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Best speakers for a Pass XA 30.5

Dear all,

I'm going to purchase a Pass XA 30.5 and I would appreciate very much  your advice and suggestions about the above mentioned matter, I would like to put my XA 30.5 in the best possible conditions to sing at its best.

So medium high sensitivity 92 - 94 db, and 8 ohm regular and easy impedance are required.

My listening room is abt 23 x 15 ft, wooden floor, no carpets, no curtains but a lot of furniture.

I listen to rock, jazz and electronica to low-medium/medium levels.

I currently own a pair of Totem Mani 2 but I would like to find speakers easier to drive for the Pass.

Both stand mounts with good bass and floor standing are fine, and up to 5000 $ used.

I look for deep soundstage, high resolution, musicality and smoothness.

Please consider that I'm in Italy so I cannot listen and find some of your brands so easily ...


Thank you very much



Mario
mariovidal65
wloeb
43 posts
 
I'm using mine with Revel Studio 2's and Salon 2's.  The XA30.5 drives them well ,  the Studio2 are a few dB more sensitive.  Right now I'm driving the Salon 2's but using a pair of subs and high pass filtering at 80hz.  I can listen as loud as I'd want to with this amp and speaker combo. 
keithr
1,306 posts
 
I believe Devore speakers are commonly with with the 30.5 - see Jack Roberts reviews.
tjassoc
258 posts
 
The Pass XA-30.5 is such an underrated amplifier!
I owned one for many years before upgrading to a pair of XA-200.5's which we currently own.
Our system was a moderately high end system at that time - Meridian 800 series digital front end, Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 speakers, high end MIT Oracle cables and Sound Application power conditioner.
We integrated our stereo with a home theater system so our family could enjoy our investment for movies as well as music - our setup emphasized stereo.
We also have 3 X-250.5 amplifiers for the theater speakers and the XA-30.5 was preferred by anyone who had the opportunity to listen to both. The only thing the 250.5 did better was bass.
When I sold one of our 250.5 amplifiers, I was concerned the person was going to ask to listen to the 30.5! Best little amplifier I ever owned!
Kudo's to Nelson Pass!
gsmith5
37 posts
 
I had a Pass Labs XA30.8 and had no problem driving Bryston mini-t speakers or Proac D30R speakers.
doni
361 posts
 
I’ve had great results driving Vandersteen Treo CT’s with a 30.8.  But it also makes my Buchardt s400’s sing.
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