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


So I'm genuinely curious about this, and I'd like your thoughts.

You: Are a current pass owner who has tried a number of other amps and stuck with Pass.

Please discuss your speakers, your pass and what other amps you feel your current set up bested.

I won't opine, but may ask questions to those who are not specific enough.
One thing I've heard a lot is the terms "refined." I don't know what this means, so if you can compare to other amps with more detail, would appreciate that.
Thanks!

Erik
erik_squires
I just recently purchased a pass labs int-60 I love it works great everything but be warned they do not work well with ohm Walsh 2 speakers They just draw too much power and my amp blew a fuse if you have a pass lab that's over a hundred Watts then go ahead by all means but the int-60 will not work with a speaker that's hard to drive trust me
Wow! What a thread! And I thought it was cables that got most of the people all riled up!
Is not variety the spice of life? How about we argue about whether blondes make better wives than a brunette, or how come I have owned six Mustangs but won't buy a Camaro? The simple fact of all of this bickering, sniping etc. is no one likes everything, and it is no ones concern whether they like what you have as long as you are happy with what you have! Have we not reached an age where it is up to us whether we like what we have and if we are buying things audio just for the praise that we expect to get from others, or acceptance like we sought in middle school and that is why we all had to have certain brand shoes, shirts, pants etc. then perhaps it is time to do some self-examination. And perhaps I misundertood the context of the first half-dozen to dozen postings and if I have then I apologize. For me, I like to see what people own for the sheer pleasure of educating myself. I have heard $100K systems that sounded just awful and systems that were a helluva lot less that sang like a heavenly choir. So, in the immortal words of that person who once lived in L.A, "Can't we all just get along"?
I just recently purchased a pass labs int-60 I love it works great everything but be warned they do not work well with ohm Walsh 2
The Pass is just manufacturer spec'd at 60w, but it's got good current as it can get to 200w into 2ohms, so the problem to me is not enough watts.
 As the Ohm Walsh 2 is said to be not a hard load at an average 6-4ohms.
But it's only 81db!!! efficient, you just simply clipped the rails (wattage).
From hifi classic  "We measured a sensitivity of 81 dB"  

Bet the Pass sounded good right up till the fuse popped though. I'd change the speakers.

Cheers George 

I love my Pass Labs Xa100.8 paired with Wilson Sasha.  Other combos sound different and have their strengths and weaknesses. Often been tempted to try other amps but I always prefer my own. Recently Devialet caught my attention. Tried the previous generation Devialet but did not have the weight/ slam or mid range texture of my amp/MSB DAC. 
Any thoughts on how a pair of KEF Reference 3 speakers would work with a Pass Labs 30.8 or 30.5? I would be pairing the amplifier up with a Backert Labs Rhumba 1.3 Extreme.