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

Eric is asking someone, why they do not like the sound of Pass amps, but, refuses to answer my same question to him, as I was the 1st poster to his thread. George, I am with you !

I’ve only owned three different sets of amps: McIntosh MC452, PS Audio BHK300 mono’s and a set of PL 60.5’s.  I’ve ran a McIntosh C2500, C50, PS Audio BHK Pre and a PL XP-22.  Every time I swapped something out, it was in the pursuit of something “more.”  The MC452, I sold because though it sounded fine at moderate volumes, if I got on it, you could hear it break up/taper off at the higher volumes.  I moved to the BHK mono’s which I felt sounded damn fine and had power for hours.  We recently moved and I was no longer going to have a nice big dedicated space, so I downsized to a set of PL 60.5’s and Harbeth Super HL5+’s.  I’m sure there are other systems out there that sound better, but to me, it sounds very relaxed and organic.  A guitar sounds like a guitar, I’m able to hear the decay on some recordings last a bit longer, drum tom’s have a little more ring to them...overall, it just sounds right to my ears.  

@richdirector Nelson pass uses tannoys. You'll find various discussions of them if you search...

And you can probably get some good discussion of pass amp recommendations by posting over at the pass labs forum on diyaudio and asking what might be the best fit for your speakers... https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/

I am being completely consistent.

Eric is asking someone, why they do not like the sound of Pass amps, but, refuses to answer my same question to him, as I was the 1st poster to his thread. George, I am with you

I have said in this thread I wanted to listen. A poster made some wildly generic, negative statements, so I asked him to avoid, and if he could not avoid, to at least be specific.

I am very grateful to all the pro Pass posts here which get specific to model of amp and speaker and discuss relative merits.

I am more grateful and lucky when the poster mentions brands  of amps I have heard and the relative differences.

Very happy to read of people enjoying Pass when they give me a reference point.


Best,

Erik

To be clear: What I want to encourage are discussions about your happy Pass model vs. non Pass amps.

If you listened to several OTHER brands and went to Pass, I would love to know what you had, why Pass was better for you, and what speakers you have.

 There is no possible wrong answers here. You like what you like.

Thank you to everyone taking the time to include this much detail.

Erik