Pass XA200.8 Review - Fun measurements


Hello everyone. 

Yet again, Stereophile has produced an interesting set of measurements:

https://www.stereophile.com/content/pass-laboratories-xa2008-monoblock-power-amplifier-measurements

Mind you, I'm as interested in why people like certain sounds as I am about absolute performance, if not moreso. 

There are lots of Pass fans out there, or they could never afford to sell amps at $40k per pair. But take a look at the measurements. Plenty of distortion by-products. 

Is it possible Pass has hit on a euphonic recipe his fans adore? 

What do you fans and detractors think? Are we seeing the magic Pass recipe here? 
erik_squires

Showing 1 response by craigl59

Read this review a couple of days ago and didn't consider it a selling point for extremely heavy class A amps that take an hour to warm up. The comments about the relatively poor bass response (by comparison to other very expensive monos) struck me as a killer. Your points about distortion by-products second this conclusion.

So Pass attracts audiophiles by its expensive entry level amps then tries to push them into the stratosphere with these more powerful engines. Guess it works...