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| Tubelike SS Power amp Perhaps I'm bias since I own the Pass XA60.5. Yet to really have that body of sound, that referred 3D feel, it takes very expensive speakers. Most people would say tube amplifiers made by McIntosh and BAT are outstanding. Yet to significantly outr... | |
| BAT 55se vs Pass xa30.5 vs mac mc275 To avoid wrong impression, I really should add that I own the Pass XA60.5 which is the next model up. Anybody looks through what I commented about Class A amplifier design knows that I think the world of Pass XA.5 series. It's just that BAT and Ma... | |
| Wilson Maxx 2 vs Sonus Faber Stradivari Bjbcab, I tend to agree with you. It's a bit too edgy to hear that a top of the line Ayre amplifier, which is highly regarded, couldn't drive practically anything. Besides, the Maxx 3 and gigs I heard at that dealer sounds worse than his Sasha, an... | |
| BAT 55se vs Pass xa30.5 vs mac mc275 I heard a better BAT amp on Maxx 2 and Mac tube on Stradivari and really like them. This was just however a one-time listening for each. I too would be interested if somebody who is more experienced with these 2 amp and the Pass XA30.5 to break do... | |
| Pass XA30.5 or Krell FPB-400cx? I personally don't know much about Krell. The common thread I heard about both brands is that Krell is very good at the bass, and is limited elsewhere. Pass is a well-balance design from top to bottom frequency. Check out Stereophile for their rep... | |
| pass XA 60.5 vs Pass X250.5 I suggest you call Pass Labs and ask them the same question. The thing is upper and mid frequency drivers don't take much power. It's the bass driver that wants a lot of juice. They might tell to do away with your XA30.5, but then they might not. ... | |
| pass XA 60.5 vs Pass X250.5 What is the brand and model of your speakers. Practically all mid-size and many full-size speakers can be driven by the XA60.5 alone. Each of the XA60.5s has 2 sets of output. You can separately drive the mid/high frequency driver using one and th... | |
| Snell A7 Illusion You'll be surprised ... My Infinity Prelude MTS has this RABOS adjustment CD with tone tracks centered at many frequencies for the bass. At both houses, the 20-Hz level definitely created serious rumbles without shaking something in the room and g... | |
| Snell A7 Illusion Perhaps that's why I didn't pick up anything less than desirable when using the pop music CD. As to frequency in the low 20's, certain Enya songs or some cello pieces can hit that low as well. Yet it doesn't mean that the reduction in bass at just... | |
| Snell A7 Illusion I just read the Stereophile report which is as you said very complimentary. The only concern cited was the lack of low frequency bass in the very low 20's. It's too bad when taking a quick hearing of this speaker that I didn't put in the CD with h... | |
| Pass Amps Class A operation Gipp, if this is more than a curiosity question, or if it can lead to spending money, I would suggest you contact Pass Labs directly and ask this question. Simply ask them what power amp is needed to drive whatever speakers you want. This kind of ... | |
| Pass Amps Class A operation The power to SPL calculation is pretty much aligned with engineering understanding. Yet reality does not seem to support this kind of calculation. For example if we can all agree that 2W is all needed to produce 78 dB at 3m away, then adding extra... | |
| Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best I have the Pass XA60.5 monos, absolutely love them, described them in enough messages on this board, thus won't bore you again. As to electricity cost, letting them warm up for about 4 hours before using would get you 95% of their performance. The... | |
| Class A amplifiers - which are considered the best Bob bundus, you might want to do further background check as to which ones are really "class A" amp. I know Ayre amps are all class A/B amp. None of them are class A's. Ayre is one of the better design however. I would easily pick them over the ma... | |
| Classe vs Moon audio vs Ayre vs Pass I have owned Ayre and Pass Labs. They cater to the same genre of sound. The Pass XA60.5 monos cost twice as much as the Ayre V5xe, so this is probably not a fair comparison. Be that as a disclaimer, I do prefer the Pass. Some might say that the up... |