Best Tube Amp For Sonus Faber? Or Pass XA-100.5? $6-7,500 Budget, Purchasing Used.
jmcgrogan2 said:06-19-2017 8:09pm Are you a member on any audio forum where I could PM you You can PM members on Audiogon. If I had known that, I would have PM'ed you previously! Now if I could just find the way to do that. |
I discovered how you can PM here. Thanks. PM's sent. To everyone else, thanks for all of your valuable and insightful information, it has all been helpful in my arriving at a final decision on what is an extremely important purchase for me. In the end, due to its far newer design, Sentry circuit, Continuous Automatic Bias Adjustment, overall reliability, and it VAC heritage of sound, I have made an offer, and will be purchasing a VAC Signature 200IQ. |
Nightfall congrats on your VAC purchase. But going back to the Pass for a moment to humor me about my own future purchase possibilities, was the xa60.5 really not powerful enough? Is it your room size or your speaker load that simply demands more amp? Reason I ask is because I switch between my x250.5 class AB 250 wpc and the Aleph 5 class A 60wpc stereo. There is a difference in these 2 amps, but because my room size is small either one works fine in their own way, but with different characteristics and pros/cons. Just curious because I have considered trying the xa60.5 and always wondered if they would have enough oomph to totally replace my x250.5 in the slam department. The xa100.5 are an option too, but I live in Houston TX and heat is a major concern. Just going from a single box stereo amp to 2 monoblocks is concern enough for me; that’s why I eyeball the 60.5 over the 100.5 as a compromise. |
