Can you share your older Pass Labs experiences?

I’ve had several of their amps in my system over the years, built wonderful but not musical to my ears, I tired of them quickly YMMV.

I think, as always, if you are buying new you should listen to 3 brands:

Pass
Ayre
Luxman

Very different sounds to my ears, and among those you should pick whichever suits you best.

I'm using a 250.8 and an XP 10 to power my Maggie 3.7i the sound is amazing, you're never going to run out of power.
I'm sure you could get by with one of their less powerful amplifiers or integrated if you want. I made my purchase when I read the Maggie, Pass combo won the best at show a few years ago. This sounds like a forever system.

to @erik_squires short list i would add hegel... sound quality is at the same level to the others mentioned

my first experience with pass was an aleph 3 back in 1997... honey of an amp, great tone, but not alot of power so at that time did not drive my proac floorstanders with double woofers too well

but at lower volumes it had such a sweet sound, almost tube like in tactility and nuance (but of course without the ’bloom’)

Considering the feedback from others I’ll add some further thoughts. The XA lines are warm and natural with low power. The X lines are very powerful but less warm. Pairing is important, for the XA series with the right speaker and the X series the right preamp. It is a question of taste as to what you are looking for. An X amp can provide the power you need for electrostatics… but if you like a bit warmer presentation, then a warmer preamp than the Pass may be what you want… maybe an Audio Research, Collier Jackson, or VAC.