Pass or First Watt



My speakers will operate great on 2 watts. Currently I am running them with a nice 2a3 tube amp but at times the tubes make alot of noise thru the speakers so I have been looking at Nelsons new STI @10 watts or the Pass 30.5. Any one compare the Pass with any First Watt products?
bobheinatz
Hello Bob,
Having read Charles's post for quite some time and having had a slight dealing with him in the past, I give much weight to his opinions.
I also agree with Martin's remark about your tube amp being noisy. There must be a problem which could easily be remedied. My speakers are Beauhorn Virtuoso's (106 db) which are pretty similar to yours. Mine with Lowther DX4's. They are used with Wavelength Cardinals 300b or Wavelength 45 Amps. No noise ever, whatsoever!
Good luck
Hi Ischronism,
Thanks for the kind comment. Last year at RMAF I had the chance to hear the Wavelength Cardinal driving Vaughn speakers. Not only did they sound excellent in that room, those cardinals were dead quiet. Those arevery nice 300b amplifiers.
Regards,
Hmmm...the Pass Labs would have better resale value, but the First Watt would have better sound?
I am not so sure that the Pass would have better resale value than the FirstWatt amps.

Especially not if we are talking about the FirstWatt models that were limited to a production run of only 100 amps (handbuilt by Nelson Pass!).