Pass labs and Totems?


do you think a Pass aleph 3 would be a good match for the Totem Model 1 sig. Totems are notoriously difficult to drive and the pass is only 45 watts into 4ohms. however i tend to listen at relatively low volume levels and believe the sonic charicteristics of the pass amp is exemplary.

what do you think?
mbacinello

Showing 1 response by marakanetz

Your Aleph 3 will try to get a bass responce from your speakers, but it actually can't supply a current to drive the bass even with low volume levels. It will result clipping. Pass amps as far as I know have soft clipping but still it's not sonically pleasant.