How does one weigh the virtues an older amp vs. a younger one?


When does new tech beat old, even at a lower original price point? For example, I’m looking at a Pass INT_150 (about 2010, at MSVP $7150) and a Simaudio Moon 340i (mid 2010s and $4950). Leave aside the age factor of the amplifier itself for the time being, and assume an A/B listening comparison is not practical. Excuse me if I’m being crass about this. My apologies to Pass and Simaudio!

richardmathes

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Yes, truths reveal themselves -or are built into clarity, in our minds- over time.

Audio is no exception.

A saying that goes in that direction, is that we know all we need to know about a person we meet, in the first few minutes, but it takes 30 years of interactions for that to be clear in our minds.

Human interactions with the world, in all their myriad ways, are, of course, some variant of that. No matter how much the ego wants it to be different.