I have owned the both the XP20 and the XP30 and yes, they both were anemic(a description that I have used several times on separate threads), and un-musical in my set up...and they were feeding Pass mono amps to boot. He makes fantastic amps, but the preamps are underwhelming to say the least. I went to a tube preamp(Aric Audio Motherlode) and never looked back...a great pairing with solid state amplification! Ditch it!
Pass XP12. Tame, Anemic?
Hi,
just got a Pass xp 12 pre and it seems very “tame” “un-dynamic” it’s very nice and transparent but rather bland and doesn’t seem “alive” kind of “sleepy@. I also expected more and tighter bass than my 6h30 tube pre. I have on a trial and awaiting a LTA mz3 next week to compare. Anybody experience this? Is the xp22 noticeably more dynamic? I’m pariing with Pass xa25 and Klipsh Cornwalls. I never would have thought I had to worry about the Cornwalls sounding too tame.
Thanks for any perspective
just got a Pass xp 12 pre and it seems very “tame” “un-dynamic” it’s very nice and transparent but rather bland and doesn’t seem “alive” kind of “sleepy@. I also expected more and tighter bass than my 6h30 tube pre. I have on a trial and awaiting a LTA mz3 next week to compare. Anybody experience this? Is the xp22 noticeably more dynamic? I’m pariing with Pass xa25 and Klipsh Cornwalls. I never would have thought I had to worry about the Cornwalls sounding too tame.
Thanks for any perspective