This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.

wolf_garcia

Cleeds…you mistake "agenda" with "point of view." I consistently argue my point ...

I have made no such mistake, but I agree that you consistently argue the same few points. As Thoreau said, sometimes circumstantial evidence is very strong, such as when you find a trout in the milk. That is the case here. 

bubba12
The 60.8 monos are on my short list also. Any comments on these amps are appreciated.

Excellent choice Bubba, with the XA-60.8 monoblocks, they will have high biased into Class-A for a very nice sweet transparent sound. And they bat well above their specs.
Team them up with a $699 Schiit Freya preamp, which has three different sound flavoured outputs, passive ,tube or solid state you can choose on the fly and it’s remote with balanced or se output and inputs. http://www.schiit.com/products/freya

Stereophile:
The XA60.8 considerably exceeded that power, delivering:
150W into 8 ohms
240W into 4 ohms
380W into 2 ohms

Cheers George

I think I’m going to buy the new Pass Labs XP 12 preamp. It’s a nice piece. I like continuity and assume synergy with those amps. @georgehifi . 

Pass Labs XP 12 preamp

Good choice also, even though it’s $5,800.00 nearly 10 x the price, but then if you’ve got it, spend it.

It would be interesting to A/B the two! As the volume control in the Freya is better, being 128 positions relay controlled, instead of the Pass having just a good quality potentiometer.
Cheers George