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.
inna

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I have not heard all of Pass Labs amps, but from recollection of a few I did owned it’s good but not great.
I had the X350, X350.5, XA100.5, XA160.5, XA160.8, compares to MSB M202, M203, Lamm M2.2 and ARC REF250 and even Bryston 28B3, one would wonders what the hypes was all about.
As you can see, I did fall for the hypes with owning 5 different Pass models.
Not bashing on Pass, I’m sure the XS is a must for class A enthusiast, including myself.