Curl or Pass


Am looking to upgrade my phono preamp.  Interested in the Pass Labs XP-15 and the Parasound JC3+.

Any opinions as to which is better?

Both about the same price used, about $2,300.

I have a Well Tempered Reference TT with a rebuilt Lyra Clavis, very low output MC.
dougthebiker

Showing 2 responses by clifffff


A: please help me choose between product X and product Y. Both are in the same price range...

B: you must buy product Z! No way around it mate. Z was made by Messiah himself!

Why do we always end up here? 🤔 🤔 🤔 For the umpteenth time, please read the text in the first post carefully so as to understand the underlying question and its full context. Then, if you meet the necessary requirements for answering the question or providing the advice needed (in this case, that is having owned and used both product X and Y, having compared them, and actually having found one being superior to the other in some aspect that is tangible for the author of the question) you may proceed to posting your advice.

On the other hand if you don’t meet these requirements, you need to move on to another page where the messiah thing might gain better traction or stll better, start your own post. 

Back to topic, I would also choose for Pass. When we had it in the store as demo it easily outperformed its peers. I listened to the Parasound sometime later and I did not find it special. 


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