I have both a great tube preamp and a Pass-Labs XP-22 preamp and I love both. I also have a great 300-B SET amplifier and three terrific flea-watt class-A solid-state amplifiers that I use with both preamps. When I first got the XP-22 preamp, I didn’t enjoy the sound as much as the tube preamp, however that soon diminished as the XP-22 broke in. I enjoy both preamps and also enjoy my tube and solid-state amps all of which have their specific sonic nuances. The XP-22 works very well with my SET tube amp. Very articulate and sonically well balanced. And Pass-Labs products are known for their high reliability. While Nelson isn’t the primary design engineer for the preamps, his cohort Wayne Colbern is the designer, and I wouldn’t expect that Nelson would not be involved in releasing any of Waynes preamp designs without extensive listening by Nelson. I like my XP-22 so much that I got an XP-12 for my daughter two years ago for her birthday,
Pass Labs Preamps with tube amps?
I see plenty of search results for tube preamps with pass amps, but curious who’s experienced pass preamps (XP-10, 12, 20, 22) feeding low watt tube amps. Specifically SET amps, but any tube experiences would help.
I will be setting up two amps to swap between. a low watt SET amp and a solid state. My main amp listening being SET tube amp.