Owners of Pass Labs XA30.5

Hello Fvl, Surprising me !!! becoz my speaker spec and yours are similar to same. Might your room size is smaller than mine. Can you tell me what volume level normally you listen?

I am pushing the class A envelope with my 4 ohm, 90bd Audio Physic Virgo II speakers. The needle starts moving at moderate levels and I have a large space. The 30.5 is rated over 250 watts AB @ 4ohms. What would be the advantage of the 250.5? The bass I hear is tight and tuneful even with the needle moving. At lower sound levels it is pure,musical,sweet and revealing. If you don't have the money for 60.5 or the 100.5...start asking for donations to your music foundation.

Would an XA30.5 be adequate running my Montana XP speakers? 92 db @ 2 watts 4 Ohms multi driver 2x10" 2x7" 2x4" and 1 tweeter per speaker. Room size is 34x25, but I don't think I play it that loud.

Koestner:

I run the EPS2 with an INT-30A. Pretty similar sensitivity; the design is rather like the XP with the big bass drivers lopped off.

The sound is lovely (warm and smooth), but: my serious listening is pretty quiet (peaks typically below 85, often below 80) with small scale music (female vocal, folk), my room is smaller than yours (13x20), and the combination is not thumping in the lows. I previously ran a pretty powerful A/AB amp (180wpc), which is closer to what PBN builds, and that had more authority on the bottom (but not as sweet elsewhere).

So while I'm very happy with the combo, I could see people who care about drama and bass being less so. Finances permitting, it might be worth going further up the line: some say that the 60 is not hugely different than the 30, so maybe the 100 is what's needed.

John

John,

Thanks for your thoughts. I was using a tube integrated with 80 watts, but was considering the Pass as I'm getting sick of tubes. I also use a Velodyne DD-15 sub, so the bass is plenty as my Montanas are out in the center of the living room and actually lack in the low bass (<50Hz). My finances do not permit the XA60.5, but I could swing a used 30.5 Thanks