Pass Aleph P versions

To Danielk141,
i was under the impression that the Aleph-P was a very good preamp with Class-A circuitry honed down to as few parts as necessary. it compared favorably with a passive attenuator in a Stereophile comparison. No doubt Pass has improved their pre's even more over the years, but i have a friend with a very good system using the original Aleph-P and it sounds "real" to my ears.

Daniele g,

The Aleph is very simple & sounds clean. The differences I noticed when I went to the X1 were a bigger soundstage & noticeably better bass.
This is to be expected, since the X1 I had with the full sized power supply contained a circuit board populated with capacitors.
When you compare an X1 to the Aleph, you must decide if the price difference (or savings by getting the Aleph) is justified.

I once owned a late version Aleph P. It certainly was good but it was somewhat lacking in dynamics. Maybe that's the same comment as above about the bass. Ultimately I only kept it maybe a year and then sold it. I found the gain controls of limited value and occasionally I found I had to unplug it then plug it in again to get the volume control to work.

I continue to use and greatly enjoy an Aleph Ono, which I have owned for well over a decade.

Zaffato, world you please tell me something more about the Ono ? I may have the chance to purchase both Aleph 1.7P and Ono.

French_fries, when you say 'original Aleph P' do you refer to the first version of it ?

Then again, what do you (all) think about using the Aleph with an ARC 100.2 solid state power amp ? Could it be a good mach in your opinion ?

Zavato, please forgive the mistake in your nickname: it's due to this **** automatic text corrector I use, very sorry.