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Out of pure curiosity, I got an idea of trying Pass power amp in my system, to hear that class-A smoothness and check if I'm missing something compared to my current setup.
Found X150.5 for a great price, but concerned if I will be getting "enough" of Pass signature sound. X150.5 has only 10W in class A after which is A/B, up to 150-250W at 8 ohm (Pass is very conservative at specs).
Should I be waiting for XA30.5 (full 30W A class, up to 100-150W in A/B), or X250.5 (15W A, 250-300W A/B) on second hand market?
Since I have Primaluna tube preamp with NOS tube, I have enough warmth and musicality and 150 will Ok, not sure.
They would be driving Focal 1028be. Not much concerned about peak power, because even the weakest Pass can deliver a lot of watts at peak, and I can't even listen loud in the apartment (85-90db top, per my phone measurements).
Any experience with different Pass models?

Hi, you can come over and have a listen pure ClassA Pass Power Amp and make your mind. 😀

Georgi wrote: ↑Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:12 pm Hi, you can come over and have a listen pure ClassA Pass Power Amp and make your mind. 😀

Oh I would like to:) Whats your Pass?

I have a Pass F5 here....

Drop me a PM to arrange detais.
I have an Aleph 3.

Thanks Hudo, for the visit, was pleasure to meet you and to have a bit of chat, with another enthusiast. 🙂

Thanks Georgi for inviting me, it was a real treat to hear Pass and those crazy good DIY speakers:)

Those speakers left a great impression on me that i will not forget!

Thank you guys for the kind words. :)

There were some developments since the last visit. The Pre-amp and the DAC got some upgrades.