Any thoughts on Pass X150.8 ?

It's a GREAT amp, plus Pass is just an awesome company to deal with.  The support is outstanding.

While I have a 250.8 that I love, a friend has the 150.8 and we have the same speakers (Salk SS12's).  The 150.8 does a great job of driving them also.  

Just barely to the warm side of neutral, great bass and articulation without being harsh on the top end.  

Holds value well (especially if you buy used), great support etc.  Unless you have something absurdly hard to drive tough to have a bad match.

@shahram what about with ns5000, 4 ohm, 88 db.
@dep14 that gives me confidence, thank you! My dream amp is the 250.8 but a local deal just was stolen under my nose.

You could e-mail Pass Labs and ask them specifically. But I don't think that's too demanding a load for the pass amp.

I owned a Pass X350.5 for a few years. I then demoed a X350.8 and I ended up keeping the .5 .
To me, the .8 series is less lively compared to the .5 version.

ozzy

Hi everyone

Pass labs amps are really great in my opinion, I feels it’s possibly their best products out of everything they build. Their phono preamps are very good as well, their line preamps not so much. I have a close friend who owns a hifi store and I’ve heard just about every amp they make, they’re all good. In my opinion, there’s just something magical with their class A amps. I’ve owned their xa30.8 for a little over five years now and I still can’t believe how good that thing sounds. If you’ve never heard one in your system, you owe it to yourself to bring one home and listen to it for at least 3-5 days without turning it off if your local dealer will let you if you’re thinking of buying a new amp and it’s in the budget. It’s awesome.

Scot