Who has heard the new Pass XA25?

150 watts a/b.

Pass XA-25 Review (Part 1) from 6Moons.

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews2/passlabs3/1.html

And a nod to our very own @teajay  also : )

"After 25 watt in class A, does It switch in a/b??
How much is its Power in class a/b??"

I think the 80W@8R and 130W@4R are the class AB continuous RMS limits, with "class A" envelope extending to 50 watts.

Most class A push pull devices have a considerable transient overhead above their class A power ratings into class AB, as much as 5-8db.

Has anyone tried the XA25 with a Spendor D7? It’s 90db, but stereophile found the actualy efficients of the D7 to be 89db. I do like to crank it at times, so wondering if the XA25 has enough juice. Based on the actual power ratings I think the answer is yes.

I’m in a smallish room (13x13) so that should only help. Planning on pairing it with a tube preamp like the Backert Labs Rhumba, or Primaluna EVO 300/400.

Shahram the Backert rhumba and the Pass x25 pairing is phenomenal, I heard them using tekton impact monitors.