Some crazy supped up class d maybe. For different, but as GREAT as? Maybe.. I have a few good ones. But Pass.. Just one of my all time favorites, First watt, Threshold, Even some of the Adcoms like the 5800 series, monsters. Man could I get them to sing with a couple of parts.
At the level you are talking, there really isn’t a yin/yang just preferences of nuance. Going to a tube amp would possibly be considered a yin/yang, (SS vs valve) but the 30.8 is a pure class A amp so even with that more of a preference thing over a yin/yang.
A Sumo Polaris would be an interesting comparison to a Pass! Designed by James Bongiorno. 120 wpc A/B. His amps emphasised beauty over a stark, clinical sound! I have an Andromeda, along with two older Sons.
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