.5 db sensitivity)

I'm interested in the XA60.8 model. I wonder if it is worth waiting to have the budget for the XA100.8. If so, why?

I'm 25% home theater / 75% music. My room is rather small: around 230 sq. ft. I don't crank up the volume very much

Thanks for your help

vinci92

@audiophile1 I understand nada about this but here it is: The power output in class A: P=R*I^2=R*4*Iq^2

I enjoy XA60.8 monoblocks into a far less efficient speaker than yours, Joseph Audio Perspective2 Graphene, the combination is effortless, detailed, dynamic and certainly plenty powerful for my listening pleasure... I haven’t read a poor review, in fact reviewers seem to agree these Pass Labs are amongst the finest ever!

My room 17’ 8" L x 15’ W x 9’ H 265 sq ft area 2,285 sq ft volume

Regarding heat generation, the XA60.8 do run warm as most performance gear does. Mine are tucked to the side using ideal 1m cable runs for power and speaker. Also by the time summer cooling and winter heating are balanced you really do not notice the extra BTUs.

Enjoy!

p.s. those making arguments for large, overweight, heavily advertised modern German two door luxo snort coupes is telling

Thanks for your replies and especially for your great recommendations. Pennfootball71 and rsf507 convinced me to look at other brands that would be more appropriate. I ended up buying a Nagra Classic Amp (100w per channel, first ten watts in class A). The agility, punch and clarity of this amp are absolutely outstanding. My wife and I left Montreal on Thursday at 4:30am to pick up a used unit in the Toronto area. It's a dealer trade in unit, less than 5 years old in 10/10 condition: $14k CAD. I could even bridge it into dual monoblocks, but according to the modulometer, the current output power is more than enough for my needs.

Thanks again everyone!