Hello Haroon-
The Pass remote takes a bit of getting used to, but as long as you can SEE
the X-1 you'll get it. It will take a couple weeks or so of cursing, but
then no problems. As far as the volume changes I do not have an issue. With
my high output Moving Coil cart the volume was too loud for my wife, but
truly with a pre this good you want a low output MC cart anyway (which I
bought, and now no problem). My VSA SR.IV's are pretty efficient at 92 Db
and my Pass amps rate @600 watts, so a little volume goes a long way. I do
not notice ANY noise when the volume is up, though there is a bit of static
if you turn up the volume very quickly (only as your turning it up). A non
issue IMHO. I LOVE my X1-Pre and all my Pass equipment (X-600 Monos, X-1
Pre, Xono phono stage.
Hope this helps-
The Pass remote takes a bit of getting used to, but as long as you can SEE
the X-1 you'll get it. It will take a couple weeks or so of cursing, but
then no problems. As far as the volume changes I do not have an issue. With
my high output Moving Coil cart the volume was too loud for my wife, but
truly with a pre this good you want a low output MC cart anyway (which I
bought, and now no problem). My VSA SR.IV's are pretty efficient at 92 Db
and my Pass amps rate @600 watts, so a little volume goes a long way. I do
not notice ANY noise when the volume is up, though there is a bit of static
if you turn up the volume very quickly (only as your turning it up). A non
issue IMHO. I LOVE my X1-Pre and all my Pass equipment (X-600 Monos, X-1
Pre, Xono phono stage.
Hope this helps-