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Too good to be true?

Good morning to the community.  I recently became aware that Pass Labs has put out a new stereo amplifier – the XA25.  The XA25 retails for $4,900 and seems to be getting rave reviews.

Does anyone have any experience with this amplifier?  If so, what are your impressions and observations? 

Thanks, and a great weekend to all!  

an10490413
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almarg
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Kosst, thanks for the good info!  I'll check out the Burning Amp lecture.

And +1 re Tomic's suggestion of contacting Mark at Reno HiFi.  That is the dealership I purchased my XA25 from.  In addition to providing generous trial/return privileges, he offers great advice and is a pleasure to deal with.

Regards,
-- Al
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Al, there are two videos filmed at the BAF viewable on You Tube, from two different years. Roger Modjeski’s 90 minute (iirc) talk on tubes and tube circuits is also well worth your time.
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Many thanks for your suggestions, advice and comments!

 

Here’s a new wrinkle – What about the Pass Labs XA30.8?  Since the woofers in my ML 11As are internally powered, what, if any, benefits would this amplifier offer over the XA25? 

jtucker
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For what it may or may not be worth, I have been powering ML Montis with Pass INT-150 for a few years now.  Never any issues, sounds marvelous.  No plans to change anything any time soon.
jetter
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As an10490413 mentioned above, he has powered woofers.  I would like to ask if the quality of the amp makes any difference in the sound the powered woofers put out, or is it more like using line levels out from a preamp to a subwoofer?
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