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Pass X-2.5 -vs- Pass Aleph P, What Differences?
The P is a warmer sounding preamp with slightly less overall bass control. The X 2.5 will offers better frequency extremes, tighter bass control, slightly faster, slightly more dynamic, with slightly more details. I would say that the 2.5 is more ... 
A worse feeling than burning out your amp?
Yes, twice I was fooling around with speaker cables and used some cheap banana plugs on the speaker end. Playing music loud must have loosened the bananas and they crossed blowing a channel in an amp. I did it again about a month late to another a... 
Sonic Frontiers or Pass with Dunlavy 4a
IMO the X-1, as already stated above, will not give you the "bloom" that you are looking for. Mine never did and I really loved the X-1. It was better sounding to me and my audio buds then the SF line 2. As I recall, the SF tube amps did not offer... 
Upgrade DNA 1 OR Buy DNA 225
Ask Steve is will tell you what the differences are.Happy Listening 
Nelson Pass and Forte
Just call Nelson and ask him.Happy Listening 
Trelja in New York - 2005
Gingko, are they the racquet ball company?Happy Listening. 
BAT solid state or tube?
The BAT VK-75 will offer a sweeter mid range and more of a real sound to the system IMO. I compared the VK-500 to a BAT VK-75 with Audio Physics speakers with the BAT VK-50SE and VK-D5SE a few years back and would have easily picked the VK-75 over... 
Review: Aesthetix Callisto Signature Tube preamp
Now go out and buy the Tom Evans Vibe a Pulse power supply preamp and really hear what that preamp can do, and it is a SS design. There was one here for $4K recently, a real bargin.Happy Listening. 
Pass Labs X-250 vs. X-600
To answer your question, there is a greater sense of ease to the sound/music with the X-600s. More air, more dynamics, better defined bass, etc, etc. I owned the X-250 for several years and it does what it can do extremely well especially for the ... 
Our we Lazy?
I still have not heard a SS amp do what a tube amp can do in my system. I am not saying that the SS or tube amp was better then the other, just different. Yes there are a few of each that may come close to each other, but overall when I am listeni... 
OK Stereophiles I Need a CD Player
My vote is for the Audio Aero Prima CDP used.Happy Listening 
So my wife says to me this morning
make a new nameplate and tape it to the unit and then sell the Scott! 
Conrad Johnson PV-10L & PV-10A which one better?
Neither, the PV-10 is a slow sounding preamp that lacks the frequency extremes, overall I was bored with it. Try the AL 3-A preamp.Happy Listening. 
Anyone hear the Audes Orpheus? Impressions?
I heard them one time about a year ago, but the actual system they were in sucked. I thought at that time that they represeted a good value if you could get 20-30% off the list price. I would have preferred to buy a different brand used if I could... 
What stole your attention from HiFi?
Mt10425 God you must be as old as I am! The original song title was In the Garden of Eden"Brianmgrarcom, my buddy just recently found his original Chevelle SS454 that he had sold way back after college and is now in the process of restoring it. Al...