You've tried other amps and ended with Pass, please discuss

Hello there. I am in my mid sixties and so I can't hear what I did in my twenties but...Brightest kills enjoying Hi-fi for me. I've had many Amplifiers over the years a Nice Krell 600c with a VTL 5.5 Ver.1 with B&W N Speakers, then moved to  fourteen year run with McIntosh MC 501mono blocks audio Research Reference 3 preamp and Tyler Acoustics Speakers both great systems with various front ends. My current system Pass Labs XA100.5 mono blocks, Sonus Faber Amati Homage Speakers with a Modwright LS 36.5DM full Tube preamp by far the best sounding system I've owned, it's true IMO that a little bit of colored sound is pleasing to my ears although I must say I could have lived and enjoyed any of the systems I've owned simply 
Pass Labs Class A Amplifiers are Amazing sounding and well made, please try to enjoy the music!

As I’m sitting here enjoying a nice cold beer and listening to music, I read this entire thread*. It was like a tv sitcom. I actually lol a few times. I love this loonie bin and everyone in it. Cheers inmates. 
*Day 38 in our house on lockdown, so that might have something to do with it. 

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this thread. As I’ve said before, I am particularly grateful for those who can share specific experience as to what they’ve tried, and what worked and did not work for them. Those types of insights, whether they end up with Pass or not, are incredibly useful to everyone who is looking to settle down with a final amplifier.

It gives me great joy to see another audiophile reach their happy place, wherever that may be.

Best,

E

The premise of it all is very funny...."So why on earth are you enjoying your Pass amp so much?" As Greta Thunberg once said - "How dare you!"

The premise of it all is very funny...."So why on earth are you enjoying your Pass amp so much?" As Greta Thunberg once said - "How dare you!"

If that is your interpretation of my original posting three_easy_payments I have to say you are reading things in here I never meant to put in.

The point of this thread was to understand the journey audiophiles take, and to understand audiophiles in terms of how we learn adapt and change. Why some like a type of sound and why others don't.  Just like music, there's no real wrong answer, but why person A becomes fascinated by an artist and others do not is a worthwhile discussion to me.

Some people see painting as 2 dimensional, you like it or you do not. I see art as occurring in a historical context in which even if I don't like it, appreciating the message and influence is culture.

Best,

E