@adam8179
Any updates on this? Curious how things turned out for ya.
Any updates on this? Curious how things turned out for ya.
I like my Peachtree Nova300 more than my new (to me) Pass XA30.5 HELP!
Thanks for everyone's input and interest. I have an update. My LTA MZ2 arrived yesterday and I have it installed in my system with the Pass XA30.5. Wow!! this combo is wonderful. All the things I found lacking using the Peachtree as a preamp are gone. No more congested heaviness. I don't know what to ascribe this to but I couldn't be happier. I still think the Peachtree is a great integrated and a great all-in-one product, but now the Pass and LTA combo are in a whole other league. I've never heard things sound so good. There are more details in the highs with the Peachtree but the Pass and LTA are better in every other way, soundstage, timbre, presence and liquidity. It's not that the highs aren't there, it's just a crispness that's different and may be a characteristic of class D. I'm glad that I didn't pass judgement on the Pass amp before I got an appropriate pre-amp to pair it with |
adam8179 OP I think it could be explained better that the highs from the Pass XA30.5 would wash over you with it’s detailed sound without drawing attention to it self, rather than being fired directly at you from the tweeters with the Class-D. One makes the tweeters disappear the other doesn’t. That’s what linear Class-A does when it’s doing it right. . Good to see it worked out, like Almarg and I both said you must have had either a faulty XA30.5 or it was something in the setup. Cheers George |