What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ?


Though there are perhaps better transistor amps, but Pass seems to be an excellent choice for many.
What is your experience with them, if you could elaborate ? Integrateds as well.
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A few years ago I bought a pre-owned Pass INT-150.   I replaced a Wyred4sound 4 channel amplifier, because I no longer needed to bi-amp.  Talk about going from apples to oranges... The Pass was kind of an impulse buy.  I did not compare to anything else at the time.  I can't really come up with any weak points other than that yes, they do run very warm.  That is intentional though.  I don't plan on changing unless some other system change forces me to.  I can envision a scenario where an integrated would not be appropriate, but for my system now, I prefer the convenience and the sound synergy of the Pass integrated.