Threshold SA/4E or Pass X-250??


Any one had a chance to spend time with these two amps? What opinions have you formed? I will be driving either Harbeth SHL5s or Harbeth 40.1s with either of them. I am mainly wondering what sonic differences i might hear? Thanks for any help.
tom_hankins

Showing 1 response by jeffjazz

Not Familiar with the Theshold, but the Pass X-250 is a newer design, more up to date.It was suppose to be the best sounding amps in the original X Series. It is not a warm sounding amp, but with a good tube preamp, I don't think there is much better out there used. The 250.5 would be better. I own the X150 with a Supratek preamp and couldn't be happier. Pass amps are also underated a lot. My X150 (rated 150 watts a channel) puts out around 250 watts before clipping. Your speakers I believe tend toward warmth anyway.
The x250 should be more than suficient. I have owned many amps, and my X150 the best I have heard.